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In Rudy's heart & on payroll; Judith Giuliani got $125G to craft speeches (gives Rudy "pointers")
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS ^ | Friday, May 18th 2007 | DAVID SALTONSTALL DAILY NEWS SENIOR CORRESPONDENT

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."


TOPICS: Extended News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: giuliani; judith; liberalgiuliani; liberalrudy; lizhanover; rinogiuliani; rinorudy
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To: Liz

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.


61 posted on 05/19/2007 12:50:08 PM PDT by freekitty
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To: freekitty

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.


62 posted on 05/19/2007 2:13:03 PM PDT by Liz (Rudy Giuliani: Guinness World Record for Having The Most Positions on Abortion.)
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To: OBXWanderer

No, I meant Greco. It was right after 911.


63 posted on 05/19/2007 2:37:19 PM PDT by ovrtaxt (Democrats:more miserable than Donald Trump being forced to watch Rosie O’Donnell River Dance naked.)
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To: Liz

yep


64 posted on 05/19/2007 2:40:00 PM PDT by freekitty
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To: Condor51; TommyDale

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


65 posted on 05/19/2007 6:05:33 PM PDT by dennisw ("Libertarianism is applied autism" - Steve Sailer)
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To: dennisw; TommyDale
****Judy is Jewish****

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)

66 posted on 05/20/2007 6:48:06 AM PDT by Condor51 (Rudy makes John Kerry look like a Right Wing 'Gun Nut' Extremist)
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To: AmishDude

It must be lonely being a Giulianite on FR these days.


67 posted on 05/20/2007 1:18:03 PM PDT by jmc813 (The 2nd Amendment is NOT a "social conservative" issue.)
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To: jmc813

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.


68 posted on 05/20/2007 1:23:05 PM PDT by AmishDude (It doesn't matter whom you vote for. It matters who takes office.)
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To: AmishDude
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.

69 posted on 05/20/2007 1:30:31 PM PDT by jmc813 (The 2nd Amendment is NOT a "social conservative" issue.)
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To: jmc813
I guess it must be mandatory to post a laundry list of Rudy's failures at every post. (Do we do this for Hillary, I wonder?) I was just responding to the article.

We do that here, occasionally.

70 posted on 05/20/2007 1:36:33 PM PDT by AmishDude (It doesn't matter whom you vote for. It matters who takes office.)
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To: Condor51; dennisw; TommyDale

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.


71 posted on 05/20/2007 3:01:31 PM PDT by Liz (Rudy Giuliani: Guinness World Record for Having The Most Positions on Abortion.)
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To: AmishDude
When Rudy takes office will Judith be his Speech Writer, Bio Weapons Expert or will Rudy be due for an upgrade to wife number four by the time he is inaugurated?

Perhaps Rudy can go troll for a new wife at this summer's Giuliani Family Reunion.

72 posted on 05/20/2007 3:08:00 PM PDT by trumandogz
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To: trumandogz

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.


73 posted on 05/20/2007 3:14:41 PM PDT by AmishDude (It doesn't matter whom you vote for. It matters who takes office.)
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To: Liz; Condor51

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


74 posted on 05/20/2007 3:46:59 PM PDT by dennisw ("Libertarianism is applied autism" - Steve Sailer)
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To: Liz

Wikipedia says mother was Polish. Her folks been married 50 years and still live in Hazelton


75 posted on 05/20/2007 3:53:17 PM PDT by dennisw ("Libertarianism is applied autism" - Steve Sailer)
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To: George W. Bush
Look how sluttish she is in displaying herself like that. Nancy Reagan and the Bush First Ladies, even Hitlery, never displayed themselves like that.
It's disgusting. Why doesn't Rudi tell his current slut she needs to be more modest?

She's well versed in displaying her wares. She was a pharmaceutical salesman

76 posted on 05/20/2007 3:57:37 PM PDT by dennisw ("Libertarianism is applied autism" - Steve Sailer)
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To: dennisw

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.


77 posted on 05/20/2007 4:00:09 PM PDT by Liz (Rudy Giuliani: Guinness World Record for Having The Most Positions on Abortion.)
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To: ken5050; Liz

It makes no sense whatsoever, except to give her a “career” she can put on a resume when they are divorced.


78 posted on 05/20/2007 4:01:27 PM PDT by pissant
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To: dennisw; George W. Bush; TommyDale; indylindy
She's well versed in displaying her wares. She was a pharmaceutical salesman....

LOL----I guess she gave out a lot of "free samples," too.

79 posted on 05/20/2007 4:04:44 PM PDT by Liz (Rudy Giuliani: Guinness World Record for Having The Most Positions on Abortion.)
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To: Liz

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!


80 posted on 05/20/2007 4:05:39 PM PDT by ronnie raygun (ID RATHER BE HUNTING WITH DICK THAN DRIVING WITH TED)
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