Posted on 05/09/2007 4:30:57 PM PDT by calcowgirl
“The Giuliani who runs for President, who still leads in the polls but not for much longer”
Hope this prediction comes true!
He’s been dropping like a rock. Let’s hand him an anvil.
And looky who was trysting with Kerik in a backwater apartment reserved for rescue workers:
Judy is no naive spring chicken, she's been around. I bet she has some interesting Sicilian-Kerik-Giulliani stories to tell. What would it take to get her to sing? You can bet the Dems have already been working on her.
“Let’s hand him an anvil.”
I’m more traditonal. Fit him for cement overshoes
This is the guy who gives personal donations to planned parenthood.
The "overwhelming story of Bernie Kerik" is a "wonderful story of success, and it's one that New Yorkers can be very very proud of because he's one of us."
--Rudy Giuliani, who recommended Kerik to the White House, commenting on Kerik's nomination to head Homeland Security [New York Post, Dec 4, 2004]
"I am heartbroken, for Bernie, for the President. . . . He was about as qualified as you can be for this job. This doesn't take away from Bernie's heroism, this doesn't take away from his decency."
<blockquote>--Rudy Giuliani commenting on Kerik's withdrawal from nomination to head Homeland Security, [New York Daily News, Dec 12, 2004]
"Well, I think that's something I'll explore, you know, privately with Bernie," Giuliani said.--Rudy Giuliani indicating he would talk to Kerik about his best man and brother working for an allegedly mob-connected company, [New York Daily News, Dec 13, 2004]
Rudy is finding out that America ain’t much like New York City. It won’t be fun for him from this point onwards.
Rudy, Rudy, Rudy!
You’re not in Brooklyn anymore!
PING
More Anti-Rudy
Conasan is left of left. Put it in file to attack RG in the primaries.
April 12, 2007
Rudy Giuliani’s Dubious Leadership
By Joe Conason
Before Rudolph W. Giuliani started to run for president, he specialized in writing books and delivering inspirational lectures on the topic of “leadership,” which is the theme for his campaign. He is telling America that in a time of war and terror, he is the leader we need. And he seems to be saying that the determination of “the leader” matters more than where the leader wants to take us or whether he knows where he is going.
If that sounds like the same primitive mind-set behind our current disaster, then consider yourself forewarned. Giuliani is a fervent admirer of George W. Bush — whose election he considers a result of “divine guidance” — and a dauntless supporter of the war in Iraq, which resulted from exactly the kind of leadership he advocates. Despite that highly unpopular position, the former New York City mayor leads the Republican presidential field in many polls.
Much of the Giuliani appeal is based on his admirable performance in the immediate aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. He has profited personally and politically from the real leadership he provided then. But his ambitions demand a dispassionate examination of his ideas and his record.
Giuliani’s fundamental argument is that 9/11 endowed him with special qualifications for the job he is seeking. “What they say in Washington is not going to affect the fact that there are terrorists around the world that are planning to come here and kill us,” he told voters in Iowa. “It is something I understand better than anyone else running for president.”
What exactly does he mean? If he is suggesting that he should be trusted to make critical judgments about national security and foreign policy, there is plenty of contrary evidence.
During the months and years leading up to 9/11 — as reporters Wayne Barrett and Dan Collins proved in “Grand Illusion: The Untold Story of Rudy Giuliani and 9/11,” their superb book debunking much of the “America’s Mayor” mythology — he made decisions as mayor that would later prove disastrous.
Against the advice of real experts, he stubbornly insisted on placing his immensely expensive emergency command center in a World Trade Center building, although terrorists had struck there already and were determined to do so again. The command center went down with the rest of Ground Zero, leaving the mayor and his aides to wander downtown as the buildings fell.
Their frantic efforts to cope with the disaster were lethally hindered by faulty communications equipment purchased by the Giuliani administration — also against the advice of experts who knew better. Such fateful errors are more troubling when viewed against the backdrop of political and financial influences that probably distorted the decision-making process.
Yet while Giuliani is often wrong, he is never uncertain. That same attitude prevailed in his promotion of the dubious Bernard Kerik to police commissioner. By the time Giuliani appointed him to head the New York Police Department in 2000, evidence of Kerik’s ties with a mob-connected construction company had emerged in a background investigation. Kerik had obtained jobs for his brother and his best friend with that company, and interceded with city authorities on the firm’s behalf. Moreover, federal prosecutors had indicted Kerik’s friend, Lawrence Ray, along with a reputed Gambino crime-family figure.
In testimony before a Bronx grand jury investigating Kerik last year, Giuliani didn’t deny that he had been briefed on those issues before promoting his former bodyguard to the office of police commissioner. But he insisted that he didn’t remember that briefing — and noted that his investigators had “cleared” Kerik.
No doubt Giuliani’s dim recall allowed him to enthusiastically recommend Kerik to President Bush as a suitable candidate for secretary of Homeland Security in late 2004. That ruinous choice was averted only because New York newspapers published timely exposes of Kerik’s embarrassing past. Giuliani now says he “assumed responsibility” for the “mistake” of recommending his old friend and business partner.
There is a persistent flaw in Giuliani that makes such errors inevitable. He promoted Kerik because he preferred the loyal sycophant to William Bratton, the smart, independent and competent police commissioner whom he had fired. He ignored the threat of terrorism until it was too late, and arrogantly rejected the advice of those who knew more than he did.
Over the past six years, this brand of leadership has become all too familiar. We don’t need it anymore. In fact, we never did.
Copyright 2007 Creators Syndicate Inc.
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Doesn’t seem like the heavy artillery will need to come out.
I’m sure this is an old prediction around FR, but I predict that Giuliani won’t even come close to the Republican nomination.
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Interestingly, Giuliani had a 'Vulnerability Study' prepared for his 1993 Mayor's race. The results were so telling that he had the report destroyed-- sensitive information included reports of his "raucous social life" during his first marriage as well as his relations to members of the mob. Giuliani staff were also concerned about the "weirdness factor"-- perhaps most directly due to his marriage to his first cousin (further reading in Barrett's Rudy! An Investigative Biography).
JUST A SMALL SAMPLING of his connections to mafia organizations, corrupt deals, appointments of criminal and defamed friends and other scandals follow below. A few hours of research will reveal a great more information-- more than is necessary for this article.:
FATHER AND UNCLE CONVICTED FOR MOB CRIMES
Giuliani's father was a convicted hold-up man who served time in an upstate prison and was later employed as an enforcer for a Mafia loan shark operation. When the book was first released Giuliani denied and later admitted it was true. According to the book, a number of his other relatives were also in the Mafia besides the uncles who were firemen and police officers that he proudly refers to in public speeches.
PRIMARY RESOURCE: Rudy! An Investigative Biography by Wayne Barrett
http://www.jonesreport.com/articles/060407_giuliani_mobster.html
Rooty’s top campaign donor in Nevada is in the “gaming” industry.
Just like Kerik he has “alleged” mob connections to one of the major crime families. I think it was the same Gambenio (sp?) connection.
Re the photo in post #4, I know it’s just the lighting but doesn’t our boy Rudy with those big black eyes look just like a raccoon?
The Kerik felony charges may coincide with the general election. It will be daily, front-page and wall-to-wall Giuliani/Kerik MSM scandal coverage.
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