Folks just love The Candidate Who Wasn’t There.

“He’s the perfect choice” at a time when we need to be reviving the economy, Giuliani told Candy Crowley on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

Heck, who doesn’t love the weather? Or a poltergeist? Or your mom’s fart?

“He had a reduction in unemployment of about 8,10 percent — I think it was 15 percent. I had a reduction of unemployment of 50 percent. He had a growth of jobs of about 40,000; we had a growth of jobs of about 500,000. So I was comparing what I thought was my far superior record to his otherwise decent record. … That’s all part of campaigning . .”

. . you know: the facts. The record. Vote for lame buddy!