Ya gotta know how to lie to protect your interests. The top Giuliani consultant says:
"Yep Rudy, that'll play!"
Posted on 03/30/2007 8:10:09 AM PDT by pissant
NEW YORK -- Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani acknowledged again Friday that he made a mistake when he recommended Bernard Kerik to be the nation's homeland security chief.
The acknowledgment followed a report in The New York Times that the former New York City mayor was warned about Kerik's relationship with a company with suspected ties to organized crime even before Giuliani appointed Kerik as New York City police commissioner.
Giuliani told a Bronx grand jury last year that his former chief investigator recalled briefing him on Kerik's relationship with the company, Interstate Industrial Corp., before Kerik's appointment.
But Giuliani, the front-runner for the 2008 GOP nomination, also told the grand jury he did not remember the briefing, the newspaper reported.
"The Mayor has said repeatedly it was a mistake to recommend Mr. Kerik for DHS. He cooperated fully with the grand jury," Giuliani's consulting firm, Giuliani Partners, said in a statement to The Associated Press.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Giuliani testified that he had no specific recollection of the 2000 briefing or briefings, part of a background investigation before Kerik's appointment as police commissioner. He noted that investigators cleared Kerik for the post, saying that might have been a reason why he could not recall the briefing or briefings.
I doubt that Kerik has anything to spill about Rudy.
The old memory hole. LOL.
Nonetheless, if this is the extent of the story, it ain't gonna hurt him.
Ya gotta know how to lie to protect your interests. The top Giuliani consultant says:
"Yep Rudy, that'll play!"
Was about to post a response but thought better of it leaving it up to someone better equipped to debunk a ridiculous question. Wishful thinking on the knee-jerk Rudy bashers, as usual.
Thanks for clearing that up...
"I don't remember," "I can't recall," "I'm not sure."
What playbook is that out of?
That sounds AMAZINGLY Clintonian. Just like a lot of Rudy's crap.
What utter BS! Rooty was still in business with Kerik until after he was rejected for the HS job.
Kerik was unqualified for the police chief job and Rooty was told so. He appointed him anyway.
Rooty and Kerik had been friends and business partners for many years.
with the cast of characters out there, Rudy is just smiling along
If Rooty were to get the nomination the MSM will drop a bomb a week on Rooty until the general election, and they will all be true!
If he testified to that under oath you can expect the Rats to try to bring charges for lying under oath.
When Kerik was investigated for the police Comm. job it was brought up in the report that he was unqualified for any job over police captain because of his lack of education.
But the list of candidates is pretty pathetic so he should do good
If Rooty were to get the nomination the MSM will drop a bomb a week on Rooty until the general election, and they will all be true!
Oh yeah, after 20+ years in public life the big criminal scandal is a friend of his had his apartment decorated for free.
YOU do a search, and report back here with this "endless" corruption. You say Rudy's a crook. Whatcha got?
(You do know the left in NY have been desperate to destroy this man WAY longer than the johnny-come-latelys here, right?)
Rooty wishes that is all it was.lol.
Go ahead, list his crimes. I'm interested in what you've got.
http://www.nypdconfidential.com/columns/2006/060612.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/12/10/politics/main660485.shtml
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62072-2004Dec13.html
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20041227/scheer1224
"Bottom line: A smart guy like Giuliani should have suspected something in 1998, when his wife and his deputy mayor attended Kerik's lavish wedding, which was dotted with mob-connected characters. This was two years before he appointed Kerik to head the New York City Police Department."
http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/12/03/kerik.profile/index.html
When you finish those I'll Post some more for you if you want?
It would go something like this:
19xx Bernard Kerik drops out of high school
19xx Bernard Kerik develops ties with mob (specific events, etc)
199x Bernard Kerik hired as Limo driver for Giuliani
199x Bernard Kerik named by Giuliani to head NY Corrections Department
199x Giuliani receives briefing detailing Kerik's mob ties, etc.
199x Bernard Kerik named as NYC Police Commissioner
200x Bernard Kerik uses taxpayer-funded, 9/11 Ground Zero apartment for sexual encounters with mistress
200x Bernard Kerik and Rudy Giuliani form Giuliani/Kerik LLC corporation
200x Rudy Giuliani convinces President Bush to name Kerik as Director of the Department of Homeland Security
200x Bernark Kerik indicted for corruption/accepting mob-tied gifts/etc 200x Giuliani lies about his knowledge of Kerik's mob ties
200x Kerik found guilty of corruption charges, ordered to pay restitution of $xxx,xxx, narrowly avoids jail time
200x Giuliani removes Kerik name from corporation
200x Kerik charged with illegal surveillance of mistress's ex-husband?
2007 Giuliani formally announces run for President
2008 Giuliani soundly rejected by Republican Party
If you have info to put in the right dates, flesh out the events, add more events, and add links to background info, please share.
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