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  Biography of Rudolph Giuliani
In 1983, Giuliani was appointed US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, where he spearheaded the effort to jail drug dealers, fight organized crime, break the web of corruption in government, and prosecute white-collar criminals.
In 1989, Giuliani entered the race for mayor of New York City as a candidate of the Republican and Liberal parties, losing by the closest margin in City history.
Mayor Giuliani has returned the work ethic to the center of City life by implementing the largest and most successful welfare-to-work initiative in the country, cutting welfare rolls in half while moving over 640,000 individuals from dependency on the government to the dignity of self-sufficiency.
www.nyc.gov /html/records/rwg/html/bio.html   (1238 words)

  
  Giuliani's Critics Point to Cronyism - washingtonpost.com
Giuliani's critics say that while he is justifiably praised for his leadership in the days after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, his advancement of Kerik, his former chauffeur, was part of a pattern of rewarding loyalty over competence in personnel decisions.
The Giuliani campaign dismisses such criticisms, saying that Giuliani's judgment as a manager was vindicated by his administration's overall success in reducing crime and welfare and improving the city's quality of life and economy.
Giuliani hired as his first commissioner William J. Bratton, who made his reputation leading the Boston police and New York transit police but was also known for his self-promotion.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/23/AR2007112301687.html   (1005 words)

  
 Rudy Giuliani's Vulnerabilities - February 12, 2007
The confidential 450-page report, authored by Giuliani's research director and another aide, was the campaign's attempt to identify possible lines of attack against Giuliani and prepare the candidate and his staff to counter "the kinds of no-holes-barred assault" expected in a general election rematch with Democratic incumbent David Dinkins.
Additionally, the Giuliani report noted that the candidate needed to make it clear to voters that he was "pretty good on most issues of concern to gay and lesbian New Yorkers" and was pro-choice and supported public funding for abortion.
Giuliani has troubles with the Democrats, too." On the following pages, you'll find the vulnerability report's cover and preface and sections on Reagan Republicanism, women and abortion, Giuliani's first marriage and divorce, draft dodging, gay issues, racial polarization, and his party registration "flip-flop.
www.thesmokinggun.com /archive/years/2007/0212072giuliani1.html   (524 words)

  
 TIME 2001 Person of the Year: Rudy Giuliani Profile
Giuliani took to the airwaves to calm and reassure his people, made a few hundred rapid-fire decisions about the security and rescue operations, toured hospitals to comfort the families of the missing and made four more visits to the apocalyptic attack scene.
Giuliani is in Israel to show his support after the spate of suicide bombings--and to soak up adulation everywhere he goes--but right now he's sniping at a reporter who has just asked him whether he is frightened to be here.
Giuliani's ascent began in earnest three years after he arrived when, at 29, he was put in charge of the police-corruption cases springing from the Knapp Commission, an era romanticized in the book and movie Prince of the City.
www.time.com /time/poy2001/poyprofile.html   (8367 words)

  
 Giuliani and Huckabee agree to pull punches - Telegraph
Advisors to Mr Giuliani told The Sunday Telegraph that they were deliberately refraining from public criticism of Mr Huckabee, despite his increasing popularity, in the hope that he can derail their mutual rivals, Mitt Romney and Fred Thompson.
However, some Giuliani supporters are concerned that pulling their punches on Mr Huckabee could allow him to build up enough momentum to become a threat to their own candidate’s stuttering campaign.
Mr Giuliani’s presidential bid suffered a fresh blow last week after claims that as New York mayor, he billed obscure city agencies for tens of thousands of dollars in security expenses for trips to a Long Island town where Judith Nathan, his mistress at the time and now his third wife, had an apartment.
www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/12/02/wuselec102.xml   (831 words)

  
 Yes, Rudy Giuliani Is a Conservative by Steven Malanga, City Journal Winter 2007
Giuliani responded that it was unfair to expect middle-class kids to work their way through college by holding down jobs and going to classes while exempting students on welfare from working.
Giuliani’s relentless attacks on the city’s educational system finally convinced most New Yorkers that it could never be salvaged unless it was under the control of a mayor responsible to voters.
Giuliani strong-armed Albany leaders into agreeing to the merger, saving the city hundreds of millions in administrative costs and making the department a better crime-fighting unit, by threatening to fire every housing and transit officer and rehire each as a city cop if legislative leaders did not go along.
www.city-journal.org /html/17_1_rudy_giuliani.html   (4716 words)

