He wasn’t lobbying for Chavez, his firm was lobbying for Citgo. That’s a gross exaggeration of the facts. Not to mention that Chavez went off the deep end only recently.
“The firm has had a contract with Citgo since before Giuliani joined it.
What they’re doing is lawful and honorable and helping to protect jobs for more than 100,000 Americans.”
Although Citgo Petroleum is a U.S.-based company, it was bought in 1990 by Petroleos de Venezuela, the national oil company of Venezuela. It employs 4,000 people in Texas and other states, and Giuliani said indirectly more than 100,000 people have jobs because of the company.”
When you take money from Hugo, you do Hugo’s bidding. Rudy claims it was all about jobs but that’s just an botched effort at populism. Sorry, appealing to the peanut gallery won’t help here. Every compensated service of value to Hugo strengthens Hugo, otherwise he would not pay. Why doesn’t Rudy just forego that contract as anyone decent might?
The problem is this: Rudy DOESN’T THINK Hugo is a problem.
And just because YOU are late to awareness of Hugo and make claims that Hugo only got bad recently, don’t think he was. Hugo Chavez has been attacking America since 1998 and Rudy should have known this. He didn’t just get bad lately. Hugo’s efforts have risen sharply since 2002 and he has a vast propaganda budget being used to subvert America and win over ghetto dwellers through Cheap Oil. That’s a long long time to learn about what Hugo’s game is.
The whole thing stinks. Nobody should take Hugo’s money. You take the king’s penny you do the king’s bidding.
Sheesh, he’s been a partner in this law firm for just two years and has never been involved in any lobbying.....This is pure bunk!!