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H P Boston — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:55:39 GMT

The scumbag is bleeding scandal. You can't keep the press dogs from sniffing out your doo doo Rudy!

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eNews Reference, Dover NH — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:56:20 GMT

there is news out there that Giuliani could be another Bill Clinton... the story about Clinton not being totally honest about the war in Iraq is stark... http://enewsreference.wordpress.com/2007/11/30/bill-clinton-and-the-credibility-factor/

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pat huntington ny — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:57:35 GMT

I told you all ... it would only be a matter of time before America see's the real Rudy that we herein NY knew all the time before 9-11...the rude nasty bully rudy.

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Spin City — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:16:35 GMT

In a bizarre coincidence, this same story broke on Fox in a slightly different lights. Some of the highlights ...

*Headline: RUDY UNFAIRLY TARGETED BY LIBERAL MEDIA*

OKATIE, SC -- Giuliani refused to take questions here today about allegations that he was the true hero following the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil, tough on taxes, tough on crime and a true Patriot-leader when he was mayor of New York City/America.

“We’ve already explained it,” a humble Giuliani said, walking past reporters after a town hall meeting.

Giuliani, is normally friendly to reporters, and dangerous liberal reporters were unusually physical. Several campaign aides asked campaign reporters to return to the press area citing security reasons. On other occasions, biased liberal reporters have been non-violent towards Giuliani as he is shaking hands and signing autographs after events, and he often informally takes questions from reporters. 9-11, it could happen to you.

On a related story, the aide to VP candidate-in-waiting-to-Giuliani Huckabee is reportedly feeling better after a dangerous, biased, liberal reporter angrily/bitterly/and jealously pushed him down following solid Republican debate performances, even with the CNN stacking the odds against them.

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vanreuter, NY NY — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:18:05 GMT

"Giuliani, who is normally friendly to reporters..."

Mark Murray should check Rudy's history with the NY press. There was never a more controlling, adversarial New York mayor than Rudy in New York history. If he's seen a s friendly now, it's only because he's been able to conceal his true nature, which seems to be surfacing.

Van

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Lee in CA — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:19:48 GMT

This guy is about the only one I absolutely cannot stand.

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M. Foley, Florida — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:58:24 GMT

Rudy, It's the Sopranos meets David Vitters.

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Travis, Louisville, Ky. — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:03:00 GMT

What's next Rudy... you going to just punch the next reporter who asks you a hard question? Please, this man is an absolute tool and the fact that he's getting traction in this race *gags*

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pat huntington ny — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:06:49 GMT

Rudy's probably trying to figure out how to expense the secret service so he can move onto wife #4.

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Class Warrior, D.C. — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:22:32 GMT

Heh-heh. When the heat is on, we now see who can't take it. If Hillary laughs at uncomfortable questions, Julie bristles and has his brownshirts hustle the press out of te way. His true (lack of) character is now shining through.

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Joe Wilson, Atlanta, GA — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:32:09 GMT

That's Pat Robertson's boy! I was wondering when the Great Rude one was resurface, the one with the New York manners. His children and his ex-wife do not speak to him. A New York state comptroller had to resign for providing his wife transportation, but it's OK for the pompous mayor to provide his mistress with tax payer-provided limo service. Where's the outrage from the Republican right wing, who tried to make a scandal out of any move Bill Clinton made? HYPOCRITES!!!

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Curlydog Trinity Florida — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:35:28 GMT

Rudy needs to be asked the following question;
If you are elected President can the American public assume that at some point we will be paying for secret service protection for both the current Mrs. Giuliani (whoever that maybe at the time) and for your current mistress (whoever that maybe at the time)?

www.curlydog.com/blog

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Greg R., Spokane, WA — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:41:01 GMT

Teste is as teste does

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JR, NY — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:46:32 GMT

The "hey I am great guy" is a phony. All his so called stats are either exagerated or lies. His policy chief did it all, and when he was given credit, Rudy gave him the boot. Crime was already on the decline from the previous mayor. This guy became rich over 911. It is disgusting that he will use 911 to get to the presidency, to start another trillion dollar war with Iran. Firemen and others died because NY was not prepared. American have to be stupid to think he can run the country.

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JR, NY — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:49:15 GMT

I would vote for Rudy, for president of Iran.

