Posted on 08/15/2007 2:19:08 PM PDT by hardback
Wayne Barrett, the professional anti-Giuliani, has a piece in this week's Village Voice considering what might have made America's Mayor's daughter, Caroline, grow up to be a Barack Obama supporter.
Some fun details of life at home with the Giulianis:
1. Rudy brought Caroline to City Hall on Take Your Daughters to Work Day in 1994 and 1995, his first two years as mayor, but never again — because by 1996 "the relationship between Giuliani and his twentysomething press secretary had so poisoned the marriage that all such family events were impossible."
2. The Giulianis went on a family vacation after he was elected in 1993 — and then never did again.
3. On Father's Day 1995, Giuliani told reporters he was going to play baseball with his son — and instead went to a basement suite at City Hall with his "ever-present" press secretary.
4. Neither his wife nor his kids went to Rudy's victory party when he was reelected in 1997.
5. The kids aren't listed in Giuliani's bio on his Web page.
6. He skipped his son's high-school graduation.
7. He went to Caroline's but left without speaking to her. "I am celebrating with my mom, my stepfather, my brother, and our other family members," she said then.
Yeah, we'd be supporting someone else for president, too.
I saw some speculation on National Review’s blog today that Huckabee might be Rudy’s VP pick so the pro-lifers would give in and vote for him. They say the GOP lost so big in 2006 because the party has no evident principles. This campaign is proof positive.
Rudy has a lot of personal baggage. Hillary’s ops research people would have a field day with him. He bugged out of the senate race with her knowing full well that she would have blown him out of the water.
Rudy sure is flip-flopping on illegals.
Why float stories from that lib rag NY magazine? Maybe Caroline is her mothers daughter.
I bet the kids always had their hands out for bread from their old man though. Spoiled brats most likely.
He doesn’t believe his family life should effect his run for presidency. Some might be okay with that...
I don’t think it is okay. Not to say I wouldn’t vote for the guy if he was better on other issues, but it’s a part of the non-selling package Rudy gives.
The son says he won’t campaign for Rootie and wants to be left alone at Duke University. (where he’s on a golf scholarship I think)
Why does anyone here even care what they have to say.
From what I see they aren’t much different than the Voice, and thats not a compliment.
He withdrew from the senate race because of his ongoing treatment for prostate cancer at that time. There is no evidence he withdrew because of what Hillary or her ops perhaps knew.
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Seriously, my niece could come up with a better homework assignment than this drivel.
That’s the party line. I don’t believe it. It didn’t stop Kerry from running. Hillary would have beaten Rudy and he knew it. Now Rudy thinks that 9/11 makes him a more formidable candidate against Hillary, but he still has too much personal baggage in addition to being a RINO.
Hey, I hear this is where the Kucinich branch of the Republican party hangs out. Is that correct?
Yes Rudy has a caustic tongue and a lot of baggage, but his ingrate kids might have gotten it from their hate from mother brainwashing them!
Rudy has less chance against Democrats that Thompson or Romney.
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