  
 I Hate Rudy Giuliani
On that horrid day in September, Giuliani was trapped in a corridor in one of the World Trade Center buildings and was almost a casualty.
Giuliani filled the role of a functionary who roamed from one funeral to the next, a sort of toastmaster general helping bury New York’s uniformed dignitaries.
Giuliani did not accumulate this glittering record on behalf of the citizens of the Southern District.
www.lewrockwell.com /blumert/blumert39.html   (745 words)

  
 Giuliani Defends Clinton on 9/11 Efforts, Rudy Giuliani Defends Bill Clinton Over Former President's ...
Giuliani said he believed Clinton, like his successor, did everything he could with the information he was provided.
Giuliani also said a recently declassified report that said the Iraq war had become a "cause celebre" for Islamic extremists demonstrated the need to continue the fight there.
Giuliani said he was "very interested in considering" a run for president but would not make a decision until after the November election.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/2006/09/28/ap/politics/mainD8KDHAM00.shtml   (462 words)

  
 rudy giuliani - Gawker
Rudy Giuliani, the Mayor of 9/11, began running a radio ad in New Hampshire this week that's all about how he survived his prostrate cancer without any help from the government.
While Rudy Giuliani keeps demonstrating his craven willingness to sell out each one of his scant few "principles" for a chance at the Republican nomination for the presidency, his sudden waffling on gay and abortion rights is utterly dwarfed by his recent announcement that he's supporting the Red Sox in the World Series.
Rudy Giuliani has just about proved to America that he had what it took to rid New York of its many unpleasant ethnics and poor people, as the Times explained this weekend.
www.gawker.com /news/rudy-giuliani   (2687 words)

  
  NYC firefighters, 9/11 families slam Giuliani - USATODAY.com
NEW YORK (AP) — Relatives of firefighters killed at the World Trade Center reproached Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani in a video, pairing footage of the falling twin towers with charges that the former New York mayor was woefully unprepared for Sept. 11.
Giuliani's campaign denounced the images, saying that the former mayor had a long history of supporting firefighters' health and safety and that the international union releasing the video only supports Democratic presidential candidates.
"Giuliani's biggest problem is that this video is a bipartisan condemnation of his record on 9/11," Schaitberger said.
www.usatoday.com /news/politics/election2008/2007-07-12-giuliani-firefighters_N.htm?csp=34   (607 words)

  
 Rudy Giuliani - Rudy Giuliani For President 2008
Rudy Giuliani had a policy known as Broken Windows that monitored small crimes in hopes of preventing larger ones.
Rudy Giuliani is praised by many as one of the most successful mayors of New York.
On Feb 13, 2002, Rudy Giuliani was given honorary Knighthood by Elizabeth II of United Kingdom.
www.campaignbumperstickers.com /RudyGuiliana.html   (0 words)

  
 Rudy missing in action for Iraq panel -- Newsday.com
Giuliani left the Iraq Study Group last May after just two months, walking away from a chance to make up for his lack of foreign policy credentials on the top issue in the 2008 race, the Iraq war.
Giuliani failed to show up for a pair of two-day sessions that occurred during his tenure, the sources said -- and both times, they conflicted with paid public appearances shown on his recent financial disclosure.
Giuliani quit the group during his busiest stretch in 2006, when he gave 20 speeches in a single month that brought in $1.7 million.
www.newsday.com /news/local/longisland/ny-usrudy0619,0,7996765.story?wc   (1348 words)

  
 The Club For Growth   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Rudy Giuliani was at the forefront of the battle to reform welfare in New York City.
Giuliani's opposition to federal welfare reform is not as concerning as it may seem considering the burdens the federal law placed on local governments and Giuliani's outstanding success at slashing New York City's welfare rolls in half.
Giuliani's support for limited tort reform is laudatory, but his 2000 suit against two dozen major gun manufacturers and the absence of information to flesh out his broader philosophy on tort reform is cause for concern.
www.clubforgrowth.org - http: //www.clubforgrowth.org/2007/05/rudy_giulianis_economic_record.php   (4177 words)

  
  Sitting Atop an Unstable Race | The Trail | washingtonpost.com
Last night, Thompson challenged Giuliani in the mayor's backyard, arguing that he and not Giuliani is the true conservative in the race.
The Giuliani team believes that as long as Republicans are persuaded that Giuliani will be a strong general election candidate, they will forgive his social liberalism and embrace him as the party's best hope to win in 2008.
Giuliani should enjoy the acclaim -- and then run his campaign as if he is behind in most of the early states.
blog.washingtonpost.com /the-trail/2007/10/16/nowhere_to_go_but_down.html?nav=rss_email/components   (1452 words)

