Posted on 03/06/2007 3:27:51 AM PST by Liz
Rudy Giuliani vigorously defended his wife, Judith, as the perfect stepmom just days after his son, Andrew, revealed he doesn't get along with her. "My wife, Judith, is a loving and caring mother and stepmother," Giuliani told reporters after a meeting with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and county sheriffs.....he stood foursquare behind his wife, whose highly public relationship with Giuliani began while he was still married to the mother of his two kids.
Andrew Giuliani bluntly disclosed.... "There's obviously a little problem that exists between me and his wife." Sources familiar with the difficult relationship between the Giuliani kids and their stepmom said it started deteriorating before the couple married June 2003, but went south quickly after the wedding.
Giuliani's kids had hoped to carve out time to spend with their dad alone as things got worse, but he opted against it, the sources said.
At the same time, Rudy was involved in the life of Judith's daughter, Whitney, and even spoke at her graduation from York Preparatory school in May 2004. Sources say Giuliani has not visited Andrew at Duke, and that his relations with Caroline also are strained....even worse than with his son. Before she wed Giuliani, Judith went through a bitter court fight with Bruce Nathan over who would have custody of their daughter. Her ex-husband filed court papers in 2001 that said his daughter ran away from her mother when she was 16 and voluntarily moved in with him during the time when her mother was regularly at Giuliani's side in public while he was trying to get a divorce from Hanover.
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Sad that Rudy didn't have time to spend with his two kids but he had time to go to every fireman's and policeman's funereal after 9/11. It says a lot about a person who seemingly cares for people he doesn't know but doesn't show the same care to his own kids. I understand that families have problems and all that, to me that isn't the issue, the issue is Rudy's priorities. If his family, especially his kids, are not a priority, then his priorities are pretty screwed up if you ask me.
Oh, right----you people are the infinitesmal 1% that polled they will support the lisping liberal twit, no matter what he does.
And may I say----good luck with that.
Giuliani's kids had hoped to carve out time to spend with their dad alone as things got worse, but he opted against it, the sources said. He dumped his own flesh and blood.
However, notice that the article says he willingly attended Judi's daughter's graduation----and was the guest speaker.
He's being manufactured as something he isn't.
And let's see a DNA sample comparisons of Chelsea and Web Hubbell. LOL
Jeez, even without the kids being angry with him Rudy's personal life is a train wreck. I don't dislike Rudy but I don't understand his appeal as far as Presidential material goes. Other than seeing him in the aftermath of 9/11, most people don't know his stance on most issues.
Makes me wonder what your children demand of their parents. Is it....me me me me me me me
Or do you think 9/11 was just one of those days when something untoward happened and ought not require a special response?
I am at a complete loss to understand your thought process.
No, but character counts. This is part of his.
About that little boy from Arkansas who was shipped off to a foreign country to attend school.....just happened to be the image of slick willie.
It does count but the issues are where he will crash and burn.
We've allowed the democrats to define the gop platform to the point where if Jesus was running for office would we question the virgin birth.
The bottom line is that individuals with sufficient drive to run for president or mayor of a city very rarely have time or energy remaining to look after their personal lives. And then you wonder why our government is full of scoundrels and criminals. The only ones who qualify to run are the ones that sufficiently supress the problems they have in their own lives. The ones who successfully run for office are the ones who lie the best.
We need to be smarter than this.
"I'd just like to break in for a moment here to thank you Freepers for the valuable work you're doing on my behalf. I know I can count on you in the coming election to keep the Republicans from victory at any cost. Thanks again, now please go back to tearing yourselves apart over trivial bullsh*t."
I wouldn't sweat it. Odds are the kid will end up with a step-mom his Dad didn't cheat on his mother with.
Post 31 says it all people!
ROTFL------anybody checkout Rudeo's close female campaign aides lately?
And let's hope Rudy had Judi sign a pre-nup else he could be taken for a very, very expensive ride.
I understand, but life is not perfect and a lot of things go on behind the scenes that could change our perspective if we knew the entire story. If I recall correctly, for example, Hanover and Giuliani, effectively seperated several years before Judith Nathan came on the scene even though they both officially lived in the Mayor's Mansion. I suspect they pretended to stay together because of politics, careers, and most importantly, for the children, even though the marriage was all but over. My perspective of Donna Hanover at the time was less than flattering, and that her role as First Lady was secondary to her own career goals. For all we know, she was a bitch on wheels, who never had time for her husband, emotionally or physically. And while I agree that he should have waited until after they divorced to find someone else, I suspect that they intended to pretend to stay together -- for the children -- when Rudy and Judy fell in love.
"Ask the other FReepers who support Rudy, and I have a hunch they will tell you the same thing."
Really! WOOOOOOOW!
Hillary before sexual reassigmnment surgery.
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