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Dr. Ross C. Hoffman San Diego, CA — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:50:04 GMT

Mr. Giuliani will soon learn that in the final analysis Teflon is strictly reserved for weak-minded, faux-Texan sons of second-rate, blueblood Presidents. Mr. Giuliani asserting he has adequately explained these shady financial shenanigans does not make it so. He'll be a walking mass of scandals by the time he goes down in flames at the first Republican primary. Enjoy the well-deserved ride to ruin, Rudy!

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John Doe, The Peanut Gallery — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:02:33 GMT

Say what you want about Clinton, but at least he never expensed a blowjob...

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Grytpype — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:14:58 GMT

The real Rudy is coming out under pressure.

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Darnell — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:23:36 GMT

Rudy is a total fraud. I can't believe I was actually considering voting for him because of his "liberal" tendencies.

He's just like Bush, they're the same kind of candidate... a power-hungry bully without morals and without a conscience who'll tell you whatever he thinks you want to hear to get elected.

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dfong63 — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:28:50 GMT

hahaha, bye-bye, Rudy. we hardly knew ye, but it was more than enough.

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Pacheck — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:34:12 GMT

Rudy,Rudy, Rudy, You never were of republican presidential cloth. Especially if you had to steal nickels and dimes from your own administration to pay for your bimbos and your female costumes.

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Thomas D. Segall, New York City, NY. — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:35:53 GMT

Before there was Judith Nathan there was Christine Lategano. Ms. Lategano (now Mrs. Nicholas) was Rudy's press aide during the 1993 camaign and was his press representative after the election. Donna Hanover forgave him for this, and they went on a second honeymoo of sorts to try to straighten things out.

It was shortly after this that he egan shtuppng Judith Nathan.

I think it is interesting to note that both of Mayor Giuliani's las two wives were previously married to Jewish men.

I often think about the hypocrisy tht Mr. Giuliani exhibited in relation to his Catholic Faith. He made great sow of taking his children Andrew and Caroline to St. Patrick's and sitting in the front row at mass, even when he was having his relationship with Judith Nathan and actively contemplating how terminate his marriage to Donna hanover.

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J. Florida — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:51:20 GMT

"Mark Murray should check Rudy's history with the NY press. There was never a more controlling, adversarial New York mayor than Rudy in New York history." (vanreuter, NY NY)

I don't think Clinton supporters should highlight other candidates' control of the press, press availability, etc., van, especially considering how secretive and dishonest Clinton herself is.

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cc Huntsville AL — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:03:55 GMT

I find it difficult to believe that this fellow is "leading in the polls" among Republicans. Where are these stats coming from??

How does a twice-divorced "pro-abortion Catholic" get the endorsement of Pat Robertson? I feel like I have gone through the looking glass, there is seriously something wrong here.

Can it be true that he was cheating on his ex-wife at taxpayers expense? Did the police officers actually think to submit their expense reports to the "Loft Office?"

If being the mayor of a city that was attacked qualifies one to be president, what about the mayor of Shanksville PA or Arlington VA?

This fellow is very scary. You can literally see him seethe when anyone disagrees with him. The sympathetic rational understanding act simply does not work.

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Gustavo, Boston, MA — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:16:36 GMT

This is TOO Funny. New York media was printing blockbuster after blockbuster about what a third rate crook and serial adulterer Giuliani is and the National media is fluffing him as "America's Mayor". Now they have to say the guy was using taxpayer $$ to bang his trampy girlfriend (now trampy wife) and this reporter won't touch the fact that it ain't "Travel expenses", it's that the scumbag was using City $$ and City policemen to take care of his slut. He also built a Love Shack using City $$'s. He also promoted hoodlum Bernie Kerik to almost be Homeland Security chief cuz Bernie kept Donna H away while Rudy was with Cristyne.

God knows once we lift that rock how much money wew will find out Rudy stole from the city. America's Mayor indeed!

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John B, Des Moines, IA — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:16:40 GMT

Rudy's record as mayor of NYC is the only thing that matters. Unless of course you're talking about aspects of his record ad mayor that don't reflect favorably on him. In which case they're unimportant and shouldn't be discussed.

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Donkey — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:30:03 GMT

and now

the true Rudy surfaces

heh...

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HMT-MI — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 22:12:44 GMT

Judith Nathan should be answering questions about using the police department as her own taxicab.We already know how Rudy lies---big time hero,cut crime,blah,blah,blah----when I was the mayor------------more blah blah blah blah blah.

