Guess he figured whapping us over the head with it wasn't working, now he's going for the subliminal.

More Rudy! news-

Giuliani Being Dogged By The Radio Controversy

...When asked about the issue Thursday at an Associated Press appearance, Giuliani suggested it was an insurmountable technological hurdle that couldn't be cleared in his eight years in office that began Jan. 1 1994 and ended just after 9/11.

Giuliani also scuttled reference to himself and ''my city,'' and shifted the focus to his successors, suggesting ''they'' in ''the city'' failed.

''A new [radio] system was purchased. And they tried to put the new system in. And they weren't able to accomplish it. That happened about five or six months before Sept. 11. It took them another three or four years to accomplish it,'' Giuliani said. ``But the point that I'm making is: I could not have gotten it done in six months. The city wasn't able to get it done in a three or four year period after that.''

The issue has begun to dog Giuliani on the campaign trail as the Democratic-leaning International Association of Fire Fighters dispatches 9/11 firefighters and families of victims to Florida events to highlight what they say is Giuliani's poor and distorted record on 9/11.

While back in New York, even his peeps are worried.