[Alberta's Child]

The single most important quality for any presidential candidate is that he must come across as "presidential material" -- i.e., he must "look presidential" and "act presidential."

This is why presidential candidates lose a substantial number of moderate voters any time they appear like this in photographs:

Giuliani's appearance in drag in a Broadway show in and of itself would have been bad enough, but when you couple that with his marital problems and his bizarre living arrangements late in his term as New York mayor (he was sharing living quarters with a gay couple in Manhattan while his ex-wife -- who had no formal position with the City of New York -- occupied the mayor's residence at Gracie Mansion) . . . well, you can be rest assured that nobody with even a minimal desire for an emotionally stable President is going to vote for him.

[HairOfTheDog]

He was stable when it counted as far as I'm concerned. The rest is tedious bellering.

[sono]

"Ma, Ma, Where's My Pa? Gone to the White House - Ha Ha Ha!"
Arguably the nadir of American mudslinging, this attempt to raise the morality issue did little to derail Grover Cleveland's campaign against James G. Blaine. Also, Hamilton and Franklin were wayward men as well. Enough time has passed to negate the shock value of raising the Donna "Vagina Monologues" Hanover issue against Rudy. This pales in comparison to Rudy's handling of 9-11, which stands out all the more after Hurricane Katrina's exposure of bumbling at all levels of government.