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J. Merle Stanley, Westchester, NY — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 22:28:09 GMT

The bastard has NOT explained this issue to the satisfaction of tax paying New Yorkers like myself, who never knew we were paying the freight for him to "boink" Judy Nathan while he was still married to poor Donna Hanover.
"Rappin' Rudy 'G' The Gigolo of The G.O.P.".....do we really want THIS jerk in The White House.
No, I don't think so.

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a.brocco, albuquerque,nm — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 23:04:21 GMT

Jerry/Corpus Christi, what do you think of all of these Liberals picking on your boy. Your silence is quite revealing and truly appreciated. I cannot believe that you are speechless about this. Spin it and get back to us.

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Bill Tegan, Surprise, Az — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 23:06:24 GMT

Maybe the public is finally waking up to this joker termed "America's Mayor" and really see that this guys is nothing but a fascist Mussolini of a different era.
Press, please keep the pressure on Rotten Rudy as he will imploded like all the sycophants at his side have i.e. Bernie K and that sick priest that the church through out because he could not control himself around kids, and shamefully was able to beat the rap because the statue limitations ran out. Better yet, the limitations will start running out on Rotten Rudy......

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ed lazarus — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 23:08:27 GMT

Bye, Bye Rudy. It was only a matter of time until you showed your true colors. We don't need another lying scumbag in the Oval Office. Eight years of the current lying scumbag is quite enough....so....Bye, Bye Rudy. Your chance came---and is about to dissapear. You are done...chump! Good Riddance!

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Dieter Heymann — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 23:47:50 GMT

What did Kerik know and when? That is the question (free from Hamlet).

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Hetman — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 09:15:03 GMT

The even more important real questions that need to be asked, of this and the other officialdom that are using 9-11 for personal and political gain, are about those numerous ommissions, lies and contradictions in the official story of the event of 9-11. Rudy should be investigated, to put it in prosecutorial terms, at least as an accomplice after the fact (was any Mayoral assistance provided for removing evidence from the crime scene?? -- i.e., why and how was all the steel removed from the WTC site immediately, and not chemically tested for the explosives that evidently were used to pulversie the structures?)

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Frank — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 09:19:34 GMT

This looks like a train wreck........You can't hide this kind of thing in a Presidential race. Too many people are motivated to sniff it out.

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Al Bergeron, Lafayette, LA — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 09:40:00 GMT

Hey, JR in NY! Americans were stupid enough to let our current idiot run this country for eight years. That just encourages Rude Rudy to believe we would do it for him.

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Mike Dionne, Cincinnati Ohio — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 10:19:12 GMT

Remember this when you hear GOP politicians rant about "how we need more welfare reform" and "how we need to cut taxes."

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Abstract Impressionist, Cambridge, MA — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 11:04:21 GMT

Ah, Nosferatu-Guiliani, your days are numbered. They are tracking you down, you playboy of the 9/11 world, and they will find you, and put a giant stake in your angry dreams of power......

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BooBots, Washington, DC — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 11:38:03 GMT

Rudy was tested, in real time, in an incredible crisis, as bodies were falling from buildings, and he rose to it amazingly. We all saw it, but many have evidently forgotten his performance under most extreme pressure. Others talk about what they would do; Rudy let his actions speak. What comes to mind is the first line of Rudyard Kipling's poem, "If":
"If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, and blaming it on you."...

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Dan Glionna,Baltimore,MD — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 11:39:28 GMT

Just another pompous,strutting,immoral Mussolini want-a- be.Maybe he will attack Ethiopia to show what a real man he is.Dark comedy at its best.

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Arthur Fischl, B'klyn, NY — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 12:10:04 GMT

Evidence he is a fascist. He is one of the September Criminals. Ask him WHO told him "the buildings are coming down", and why, mister, why this inside info was not shared with responders in buildings ? ? ?

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Northlite — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 12:10:35 GMT

RUDY SHTUPS JUDY: THE MOVIE

Scene 1: The Hamptons: Rudy Shtups Judi

Scene 2: World Trade Center Hideaway: Judi Shtups Rudy

Scene 3: Rudy Shtups the Taxpayers

Staring: Bernard Kerik as Rudy
Father Placa as Judi
And a cast of thousands at taxpayer expense!

Rudy's a dead man walkin'.

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John, Boston, MA — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 12:11:14 GMT

"some of his security detail manhandled reporters"

The UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE "manhandled" working journalists on behalf of a candidate who wanted to avoid a difficult question? Seriously? Why is that not a scandal in and of itself?

