[ReignOfError]

Honestly, someone is grasping at straws here. If Rudi was boinking Judi, then there’s a legit issue of whether she could be held for ransom or blackmail. Security is called for. If there is any issue at all, then it’s not whether Rudy should have been protecting Judi, but whether he should have been sweating up the sheets with her.

It’s like congressional pay raises. Everyone howls about a member of Congress taking home a few thousand dollars more, while conveniently forgetting the hundreds of millions of dollars in earmarks for causes like the Liberace museum or mohair subsidies or a bridge to Ketchikan Island.

Eye on the ball, folks. Politicians will get perks for as long as there are politicians. Is it right that politicians nickel and dime the tax payer for their petty privileges? No, it isn’t. But the far more urgent matter is how they rape the taxpayer for pet projects that don’t put money directly in their pockets, but win over the home folks. Robbing Peter to pay Paul is a viable strategy if Paul votes in your district and Peter doesn’t.

[Jim Robinson]

Unfaithful to his wives, unfaithful to his family, unfaithful to his constituents, unfaithful to his office, unfaithful to the taxpayers, unfaithful to the constitution, unfaithful to you and me. No thanks.

[highball]

Honestly, someone is grasping at straws here. If Rudi was boinking Judi, then there’s a legit issue of whether she could be held for ransom or blackmail. Security is called for. If there is any issue at all, then it’s not whether Rudy should have been protecting Judi, but whether he should have been sweating up the sheets with her.

I think you're missing the point.

The issue isn't that the costs were incurred, but that they were hidden. The bills were assigned to other departments, in order to keep the truth hidden. It's lying, and it's corruption.

It's always the cover-up that gets you. Ask Nixon, ask Clinton.

[papasmurf]

“Honestly, someone is grasping at straws here. If Rudi was boinking Judi, then there’s a legit issue of whether she could be held for ransom or blackmail. Security is called for.”

You. Have. Got. To. Be. Kidding!

It’s not a taxpayer’s responsibility to pay for the security of a Mayor’s mistress. Hisoner made a very handsome salary, let him pay for it.

I can just see ghouleeannie as POTUS and, what, 2, 3 or more Monica Lewinsky scandals with it.

Cigar, anyone?

[toddlintown]

“If Rudi was boinking Judi, then there’s a legit issue of whether she could be held for ransom or blackmail. Security is called for.”

Are you a fiction writer? That above is Pulitzer material.

[subterfuge]

Well said.

Of course I wouldn’t have voted for Rudy regardless.

[colorado tanker]

I agree, this is a sideshow.

[MayflowerMadam]

“If there is any issue at all, then it’s not whether Rudy should have been protecting Judi, but whether he should have been sweating up the sheets with her.”

That’s the first issue. The second is the coverup. If he wasn’t doing #1, then #2 wouldn’t exist.