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Giuliani Estranged From His Children
CBS News ^ | 3/5/2007 | staff

Posted on 03/05/2007 7:05:44 PM PST by George W. Bush

Updated:2007-03-05 14:55:26

Giuliani Estranged From His Children

Some Say Personal Problems May Hurt Prospects

CBS News


NEW YORK (March 5) -- It doesn't look like Rudy Giuliani's two children will have a role in his presidential campaign. According to press reports, the GOP frontrunner's third marriage has alienated his son, Andrew, 21, and daughter, Caroline, 18, from their father.



Giuliani's 21-year-old son, Andrew, told the New York Times that he would be too busy working on his golf game to participate in his father's presidential campaign.

"There's obviously a little problem that exists between me and his wife," the younger Giuliani told the newspaper. "And we're trying to figure that out. But as of right now it's not working as well as we would like."

Giuliani's marriage to his third wife, Judith Nathan, followed his divorce from Donna Hanover, the mother of Andrew and Caroline.

In 2000, Giuliani announced during a live TV interview that he planned to divorce Hanover. She responded by publicly accusing Giuliani of adultery.

Caroline Giuliani has not spoken publicly, but the Times and New York's tabloid newspapers reported that she was also alienated from her father as a result of his marriage to Nathan.

The New York Daily News reported that Giuliani rarely spends time with his children and that he had failed to attend many important events in their lives, including Andrew's golf tournaments and Caroline's school plays.

Andrew Giuliani is a sophomore at Duke and a member of the school's golf team. Caroline attends a private Catholic school in Manhattan. She will attend Harvard University in the fall. Giuliani has had no comment on his relationship with his children.

Giuliani holds a huge lead in the polls over GOP presidential rival John McCain, but some political analysts believe the former New York Mayor's estrangement from his children and other personal problems is bound to inflict political damage.

Political analyst Charles Cook told Newsday that the latest twist would hurt Giuliani with the GOP's conservative voters.

"This is just going to be one of a thousand cuts," Cook told the newspaper. "This will just sort of fit into a whole constellation of issues that work against someone winning a conservative party's nomination, a party that thinks of itself as a pro-family party. This just makes it really hard."


Copyright 2006, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.



TOPICS: Front Page News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: giuliani; hitpiece; mediabias; nobetterthanlibs
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To: Palladin

"Sorry to step on your fantasy, but the survival time of many treated prostate cancer patients is over 15 years."

He backed out of the NY Senate race in 2000 because of prostate cancer. This is not a fantasy. How many politicians under fire from the media have backed out of campaigns and claimed illness?

We already know he won't back out to spend more time with his family.


101 posted on 03/05/2007 7:44:47 PM PST by EQAndyBuzz (The Clintons: A Malignant Malfeasance of the Most Morbid)
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To: Ben Mugged
Even some conservatives are lapping up this spittle.

When a whole lot less awful stuff was coming out about Bill Clinton, we didn't call it "spittle." We said his personal misbehavior was an accurate reflection of his loathesome character. We need to say exactly the same about the GOP's Blue-State candidate.

102 posted on 03/05/2007 7:45:06 PM PST by madprof98 ("moritur et ridet" - salvianus)
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To: George W. Bush

Giuliani Estranged From His Children"

Maybe his children are confused about which one is mommy.


103 posted on 03/05/2007 7:47:01 PM PST by philetus (Keep doing what you always do and you'll keep getting what you always get.)
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To: bnelson44
Folks, think about it. Hillary can beat just about anyone we put against her but Rudy.

A really sad commentary on the Republican Party.

104 posted on 03/05/2007 7:48:24 PM PST by packrat35 (Beware the Big Government Republicans!)
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To: BonnieJ
And maybe he didn't attend these few events for a very legitimate reason.

Could be he planned on bringing his wife and the kids said, 'no dice'. Or Donna could have said, 'if he goes, I don't'. We all know how that crap plays out.
105 posted on 03/05/2007 7:48:55 PM PST by presently no screen name
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To: JRochelle
Rudy will tear the party in two

Naw. Rudy is doing us a favor by running so early and taking all the sniping for the party. He will allow is to get focused on the issues we care about while serious candidates who can fill the bill take notes in the wings. I expect to see some serious candidates emerge late in the year

106 posted on 03/05/2007 7:48:57 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: CremeSaver
"Is there anyone out there old enough to remember 'little' Andrew at Rudy's mayoral inauguration? The kid was a monster. LOL!"