Or were these security people from a private firm? (And if so, what's the deal with that?)

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Devin, Albuquerque, NM — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 12:21:58 GMT

Well, Well. The truth of this arrogant, corrupt, dirtbag...comes out.

A man who is so scared of answering tuff questions that he has to have his bodyguards rough up reporters. This fraud is a joke of a candidate. It is going to be great seeing Rudy supporters like Brian Willaims and Chris Matthews, cry their little eyes out, when Hillary Clinton "P-Slaps" this loser next year....if he even makes it out of the primaries, which is doubtful.

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hjbwildel, Wilmington, DE — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 12:31:18 GMT

If would seem reasonable to me that reporters would be justified to no longer bothering to cover Rudy Moody at campaign events, or anything current, and just investigate and report on the many opportunities presented by his real past, not the created version.

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David Anders Pharr Tx. — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 12:47:44 GMT

Pat it was you here in New York as you say that elected Clintons wife as senator. Did you forget Bill s pardons to dozens of terrosists and drug dealers while Hillary was stealing the whitehouse furniture, whats wrong with you people? Stupidity i guess, cant you see all the tv ads now, what an easy victory for the repubs.

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Bill Lynch Ashtabula, Ohio — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 13:09:51 GMT

The press did an outstanding job smoking out Rudy. However, his foreign policy advisor is Podhoretz. Podhoretz is a NeoCon who wishes to bomb Iran yesterday. Like Podhoretz, his NeoCon buddies need to be flushed out of other '08 campaigns. Only the press can and must do that. These ideologues are much too dangerous, along with their radical AIPAC supporters, to be left to their own designs. The press must, for the benefit of America-at-large, keep after these people. They will not just "go away".

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Sean, Charlotte, NC — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 13:18:14 GMT

How much manhandling will it take for the press to step up and do its job? The man almost certainly misappropriated public funds and city employees (cops for chrissakes!) to aid and abet his adultery --- and he did his best to cover his tracks accounting-wise.

He's a bad person, start asking hard questions.

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MCOBill — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 13:31:37 GMT

Rudy is a grade-A fraud. As a president, he will be a criminal of the highest order. He's Hugo Chavez with a comb over....

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Iggy — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 13:32:45 GMT

They manhandled reporters?

Pardon me for asking, but isn't that assault, and a crime?

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J. D. Miller — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 13:43:36 GMT

Rudy went from crime fighter, to full blown criminal.

It's all about LUST and POWER

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RE LEVY — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 13:52:53 GMT

And the Republicans thought Bill Clinton was a total cad? Please. EVeryone who lives and works around NYC know what a crook and hypocrite and philanderer Rudy was during the terms he was mayor. Yeah, y'know Mussolini got the trains to run on time, too....Rudy has always been a glory-seeking, fascistic thug...ask any minority who lives in NYC what their opinion is of Rudy.

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Keith Goldberg, Corona del Mar, California — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 14:02:48 GMT

...these revelation plus Kerik plus etc. sink Rudy, Huckabee beats Romney in Iowa but fades in the East, McCain rides to the nomination. You read it here.

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Michael, Chicago, IL — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 14:04:10 GMT

Rudy doesn't have the stuff to be president - he doesn't look or act presidential, his patter is self serving and he has done so much weird stuff it will surely catch up with him - unless we have the kind of massive vote fraud we had in 2000 and 2004 - and Rudy just loves to have people around him who bend/break the law.

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Hi desert NM — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 14:05:19 GMT

Rudy now you know what the meaning of 'is' is, as B. Clinton said. It IS one thing to have a clandestine BJ in the WH, it IS another to openly parade around with your mistress while your wife and children, unknowingly share the same roof and security at the city's expense. Anyone who would have been mayor of NYC on 9/11 would have (or should have) responded in the same manner as RG did-- it IS your job. Somehow with all the photo ops and press coverage while dashing from the carnage of ther Trade Centers to Yankee Stadium, RG managed to become bigger than life and welcomed being dubbed America's Mayor. As an ex-NYer, RG admittedly did some good things like clean up the city's worst and most dangerous areas while reducing crime. However, I'm just sick and tired of watching RG continued to dupe the rest of the country with the same gloom and doom and fear that has kept GW in command. RIP RG

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C. Kirschner — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 14:20:30 GMT

If Alan Hevesi, former NYS Controller, was made to pay the State back for having a public employee chauffeur his wife around, shouldn't Rudy be made to do the same for having his family and "then girlfriend" chauffered by public employees?

