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Rudy has a new ad out. And this time he’s gone so far as to use actual 9/11 footage.

As you can imagine, at this point Rudy’s campaign has descended to become a sort of desperate 9/11 primal scream.

But the words of this ad really take Rudy’s 9/11 megalomania to a new level. Against video of the towers falling, discussing Rudy’s role in the 9/11 drama, the announcer intones …

“And when the world wavered, and history hesitated, he never did.”

Does it even require snark and commentary? The world wavered and only Rudy brought us through? Even history hesitated?

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