Yes, and I remember Rush talking about going to some party someplace where the little heathen broke bad all day at the swimming pool without any direction from either parent in regard to his behavior or lack thereof. LOL!

107 posted on 03/05/2007 7:51:44 PM PST by penowa (NO more Bushes; NO more Clintons EVER!)
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To: EQAndyBuzz
claimed illness

Nice. You have so much in common with the hated MSM.
108 posted on 03/05/2007 7:52:07 PM PST by presently no screen name
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To: mylife

I hope it's someone more impressive, substantial and charismatic than Duncan Hunter.


109 posted on 03/05/2007 7:52:28 PM PST by BonnieJ
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To: presently no screen name

Yes ... but more importantly in Reagan's case his divorce was ancient history. Guiliani's messy divorce happened just a few years ago.


110 posted on 03/05/2007 7:52:32 PM PST by plain talk
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To: JRochelle

And who knows, maybe it's because they've asked him not to go. Bottom line is, we don't know what the situation there is, do we. It doesn't sound as if the kids have accepted their stepmother.
It's not always easy when parents are divorced, both my husband and i have divorced parents and step parents. His father, even though he wasn't always there once his parents were divorced, did pay for my husband's education and tried to help out my husband's sister.

I'm not going to rush to judgement since it seems to me we're not getting the full story.


111 posted on 03/05/2007 7:52:58 PM PST by psjones (u)
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To: mylife

LOL...I usually don't engage in...umm....Schadenfreude, but...in the case of Al Gore, I will make an exception.

Hehe, that little thing with his...er...umm.."involvement" with the company he brought the idiotic carbon offsets from!

Didn't hear much about it in the MSM (except for his big house)


112 posted on 03/05/2007 7:54:10 PM PST by rlmorel (Liberals: If the Truth would help them, they would use it.)
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To: Palladin
Thank You Palladin. I'm happy for your brother and his family. My hubby would have been 80 September last. He died April 29th. 2006.

It's possible I suppose his other ailments weakened his immune system and helped the cancer along.

The wonderful thing about it all, he never suffered horrible pain as so many do.

God is merciful.

113 posted on 03/05/2007 7:54:37 PM PST by BARLF
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To: madprof98
whole lot less awful stuff was coming out about Bill Clinton

Getting a subordinate to give him head in the oval office? Rape? Lying under oath? Misuse of power?

Something else about Rudy must push your button rather than his divorces to be so forgiving of Bill Clinton.

114 posted on 03/05/2007 7:54:48 PM PST by Ben Mugged (Always cheat; always win. The only unfair fight is the one you lose.)
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To: George W. Bush
The MSM will destroy any GOP front runner for Mrs. Bill Clinton.
115 posted on 03/05/2007 7:57:53 PM PST by b4its2late (Liberalism is a hollow log and a mental disorder.)
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To: Ben Mugged

And as far as we know, Rudy Guiliani is very devoted to his current wife...unlike Clinton. I guess the whole thing is Bill Clinton never wore a dress to a fundrasier! He's now more acceptable than Rudy Guiliani to some Republicans?! It is amazing to see this obsession.


116 posted on 03/05/2007 7:58:34 PM PST by BonnieJ
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To: plain talk
more importantly in Reagan's case his divorce was ancient history. Guiliani's messy divorce happened just a few years ago.

Duh! "Ancient! And the difference in their years is almost 40!
117 posted on 03/05/2007 7:58:51 PM PST by presently no screen name
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To: Palladin

I can google and see that on wikipedia myself, but it doesn't tell me much about her as a person. She has raised funds for 9/11 victims, a Catholic hospital and school and Katrina victims. Many liberals have done the same thing. I'm not impressed by society fund raising.


118 posted on 03/05/2007 7:58:52 PM PST by Elyse (I refuse to feed the crocodile.)
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To: Elyse

Whatever...


119 posted on 03/05/2007 8:00:08 PM PST by Palladin (Rudy will beat Hillary in 2008.)
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To: BonnieJ

One thing Rudy has in spades is Charisma


120 posted on 03/05/2007 8:02:24 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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