Bay Takes Bite Out of Rudy: Can't Believe a Word The Man Says

NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Assembling a panel to discuss how the presidential contenders' marital histories may affect their candidacies, "Today" resorted to one of its favorite tricks this morning: match a loyal Dem with a renegade former Republican. Former Clinton press secretary Dee Dee Myers was matched with Bay Buchanan, who served as her brother Pat's campaign manager when he left the GOP and ran against George W. Bush as a third-party candidate in 2000.

The strategy paid dividends from NBC's perspective, as two of the roughest shots at the Republicans were taken by Bay. Consider these two bombs Bay dropped.

Regarding Rudy: "If they [responding to a question about Rudy] will treat their wives this way, with such disregard, their children, allow this kind of marriage to collapse in a public way, the voters don't have a prayer of a chance. You can't believe a word the man says."

Regarding Newt: "His first marriage, divorce, is going to be very critical, he delivered the divorce papers to his wife who was in a hospital bed being diagnosed with breast cancer. I can't find a lot of women who are going to vote for a man who did something like that."

View video here.Not that Bay was alone. Meredith aunched an anti-Rudy bomb of her own. Here's Vieira's comment-in-the-guise-of-a-question that elicted Bay's answer set forth above: "If Giuliani can't keep his family together, how will he keep the country together?"

That's odd. When Bill Clinton was lying to his family, to the country and while under oath about his extramarital activities, wasn't the official Dem/MSM line that "lying about sex doesn't count"? But suddenly, in MSM eyes, a man's marital peccadilloes call into his question his fitness to lead. Let's see, what's changed?

Aside: Bay did also speculate as to whether Bill Clinton could keep himself "clean" over the course of the campaign, and how new "bimbo eruptions" could hurt Hillary's chances. She pointed out that Dems have been thinking the same thing. We know that Chris Matthews has worried long and hard along those lines.Contact Mark at mark@gunhill.net

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Bay-bites-Rudy ping to Today show list.

[MSF BU]

Bay was also with Reagan during the primaries in 1976 and 1980, when Rudy was supporting other people.

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

bump...

[twonie]

Bay's last name is Buchanan. Have we all got that now? Knowing that, did we expect different here?

[showme_the_Glory]

"If Giuliani can't keep his family together, how will he keep the country together?"

Seems like a fair enough question that would have to be answered before I could vote for a man. How a man treats his family is very important in my mind.

[wolfcreek]

If marital bliss is an issue in '08, Hunter and Romney will have one less hurdle. (funny, the Mormon only has one wife)

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

This Julie-Annie crowd is the new Rosie O'Donnell wing of the Republican party... they hate guns, love perverts and illegals, like to kill babies and hate religious folks...

I am an atheist, I am on my own side and not running for office... I WILL VOTE ON THE ISSUES...

The fancy Madison Avenue designer labels and cult of personality does not impress me.

[Constitution Day]

I didn't. Sheesh.

[BurtSB]

Bay and Pat are not even republicans .
But they are identified as Repub when the NBC /MSDNC leftist want to peddle the usual Bush or RNC bashing or now Rudy bashing since he can crush either Hillary or Osama Obama. We know NBC/MSDNC can not allow that to happen without a fight . These two clowns ran under a third party flag twice and are as bitter against Repub as the rest of the leftist media.
No wonder these morning shows are dying out.

[ClearCase_guy]

How a man treats his family is very important in my mind.

Perfectly understandable. That is very important to a great many conservatives.

However, the fact that the media all of a sudden thinks it's important is just rank hypocracy on their part. They had no problem with Clinton or the Kennedys.

[narses]

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[BurtSB]

Hello !!!!! Rudy worked in the Reagan Justice dept !

[kevkrom]

Seems like a fair enough question that would have to be answered before I could vote for a man. How a man treats his family is very important in my mind.

Reagan was divorced and somewhat estranged from his two natural children (but not his adopted child). The Clintons have stayed together through everything. You can't read too much into the marriage/family thing.

[CharlesWayneCT]

Actually, at least 3 less hurdles, since that will take care of Giuliani, McCain, and Gingrich. Four if we throw in simple divorce -- Fred Thompson.

I don't know the marital or re-marital status of the other candidates.

[tkathy]

Why don't the reps just nominate Frist?

[DonnerT]

Freds first wife died.

[Mr. Lucky]

Did you have the same concern with President Reagan?

[Fierce Allegiance]

Bay's last name is Buchanan. Have we all got that now? Knowing that, did we expect different here?

So, my last name is Jefferson. Doesn't mean that much, does it? Are you stating, or merely implying there is a relationship of note here?

[MSF BU]

Hello!!! Rudy worked against Reagan in 1976 and 1980. The fact he took an administration job afterwards is not really surprising. It's ideology versus employment in his case. I think we ought to leave the adulterous draft dodgers to the other party to nominate.

[kevkrom]

Are you stating, or merely implying there is a relationship of note here?

Bay Buchanan is Pat Buchanan's sister, and the recipient, through her PR firm, of many of the funds ol' Pat raised during his Reform Party run.