[Calpernia]

He has $16,649,826 cash on hand. Why does he even need more donations?

I do find the symbolism of $9.11 disgusting; but I wouldn’t expect anything more of him anyway.

[jonathanmo]

The "9.11 checks" had nothing to do with the Giuliani campaign. They were raised during a private fundraiser.

The returned checks as discussed in this threade are a different matter as well.

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Patricia Arcaro, a retired Philadelphia-area attorney, said she sent a $9.11 check to Giuliani after hearing about the fund-raiser on the news. “I am a strong supporter of Rudy Giuliani and I immediately sat down and wrote a check to the campaign,” she said in an interview today. “I think it would have been a great grass-roots campaign effort.”

Arcaro said afterward she received a letter with a return check from the campaign that stated, “Unfortunately we must return your contribution. We do not solicit or collect financial support that is indicative of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.” It was signed by Giuliani campaign treasurer John Gross.


Arcaro was undeterred. “I turned around and sent a substantially larger check for $910,” she said. “I said, ‘Ok, fine I’ll do it that way.’”

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2007/10/15/thanks-but-no-thanks-for-911-checks/?mod=homeblogmod_washingtonwire