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."
I can’t believe he is taking a page out of the Clinton book and trying to make accept her as co-president. I don’t think so.
He’s taking a page out of the Clinton book for all of his campaign moves........the endless spin, triangulatng issues, pandering to hyphenates, balkanizing American into separate unequal voting blocs, the no-shame strategy (no matter what dirt surfaces, he laughs it off), etc, etc, etc.
No, I meant Greco. It was right after 911.
yep
Judy is Jewish and I’ve seen quite a few cross eyed Jewish women and girls. Must be an Ashkenazi genetic predisposition. I would call it being mildly cross eyed. That’s what I’ve observed. I find it kind of sexy. Barbra Streisand is a bit cross eyed
Actually she's not, but I thought so too. Her 2nd hubby 'Nathan' was. I read a short bio on her. She is 'was' Catholic. Maiden name Stish, from Hazelton PA, Italian descent..
Plus there was an article a few months back some parts were of her having lunch. She was eating a 'Ham' Sandwich. That's when I went looking for her bio. No Jew would be eating Ham.
(an aside, I had a Jewish friend (retired to Vegas), he'd joke about having 'Kosher Ham' for Easter.)
(sorry for nor responding yesterday. things got busy)
It must be lonely being a Giulianite on FR these days.
You make assumptions. But that is standard with FR jihadists, eager to declare everyone else an apostate.
I am merely a reasonable person. And yes, on Rudy-bashing threads, that makes me a rare bird.
Ahh, so now its, "reasonable" to overlook gun grabbing and pro-abortion stances. Kinda like how the Brady folks look for "reasonable" gun laws. I get it.
We do that here, occasionally.
Dennisw expresses the perception of a lot of people.
In fact, on more than one occasion, Rudy Campaign Central dropped bits of info here and there, indicating Judy was Jewish.
They then switched gears, and claimed she was Italian.
We know now, Judy was married to a Jewish man named Nathan.
Her family name was changed from Sticia to Stish——her father is Italian——her mother was of Slovakian descent.
Perhaps Rudy can go troll for a new wife at this summer's Giuliani Family Reunion.
If his campaign is any indication, whatever she does, she will not be paid for it.
But we can expect all of the candidates’ spouses to play a role, including Bill Clinton and Ron Paul’s hand puppet.
Very interesting. I read the previous material that she was Jewish. She looks like she could be Jewish. So Judy Nathan-Guliani is Italian/Slovak and from Hazelton PA. Lots of Slovak miners worked the PA coal veins
Wikipedia says mother was Polish. Her folks been married 50 years and still live in Hazelton
Look how sluttish she is in displaying herself like that. Nancy Reagan and the Bush First Ladies, even Hitlery, never displayed themselves like that.She's well versed in displaying her wares. She was a pharmaceutical salesman
Uh, huh——right on all counts.
We all read the news reports about Judy’s heritage.
The Guiliani camp clearly wanted to perpetuate the misinformation......granted it was pretty easy to do, due to Judy’s second marriage name.
They then apparently decided it was better for Rudy if Judy was Italian.
But then Rudy regroups and switches gears many times on many issues.
So don’t give up hope——Judy may soon “find” her Jewish roots.
It makes no sense whatsoever, except to give her a “career” she can put on a resume when they are divorced.
LOL----I guess she gave out a lot of "free samples," too.
SO FRIGGIN WHAT! Does anyone know how John Edwards got all his slip and fall cash, Where Ted hides all his cash offshore, has anyone checked a Senator or Congressmen’s freezer yet? Please! This is nothing compaired to the crooks we all know as Demon rats!
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