C.K., New York City

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Ron Holland, Asheville, NC — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 14:22:22 GMT

Rudy took advantage of the tragedy of 9/11 to rebuild his failed political career. He may have been a good leader following the attack but it all other areas of family, honesty and integrity he falls way short of the mark. The GOP can do far better with candidates such as Romney, Huckabee and Paul and yes, Ron Paul can win, see

President Ron Paul – Could He Really Win?
http://www.ronaldholland.com/presidentronpaul.htm

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Marc, Rovana, CA — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 14:33:12 GMT

The Fourth Estate, The Press, certainly does it job. And now the emerging Fifth Estate, The Keyboard (for lack of a better word), is even more flexible and fluid. So it seems the balance of Estates is lopsided. There is another Estate that, although very cautious in the US, has the power to flip off the switch. The Military-Industrial Estate has intervened regularly in other much older democracies (like Athens and Rome) and Eisenhower understood that the US is a very young country.

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Patty Duncan, Maine — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 14:50:16 GMT

Lets hope Rudy will keep on showing what an angry bully he is. He has so many flaws in his character that it's unreal.Maybe people will start to see the extent of his rage and how he treats people(with the exception of corrupt friends). It would be more that tragic if he won the election and could become the #1 bully on the planet. Anybody but Giuliani!!!

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Nellieh — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 14:52:54 GMT

How can the Republicans support a candidate whose sexual and family transgressions make Clinton, who in their minds is/was a pedophile sexual predator just for getting a BJ from a consenting(wanting to do it) adult? Speaking of pedophiles, Rudy knowingly has one on his staff. If I were connected to him by way of his campaigning, I would drop off as fast as I could. Crap sticks and stinks on those that are close. Especially real close because they have to know what a cretin he really is and where the skeletons are. And another shoe keeps dropping as if he is a centipede..

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fobo, ny, ny — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 14:54:13 GMT

Evil is as evil does.

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Jim P. Ketchum, Idaho — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 14:57:33 GMT

"Aides unusually physical with reporters"
Rudy is showing a glimpse of how he'd handle things in the future.

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RYMOR — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 15:14:24 GMT

Am I the only one who thinks that Giuliani marrying his second-cousin isn't getting enough press? I mean, granted, there can be some distance between second cousins, but after 14 years of marriage, he divorced the broad because....they were cousins!

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RYMOR — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 15:14:51 GMT

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Percival E. Functionard — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 15:15:26 GMT

<i>his security detail manhandled reporters</i>

As they say, 'as with the Rudy so with the Detail'...
But, when it's Rudy as Judy shouldn't the verb be 'womanhandled'?

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Mark Garrity Downers Grove, IL — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 15:21:22 GMT

I don't understand something here. In the spring of 2000 Guiliani's sexual escapades and soon to be ex-wife Donna Hanover's proposed role in the Vagina Monologues blew up in his face and killed his chances of successfully running for the senate against Hillary. Suddenly he was not only despised by most people in NYC his conservative cred was shot upstate. Then he was diagnosed with prostate cancer which gave him a convenient out. That all happened by the end of May 2000.

So in June 2000 Guiliani prepaid $54,000 AMEX and billed it to the New York City Loft Board and other backwater agencies. Then sometime in 2001 he prepays another $400,000 knowing full well he's term limited as mayor and will be out by the beginning of 2002. Remember it wasn't until after 9/11 that he tried to circumvent the law to remain in power for awhile longer.

What I don't get is why with well less than a year in office left and the city comptroller already barking up his tree about it he decided he needed a prepaid travel kitty 8 times the size he copped the year before. He wasn't traveling around the state or country running for another office with his entourage in 2001. Did he have another 3 or 4 mistresses who needed taxi service?

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John Doe, Seattle, Wash — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 15:36:51 GMT

Shouldn't Roody be in jail for destruction of crime scene evidence?

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skyreader7, Texas — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 16:26:25 GMT

Rudy looks like Colonel Klink(Hogan's Heroes) and acts like Klink on speed. One thing is for sure. If Rudy is elected, Bush won't go down as the worst president in United States history.

It will be "Ichabod Crane" Bush replaced by "Wilhelm Klink" Guiliani.

