Posted on 05/11/2007 1:55:27 PM PDT by Josh Painter
Rudy Giuliani’s presidential campaign, disorganized and off-message for a few too many weeks, didn’t need another controversy that makes the candidate look ridiculous. It got one anyway.
In advance of a campaign swing through Iowa, a Giuliani aide contacted Deb and Jerry VonSprecken, farmers who had recently donated to Giuliani’s campaign. The staffer asked if the VonSpreckens would be willing to host an event on their farm, and the couple, honored to even be asked, agreed.
Deb got to work, contacting local officials and inviting everyone she could find. They even underwent a security check. Then, Team Giuliani called back.
“They wanted to know our assets,” she revealed, and added that she and Jerry have a modest 80 acre farm and raise cattle.
Later she received a call from Tony Delgado at the Des Monies location.
“Tony said, ‘I’m sorry, you aren’t worth a million dollars and he is campaigning on the Death Tax right now.’ then he said they weren’t going to be able to come,” Deb continued.
The Death Tax is a federal version of the Iowa Inheritance Tax.
The VonSpreckens then called Delgado back and told him how upset they were that the event had been cancelled, how much work they had done and that they had been expecting 75-100 people at their farm.
“I invited him into my home,” Deb said of Giuliani, fighting back tears.
Yes, the Giuliani campaign was only interested in the VonSpreckens because it thought they were multi-millionaires. Giuliani needed a prop, not a family, and as soon as the campaign realized the VonSpreckens’ net worth, they were no longer of any value to Rudy “Man of the People” Giuliani...
Lately, it seems like the Giuliani campaign has been one screw-up after another. Somewhere, Fred Thompson is smiling.
(Excerpt) Read more at thecarpetbaggerreport.com ...
I’m not going to vote for Giulianni, but did you see where this story is coming from?
Like a broken pocketwatch, even some liberals can be right twice a day (for about one second each time, LOL).
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