MORE GIULIANI DUPLICITY
Freedom Fighter
Newsday October 28, 2007
Les Payne
http://www.newsday.com/news/columnists/ny-oppay285434955oct28,0,7826453.column
It should not have surprised New Yorkers that Rudolph Giuliani, who
cavalierly discarded two wives for girlfriends, would drop his
hometown Yankees for their chief Boston rival as soon as the double
cross suited his ambition.
Campaigning for the GOP presidential nomination in New Hampshire, the
former self-declared No. 1 Yankee fan viewed the Red Sox in a new
light among that team's loyal fans, who vote in the state with the
first presidential primary. "I will be rooting for the Red Sox
because," he said, "I am an American League fan."
The philandering former Lord Mayor of New York City swooned over the
Red Sox that he previously despised as soon as they clinched a World
Series slot. This switch likely did not surprise Giuliani's second
wife and mother of his two children. Donna Hanover learned of her
abandonment at her mayor-husband's press conference. Some New Yorkers,
however, were surprised that the mayor who hoards four Yankee World
Series rings would root for the Bronx Bombers' most-hated rivals.
The headline "Traitor" ran across Giuliani's photograph in one of the
city's two, normally sycophantic, tabloids.
In a scornful bill of particulars, the New York Daily News recalled
that in July, Giuliani told The Providence Journal he would not
support the Boston team even if the devil made it the lone condition
for him to become president of the United States.
"I'm a Yankee fan," Giuliani replied then. "I always believe it's a
sign of my being straight with people, about not wanting to fool them,
that I was one of the first mayors to be willing to say I was a Yankee
fan." Offering faint praise for true Red Sox fans, Giuliani reportedly
added that as far as becoming a Red Sox cheerleader in a devil's
bargain: "Probably that's a deal I could not make."
Giuliani also gave his inviolate word during his first Catholic
marriage, to his second cousin once removed; then again to Hanover,
and once again to his third and, at last word, current wife. This
compulsion of Giuliani's, as he told the Journal about the Yankees, to
be "straight with people" lasts only as long as it serves his purpose.
His "being straight" does not involve integrity, but rather a
deceptive form of opportunism that usually smacks of duplicity.
In his other nonpolitical media blast last week, Giuliani boasted of
fearlessness in the face of a Mafia contract allegedly placed on his
head back when he was a mob-busting U.S. attorney.
[At last organized crime can do something that would greatly benefit
humanity - carry through on this alleged "contract," thus doing away with
this dangerous potential Hitler.]
During those same days, Louis Mangone, an attorney active in
Italian-American affairs, recalled recently in the Village Voice, the
duplicitous Giuliani used to "extol his father's honesty," never
mentioning that his dad, Harold, who nicknamed himself The Savage, was
an ex-con who strong-armed for the Italian mob.
"You can't visit the sins of the father on the children; we know that
very well," Mangone told the Voice. "But ... [Giuliani's] been so
sanctimonious on this very issue [of the Mafia] with others."
The polished opportunism that allowed Giuliani to exploit the tragedy
of 9/11 into millions of dollars and a presidential bid is rooted in
what some observers consider a congenital self-righteousness.
Colleagues and law partners warned voters about this character flaw
when he first ran for mayor, and lost. Some even suggested that he was
so far gone in self-righteousness as to be disqualified for public
office altogether.
As with the seven deadly sins, this vice may appear to serve a
politician well, until the critical moment arrives when he decides
between the interests, property and rights of voters and those of some
newfound worshipers better positioned to advance his personal
ambitions.
Donna Hanover and the children may have learned the Giuliani lesson
the hard way. So have others such as the New York police, firefighters
and suffering 9/11 victims the former mayor used and abandoned.
Laying aside the frivolity of whom Giuliani roots for in the World
Series, the question lingers as to whether the GOP will be hoodwinked
by this slick, self-righteous opportunist.
[On the contrary; this Machiavellian martinet may be just the sort of
mean-spirited autocrat they want as KKKommander!]
Stay tuned.
yankeesareawesome
> Giuliani curve was no change of pace
> Newsday October 28, 2007
>
> It should not have surprised New Yorkers that Rudolph Giuliani, who
> cavalierly discarded two wives for girlfriends, would drop his
> hometown Yankees for their chief Boston rival as soon as the double
Dude I can't believe this guy. I didn't think I could dislike Guiliani
anymore, and then he says he is rooting for the hated Red Sox. Unreal.
ccsuwxman
Do you think we'll be seeing anymore of the famous, "and I have only one
thing to say...Let's Go Yankees!!" clip made by Giulani and shown during
every game on the DiamondVision scoreboard, next year?
X-rated Vermonter
wrote:
>Giuliani curve was no change of pace
>Newsday October 28, 2007
>Les Payne
>http://www.newsday.com/news/columnists/ny-oppay285434955oct28,0,7826453.column
>
(snip)
I guess Les Payne is not voting for Rudy G. Just a guess.
Ray O'Hara
"Freedom Fighter" <lib...@once.net> wrote in message
news:QVqVi.297155$ax1.2...@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
> Giuliani curve was no change of pace
> Newsday October 28, 2007
> Les Payne
>
http://www.newsday.com/news/columnists/ny-oppay285434955oct28,0,7826453.column
>
> It should not have surprised New Yorkers that Rudolph Giuliani, who
> cavalierly discarded two wives for girlfriends, would drop his
> hometown Yankees for their chief Boston rival as soon as the double
> cross suited his ambition.
you root for your team, then your division, then your league. rudy did
right.
radiomd
This must be what separates the rivalries from the archrivalries.
James Farrar
In other words, you wouldn't have voted for him before and you won't
vote for him now.
Quite frankly, I can think of many more important issues to decide
when casting my vote than which sports team a candidate supports.
McBain
> "Freedom Fighter" <libe...@once.net> wrote in message
>
> news:QVqVi.297155$ax1.2...@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...> Giuliani curve was no change of pace
> > Newsday October 28, 2007
> > Les Payne
>
>
>
>
> > It should not have surprised New Yorkers that Rudolph Giuliani, who
> > cavalierly discarded two wives for girlfriends, would drop his
> > hometown Yankees for their chief Boston rival as soon as the double
> > cross suited his ambition.
>
> you root for your team, then your division, then your league. rudy did
> right.
Are you saying you rooted for the Yankees when they were in the World
Series all those years? That's mighty big of you...
Dr. Bill Harford
> Giuliani curve was no change of pace
> Newsday October 28, 2007
> Les Payne
> http://www.newsday.com/news/columnists/ny-oppay285434955oct28,0,7826453.column
This is old, but I still love it:
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/giuliani_to_run_for_president_of_9
Galloping Clippers
Yeah, that's a good reason to vote or not vote for the next leader of
the free world.
He has my vote so far. Right in line with most of what I believe re
the ISSUES.
sli...@slidge.com
> ISSUES.
You are pro-totalitarian?
Archie Leach
Galloping Clippers
No. And if you knew what he stood for, you probably wouldn;t have said
that and made an ass of yourself.
Galloping Clippers
Ba-da-dumb, ba-da-d'oh!