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Cycle3man, anywhere, ca — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 17:01:25 GMT

His "EYES' say it all, "He's Insane"

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barbz, san diego CA — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 17:02:16 GMT

It occurred to me that I, too, would be in favor of voting for Rudy...for President of Iran!

For once, I would agree with Sharia law. You know how they handle thieves and adulterers.

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Joe — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 17:04:49 GMT

Sex on the city.

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Iggy — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 17:36:36 GMT

[[Am I the only one who thinks that Giuliani marrying his second-cousin isn't getting enough press?]]

Rudy is a jerk, but that's a non-issue, as it is completely legal in all 50 states - and really not all that uncommon.

He used it as grounds for annulment because the Catholic requires permission for it, and they didn't get permission. I doubt that it was really "because" she was his second cousin - it was just the only valid grounds he had.

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Pacheck, Huntington Beach, Ca. — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 17:45:27 GMT

Rudy and Bernard are vampires. Living off the life of other people. Now that the light of day and the investigators uncover their actions as creatures of the night, these nasty duplicates of people will be shown-up for exactly what they are and will dissappear from the real world.

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Pacheck, Huntington Beach, Ca. — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 17:46:07 GMT

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Fred J. Muggs, New York, New York — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 17:52:53 GMT

1.Rudy is big in Florida, but couldn't get elected dog catcher in NYC.
2.Rudy is amazed that the people he stepped on when he was mayor can't wait to air his dirty laundry. What has surfaced is only the tip of the iceberg.
3.Like his pal Bernie, Rudy could wind up indicted.
4.Look up the word "Hubris" in the dictionary and you will find Rudy's picture.

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ASL3676, San Diego, Ca. — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 18:01:32 GMT

Adolf Giuliani, as he used to be called in New York, is at his worst when confronted with the truth. Bullies don't react well when they are attacked.

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Andrew, Orange, CA. — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 18:10:43 GMT

Off the point, but, is it just me or does Rudy J. sound like Elmer Fudd when he talks? Not only does he appear to be a crooked, lieing, immoral scumbag, warmonger, chicken hawk, but he talks like a stupid cartoon character. Come on America, can't we get a president whith some intelectual chops?

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me, USA — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 19:02:38 GMT

Not a single one of the republicans running is even remotely acceptable.

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Jerri, Renton, Wash. — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 19:15:29 GMT

Why is it that the Secret Service is keeping the press from doing their job? Why is it not a crime for a misppropriation of funds to provide services for a mistress? It's like sending NYC the bill for a get-away limo. This is a man who refuses to use his influence to get first responders the healthcare they need due to their exposure to a multitude of hazardous 'workplace' substances. He and Mayor Bloomberg want to make sure that they're valid claims. Get real. It doesn't take much talent or courage to climb a hill of rubble with a bullhorn and offer words (probably scripted by a staff member) of condolences, courage, and thanks. It's how you walk that talk afterwards. What does it say if you can't mend fences with your own children? Say what you might, the Clintons have a great relationship with their daughter, who publically supports both of her parents, and they her.

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Lee in CA — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 19:31:01 GMT

"They manhandled reporters?

Pardon me for asking, but isn't that assault, and a crime? "

I thought it was "battery" after they put their hands on you. And what's with "aggravated assault"? As opposed to polite assault?

Rudi-poo is the Reagan/Bush of '08. I thought the right was joking when they nominated Reagan, I decided they were criminally insane when they chose Bush over McCain, now we'll see if they're suicidal and pick that goose-stepping uber daddy.

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jh, nyc — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 19:48:11 GMT

He gave his first mistress, Christine Lategano, a plum city job, so it's nothing to make NYC police walk Judy Nathan's dog.

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j.w. bjerk, riverton IL — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 20:10:10 GMT

At heart he seems to be a power-hungry bully.

Here's a really telling quote from a few years back:

Rudy: "Freedom is about authority. Freedom is about the willingness of every single human being to cede to lawful authority a great deal of discretion about what you do."

[ Interruption by someone in the audience. ]

"You have free speech so I can be heard."

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A01E2D9173CF933A15750C0A962958260

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Pat Watterworth — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 22:15:01 GMT

Why are some of these comments referring to Bill Clinton? He is small potatoes in comparison to RG. In fact,he was a good President though a flawed husband. This is sickining. It does my heart good to know that he(Rudy) is Pat Robinson's favorite candidate. How that moral majority can speak!Anyway,those but Bill Clinton adnausems are getting old. take me back to those days anytime.

