RUDY: SHE'S NO EVIL STEPMOM; DEFENDS JUDI FROM HIS SON'S PARENT RAP (Judi's bitter divorce saga)

NY POST ^ | March 6, 2007 | GEOFF EARLE with Maggie Haberman

[Liz]

Rudy Giuliani vigorously defended his wife, Judith, as the perfect stepmom just days after his son, Andrew, revealed he doesn't get along with her. "My wife, Judith, is a loving and caring mother and stepmother," Giuliani told reporters after a meeting with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and county sheriffs.....he stood foursquare behind his wife, whose highly public relationship with Giuliani began while he was still married to the mother of his two kids.

Andrew Giuliani bluntly disclosed.... "There's obviously a little problem that exists between me and his wife." Sources familiar with the difficult relationship between the Giuliani kids and their stepmom said it started deteriorating before the couple married June 2003, but went south quickly after the wedding.

Giuliani's kids had hoped to carve out time to spend with their dad alone as things got worse, but he opted against it, the sources said.

At the same time, Rudy was involved in the life of Judith's daughter, Whitney, and even spoke at her graduation from York Preparatory school in May 2004. Sources say Giuliani has not visited Andrew at Duke, and that his relations with Caroline also are strained....even worse than with his son. Before she wed Giuliani, Judith went through a bitter court fight with Bruce Nathan over who would have custody of their daughter. Her ex-husband filed court papers in 2001 that said his daughter ran away from her mother when she was 16 and voluntarily moved in with him during the time when her mother was regularly at Giuliani's side in public while he was trying to get a divorce from Hanover.

[mkjessup]

Re-read Post #412. I did not call you childish, you referred to the comment made by dmw about referring to all the Rudy groupies as 'kiddies'.

Much of their behavior HAS been childish, and that is an absolute fact.

My admonishment to you was a reminder about 'can't stand the heat, get outta the kitchen'.

Nothing more, nothing less.

[alisasny]

And in your tagline you can't even spell..so what can I infer from that? Actually nothing but since you are the know all be all of my personal beliefs....have at it : )

[veronica]

It'll be like a snipe hunt. Ever done that?

Nope. I'm more about hunting for sale items at Saks. :)

[mkjessup]

And in your tagline you can't even spell..so what can I infer from that?

I'm surprised at you, with a handle like 'aliasny', and you didn't even recognize the fake southern drawl quote from your junior Senator when she ventured down South recently to try and win over the black vote in one of their churches.

But leave it to you to employ an ad hominem about my 'spelling' when you didn't even comprehend what that represented.

We're done here pal, you're wasting my time and yours.

[alisasny]

As long as we are clear that I am not a "their".

As far as today, coming into a Rudy thread, I probably wont return to another for a while.

I am ashamed that a place I liked to call home, here on FR, has come down to this. Eat your own...... go ahead.

And Jim this is still the greatest clearinghouse of current news on the entire Internet. Thank you.

[mkjessup]

As long as we are clear that I am not a "their". As far as today, coming into a Rudy thread, I probably wont return to another for a while. I am ashamed that a place I liked to call home, here on FR, has come down to this. Eat your own...... go ahead. And Jim this is still the greatest clearinghouse of current news on the entire Internet. Thank you.

Aliasny?

You need to grow a thicker hide.

And FYI, Jim Robinson is no friend of Rudy, and while I certainly don't (and would not) deem to speak for him, if you're 'ashamed' of true conservatives refusing to roll over for the RudyBots and the 'Rudy At Any Cost' trolls that have invaded FR, you probably don't even comprehend what FR is all about in the first place, so here's a reminder:

"Free Republic is the premier online gathering place for independent, grass-roots conservatism on the web. We're working to roll back decades of governmental largesse, to root out political fraud and corruption, and to champion causes which further conservatism in America"

[Fierce Allegiance]

regarding your tagline, you can look for "rutard" too.

[veronica]

My uncle Ed Linn, who was a very well-known and respected writer, and a dyed-the-wool conservative, (and my political mentor) as well as a longtime FReeper (who was hailed here when he passed on some years ago) always bemoaned the fact that Conservatives tend to eat their own, as you put it. It seems to be fatal flaw among some of them.

[OldFriend]

Have you actually read some of the comments to posters who support Rudy?

If you are not among those heaping vitriol on others for not agreeing with you, then my apologies.

Long time posters have been excoriated for not following party line here. It's as tho only one opinion is allowed. Posters have been banned for standing up for themselves.

Is it free speech for everyone here and arguments are made on the merits or is it smash and burn.

[veronica]

I guess I'm lucky. I really don't take the anti-Rudy insults hurled at me seriously. They don't impact me in the least. I will defend Rudy however.

[dmw]

"Conservatives tend to eat their own, as you put it. It seems to be fatal flaw among some of them."

I didn't see any conservatives here get eaten up. Hmmm, what am I missing? Now, on the other hand, I do see a few liberals getting eaten up, but that's normal isn't it? After all, this is FR the home of the "real conservatives". ;)

[mkjessup]

Well I guess I dont belong here anymore since you pretty much have outed me as a liberal.

I haven't done a damn thing to you except call it as I see it. You seem to take things way too personally, to the point that you feel it necessary to begin jabbing at another user by name in your own tagline.

That speaks volumes about you.

[dmw]

I meant to ping you to thread #433. Sorry I missed it.

[OldFriend]

Having been the recipient of the amazing leadership of Rudy Guiliani I find it important to defend his record in NYC.....every time.

When I see nothing but lies, misrepresentations and slurs hurled at anyone who doesn't meet the so called conservative standard I find it necessary to speak out.

At my age I've got a very thick skin so let them flame away.

[OldFriend]

As long as there is no independent thought, don't you mean?