Let's recap the Rudy saga this week:
TPM:
On Monday, Bloomberg News reported that Giuliani, despite railing against congressional earmarks on the campaign stump, and pledging to “get rid of” lawmakers’ pet projects if elected, actually “sought federal earmarks for 14 companies this year, 11 of which hired [Bracewell & Giuliani] after Giuliani joined in March 2005.” Republican consultant Eddie Mahe responded, “It’s a bit hypocritical.”
On Tuesday, Giuliani attended a campaign fundraiser hosted by a “man convicted in a notorious corruption case.” An embarrassed Giuliani “came and went from last night’s fundraiser without comment, ducking down in his car as ABC News cameras attempted to photograph him arriving.”
On Wednesday morning, a new batch of polls show Giuliani’s support fading in Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina.
On Wednesday morning, a new batch of polls show Giuliani’s support fading in Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina.
On Thursday, while the Shag Fund scandal gathers steam, we learn that Giuliani’s private security firm provided security consulting and advice in Qatar through contracts overseen by Sheik Abdullah Bin Khalid al-Thani, who is suspected of close ties to Khalid Sheik Mohammed and Osama bin Laden.
On Friday, the New York Times’ Michael Cooper reported that Giuliani cites a series of statistics in his stump speech, most of which “are incomplete, exaggerated or just plain wrong.”
On Saturday, the Washington Post’s conservative editorial board noted that Giuliani’s new TV ad is patently ridiculous, premised on tax policy assumptions that even the Bush White House rejects as foolish.
All the while, Giuliani and his aides try one defense after another for the Shag Fund scandal, none of which makes any sense.
All the while, Giuliani and his aides try one defense after another for the Shag Fund scandal, none of which makes any sense.
Don’t worry, Rudy, there’s always next week.
On a related note, former Maryland Gov. Bob Ehrlich (R) notes his concern about how the Shag Fund scandal might affect Rudy Giuliani’s presidential ambitions.
Ehrlich questioned the timing of the story, which hit just weeks before the first contests in Iowa and New Hampshire. But if it’s true Giuliani’s then-mistress was ferried around by the NYPD on the taxpayers’ tab, “It’s clearly inappropriate, clearly wrong, and would certainly hurt the campaign,” Erlich said on Maryland radio station WBAL-AM.
“If the substance of the story is true, he’s got a lot of explaining to do,” Ehrlich said of Giuliani. “It would certainly haunt him.”
Ehrlich, of course, is a regional chairman of Giuliani’s presidential campaign.
1 comment:
More will come out this week about Judy Rudy and his criminal activity. The man is a true loser and crook. The ride is over now that the cross dresser Mob King has been found out.
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