Giulianis To Go On Camera, Candidly (Judith and Rudy Will Be on 20/20 Tomorrow)

Newsday ^ | 3/29/07

[areafiftyone]

WASHINGTON - Rudolph Giuliani's wife - joined by the ex-mayor himself - takes to the airwaves tomorrow in an interview the campaign hopes can put to rest questions about their public courtship and life together as presidential candidate and wife.

Judith Giuliani's interview with Barbara Walters is set to air tomorrow, one week after disclosures that she has been married three times, not twice as previously believed.

Giuliani aides refused to divulge what the Giulianis said in the pretaped interview and ABC News also was being tight-lipped, except for a news release promising that Judith Giuliani answers questions about whether "she was responsible for the break up of her husband's second marriage" and her relationship with his children.

Giuliani's three marriages and public split with Donna Hanover already have raised concerns among prominent evangelical Christian leaders, and Giuliani aides portrayed the interview as an attempt to confront the issue head on early in the campaign in the hopes of beginning to move beyond it.

The interview airs at 10 p.m. Friday on ABC's "20/20" program.

[areafiftyone]

(((((RUDY PING)))))

[Afronaut]

She is a real Peach!

[Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus]

But will his shoes match his dress?

[Taichi]

Being interviewed by the woman who refuses to kick Rosie out the door.

[areafiftyone]

Well if it is this kind of interview about marriage it would either be Barbara Walters or Katy Couric. Which would you choose? It's not a political interview about the campaign.

[Vaquero]

I wonder what chippy he's boinking on the side, now that he is married again.....

He's like a Kennedy or a Clinton....

....in every way.

[airborne]

Damage control.

[2dogjoe]

Give 'em hell Rudy!

[KATIE-O]

I would prefer to see Rudy interviewed by someone other than Barbara Walters but he will be just fine. He's polling very well with conservative Republicans and extremely well with moderates.

[airborne]

"Giuliani is promoting himself as a tax-cutting fiscal conservative, but as New York mayor he dismissed Forbes' idea for a flat tax rate as a "mistake," saying in 1996 that it would drain resources away from localities.

Interesting. Bracing for the spin to come.

[kellynch]

Newt's not exactly known for being chaste either.

[airborne]

Don't worry, Walters is a lib.

Rudy will feel right at home.

[ErnBatavia]

Yep - that was the first thought that came to me.

[RockinRight]

That's OK.

When Fred Thompson officially jumps in it's all over for Rudy McRomney.

[areafiftyone]

When Fred Thompson officially jumps in it's all over for Rudy McRomney.

Maybe Fred WILL jump in after he stops asking people to "BEG FOR HIM TO RUN" first!

[Rutles4Ever]

This is Schwarzeneger all over again. All the gullible Republicans falling over themselves for Rudy - frankly, we deserve what we get at this point. Those who vote for him will never know what hit them after he takes the oath. This guy is a liberal Democrat's wet dream, and we're the party that's going to make it come true.

[areafiftyone]

Suuuure Whatever!

[dirtboy]

Rudy also protested bitterly when the NY Legislature repealed the NYC commuter tax.

[Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus]

Tell you what. When I get home tonight, I'm going to put my guns and my paycheck into a big cardboard box, and pre-emptively ship them to Rudy, just in case he wins.