She does more than smile for him - Rudy Giuliani paid Judith Nathan $125,000 a year for speechwriting.
Posted on 05/19/2007 1:55:35 AM PDT by Liz
She does more than smile for him - Rudy Giuliani paid Judith Nathan $125,000 a year for speechwriting.
Being Mrs. Rudy Giuliani can't be easy, but at least it pays well - about $10,000 a month. A day after the former mayor disclosed in federal filings that he considers his third wife, Judith, a salaried employee, sources said he has paid her about $125,000 a year for speechwriting help - since before they were married. The tidy sums, which the couple have always reported as income on their joint tax returns, was for speech-writing help and the many days Judith spent traveling with her husband to paid engagements around the globe. "Mrs. Giuliani made a professional contribution and the mayor recognizes and respects her efforts," one aide said. "He is merely acknowledging both her time commitment and her professional value."
Rudy Giuliani's haul for the 126 speeches he gave from January 2006 to March 2007 was $11.4 million, records filed this week show, which means he kicked back something less than 2% to his wife over that period. But with Giuliani running hard for the Republican presidential nomination, he has stopped accepting money for his talks - and Judith is no longer getting a paycheck, aides said. They added, however, that Judith had been getting paid for her time and expertise since shortly before the couple wed in 2003, when Giuliani hit the lecture circuit in earnest. "It's an arrangement that started before they were married," said one insider. "And he pays taxes on it."
That Judith has long been a member of her husband's traveling entourage is no secret. She can often be seen glued to his side, and the former mayor's standard contract with the Washington Speakers Bureau stated explicitly that Judith "must be seated directly next to" her husband if she is present. Aides said that was so Judith - a former sales executive at Bristol-Myers Squibb and former managing director at Changing Our World Inc., a for-profit consulting firm - could give her husband pointers. There is no suggestion of any illegality in the arrangement, but the idea of a husband paying his wife for services that many political spouses would take for granted is sure to raise some eyebrows.
"It just looks odd," said Republican strategist Nelson Warfield, a regular Giuliani critic. "Most spouses view supporting their significant others as part of the package, not part of the compensation package." "Some people will joke and ask, 'Is it a straight salary or is there a performance bonus?'" added Warfield.
Beyond that, it is likely to feed perceptions that Giuliani's private life - as his own mayoral campaign called it in an internal 1993 memo - contains a certain "weirdness factor." That now includes a first marriage to his second cousin, a very public split with his second wife, and two children ages 17 and 21 who are said to be estranged from him. "Maybe this will help this marriage last, since he's made it a job as well as a position in life," said University of Virginia political scientist Larry Sabato. "Maybe he's found a new approach."
Rudy Giuliani paid Judith Nathan $125,000 a year for 'speechwriting'...Judith had been getting paid for her time and 'expertise' since shortly before the couple wed in 2003..."It's an arrangement that started before they were married,"
© original 'joke' by George Bernard Shaw
Is she slightly cross-eyed? Must be from his cross-dressing!
It give the appearance of impropriety, and opens the door for criticism. It also invites investigations for future embarrassment.
"I’ll bet most are drawing some sort of stipend, whether they are declaring it on their taxes or not. Think cell phones, wardrobe, personal grooming (hair styling, makeup, child care, etc)."
Wow! That was spoken like a true liberal Democrat! They BETTER be showing it on the books and paying taxes! Otherwise they should expect the IRS and the FEC to pay them a visit.
YES.
There was a pic I found a while back that didn't look 'right'. So I used my Firefox Image Zoom and her cross eye was clearly visible. Maybe it's more like a 'lazy eye' where it 'wanders'. But it looks pretty weird.
Pretty sure he avoids close up pics if possible.
So while she may have tried to hide the crossed eye, Rudy may have taken that as a flirtatious wink and made his move? LOL!
JUDI GIULIANI Germ-warfare adviser.
Rudy): `Would you sleep with me for... for a million dollars’
(Judi): `Well, maybe for a million I would, yes.
(Rudy—thinking): Man, I wonder what she’d do for a couple million.......and a Cabinet appointment.
(Rudy): “Would you sleep with me for... for a million dollars?”
(Judi): “Well, maybe for a million I would, yes.”
(Rudy): “Now that we’ve determined what you really are, let’s negotiate your price!”
Ouch!
Oops! I didn’t see your post #21 that gave the whole story!
LOL...
It reminds me of the other old joke, where a guys walks in to a bar, all bruised and cut up. The bartender says “What happened to you?”
The beaten up customer says, “I called a woman a two-bit whore.”
The bartender again asks, “So what happened?”
The customer answers, “She beat me with a sack of quarters!”
I’m no Rudy supporter but this is a non-issue.
A lot of husbands outside of politics who can afford to do so-—and save taxes AND keep the wife happy-—find ways of putting their wife on the payroll.
Look how sluttish she is in displaying herself like that. Nancy Reagan and the Bush First Ladies, even Hitlery, never displayed themselves like that.Hey, the guy enjoys pain.........look at his campaign. LOL.
I think she's done that, already.
Rudy is destroying the GOP. Liz is just a goldigger—and for what he is paying I doubt Rudy knows the value of a dollar.
Nice take---perfect description.
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