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Pat Watterworth, Brush Prairie,Wash. — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 22:16:41 GMT

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Ben Louisville, Ky — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 22:36:29 GMT

Hey Judith, if he's done it with you what makes you think he won't do it to you? Ease up on the mallomars.

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Joe Gamba, Holyoke, MA — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 00:04:41 GMT

Way to go, Rudy! Your time's running out. What's next in the dog-and-pony show? Just go away...quietly...but please...fade!

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Bea, Washington, DC — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 00:08:52 GMT

If the Republicans accept this, considering how they went after Bill Cinton, it will show how hypocritcal they really are. They will say that Bill Clinton lied, but wasn't it revealed that a bunch of them were having affairs at the same time they ware going after Bill Clinton? Dems need to get aggressive; they are lame.

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Youssef Ghaddar — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 00:16:14 GMT

For how long will we americans vote'stupid'??? pls wake up and realise that Rudy is not fit to rule his household , let alone the world's super power! He should be dumped! He is an indecent human being ! how will u trust this scumbag!!!

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Karen, New York — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 00:53:52 GMT

Water finds its own level. So does sewage. Rudy will find his.

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CB Burnett, Madison, WI — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 01:20:09 GMT

Rudy has NEVER explained the handling of his personal expenses by the City of NY to the satisfaction of any honest taxpayer.
He is only going to make scripted statements in his speeches and is not prepared to answer directly on any questions about anything else.
Too bad. We need all the good candidates running that we can get, but the closer you look you worse he looks.

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DiogenesPDX, Portland, OR — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 02:08:55 GMT

Rudy does not deal well with dissent. He prefers obsequeious obedience, what he calls loyalty. Remember in New York, it was Bratton, his police chief who took the lead in reducing crime. When Bratton started to get the credit he deserved, Rudy couldn't stand it and fired him.
Rudy now takes the credit for reducing crime, as if he did it alone - what a surprise. (Am I the only one who remembers this?)

Roughing up reporters is just the start. If elected, how soon until we have our own krystal nacht and when do we start calling him fuhrer?

It's amazing what you can justify when the ends are more important than the means.

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Rudy G., NY — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 04:50:13 GMT

Hey, Hillary doesn't have to answer hard questions, I don't have to answer hard questions.

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Marie, Salina, KS — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 06:45:35 GMT

It's the American people who will decide whether are not Gules is the next President. No one will say it, but I will, "If the morons who voted GW in didn't learn their lesson, it's not inconceivable that they will vote Gules in." The press must keep up the pressure. And like a previous comment, I would love to see the press boycott Gules. Let's see where that takes his campaign.

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Kathy Sussex, WI. — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 14:05:34 GMT

Rudy came to Wisconsin for a fund raiser and did not have a rally for the little people. The only reason he came was to get his money from the rich and ran out of town.

I know I don't want him for President.

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Linda M. South Beloit, IL — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 19:55:26 GMT

Doesn't take a Rocket Scientist to see that Rudy is definitely not 'PRESIDENTIAL MATERIAL" after all he has done and said..I wouldn't want him representing our America would you?

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JAMES V. MC CORMICK — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 01:18:19 GMT

WE ARE SEEING RUDY FOR WHAT HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN:AN UN-PRINCIPLED OPPORTUNIST WHOSE POLITICAL ETHICS ARE AS WAVERING
AS "FAITH" ENACTMENT OF CATHOLIC DOCTRINE. GOD SPARE US FROM MORE OF "SLIGHT-OF-HAND" GOVERNMENT THAT ALLOWED BUSH TO MAKE A MOCKERY OF THE JUSTIC DEPT. JAMES MC

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Marty B, New York, NY — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 03:41:23 GMT

Rudy claims he had to bill the loft agency and the disability services department for his security because the Police Department didn't pay its bills quickly enough. Hello? Wasn't he the Mayor? Wasn't his best buddy Bernie K the head of the Police Department? Isn't he running now on the basis of what a great administrator he was? Why the hell didn't he just tell the Police Department to pay the damn bills rather than doing some three card monty with his accounts payable?

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Jim Lyons, Laguna, Beach California — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 17:49:41 GMT

Rudy Tell us True: What is the Rudy G. & Assoc. relationship with the white house? How much did you and Bernie make on you white house deal in the mid east and what is your deal with the Saudi folks and Qutar?