  
 President Rudy Giuliani? - Forbes.com
Rudolph W. Giuliani's recent move to create a presidential exploratory committee is only the latest maneuver in his methodical plan to mount a serious White House bid.
Giuliani has allied closely with Bush & Co. He made a high profile speech at the 2004 Republican National Convention and has gone on the road to stump with President Bush.
Then there are Giuliani's business activities, which Giuliani has used to build the kind of national network a former New York politician would need to successfully run for president.
www.forbes.com /leadership/2006/11/14/leadership-giuliani-president-lead-manage-cz_nv_1114giuliani.html   (593 words)

  
 Crooks and Liars » Rudy Giuliani
Giuliani is the first thrice-married serial adulterer to ever even run for president, a fact that most reporters have ignored entirely.
As New York mayor, Rudy Giuliani billed obscure city agencies for tens of thousands of dollars in security expenses amassed during the time when he was beginning an extramarital relationship with future wife Judith Nathan in the Hamptons, according to previously undisclosed government records.
Rudy Giuliani is trumpeting his leadership in the wake of 9/11 in campaign mailings to voters in Iowa and New Hampshire.
www.crooksandliars.com /category/republican-party/rudy-giuliani   (3569 words)

  
 AlterNet: Why Rudy Giuliani Can't Stop Cashing in on 9/11
Giuliani must have prescient powers that caused him to move his emergencies office out of the WTC on 9/10/2001.
Giuliani Partners LLC is dedicated to helping leaders solve critical strategic issues, accelerate growth, and enhance the reputation and brand of their organizations in the context of strongly held values.
Giuliani is one of the few individuals actually to profit from true domestic terrorism, and this shows where his heart really lies.
www.alternet.org /story/41443   (4367 words)

  
 race42008.com » Rudy Giuliani
Giuliani, who is by far the most moderate candidate in the field, now likely has a chance to consolidate that wing of the party behind his candidacy.
The Rudy Giuliani team held a conference call Thursday to tout their fundraising numbers which by now are familiar to political junkies — $33M total funds raised, over $17M for Second Quarter, zero debt, cash on hand of $18M, and doubling the number of donors.
Giuliani’s campaign has long maintained that his perceived vulnerability among conservatives is exaggerated, pointing to polls that show his support among conservative Republican voters nearing his support among self-identified GOP moderates and liberals.
race42008.com /category/rudy-giuliani   (0 words)

  
 Decision ‘08 » Rudy Giuliani
Alas, no…despite being “America’s Mayor”, Rudy G. cannot overcome the inhospitable climate the Empire State poses for Republican presidential candidates.  Though he is far and away the choice of New York Republicans (he’s the choice of a cool 50% of NY Republicans, even with Thompson in the race), Rudy trails Hillary in the head-to-head…badly:
Rudy Giuliani, whose positions on abortion and homosexuality mark him as the most socially liberal Republican presidential candidate in more than a generation, is so far winning the contest for the support of social conservatives, according to a new analysis of recent polls.
Rudy won this one.  He was clear and honest on abortion, he didn’t hesitate; he was (rightfully) indignant when Ron Paul endorsed the Ward Churchill theory of 9/11; he stood up for his innate conservatism in the face of personal attacks […]
decision08.net /category/republican-candidates/rudy-giuliani   (0 words)

  
 Rudy Giuliani seriously considering presidential bid - USATODAY.com
On Giuliani's first visit to New Hampshire last weekend since setting up the committee, he told reporters he had received a tremendous amount of enthusiasm and support from people.
Giuliani formed a presidential exploratory committee in November to prepare for a possible bid for the Republican nomination in 2008.
By Jim Cole, AP Rudy Giuliani speaks at the state's annual Republican meeting.in Manchester, N.H., in late January.
www.usatoday.com /news/washington/2007-02-03-giuliani-sc_x.htm   (0 words)

  
 Rudy Giuliani Record
Rudy also had a very bad combover--a few very long strands of hair combed over his mostly bald head, which Rudy eventually cut off when he had his weiner irradiated.
Giuliani also likes to dress up as a woman from time to time and live in the home of gay men who couple with each other.
During 9/11 Rudy made a lot of great speeches, which covered his incompetence before, during, and after the attack.
www.allreaders.com /rudy_giuliani.asp   (169 words)

  
 On the campaign trail, Rudy Giuliani drops by local eateries
Rudy Giuliani and wife Judith Giuliani have breakfast during a campaign stop at Mary Ann's Diner in Derry, N.H. Heavy on the calories, light on the substance and garnished with a touch of rhetoric - that's how Rudy Giuliani prefers to run for the White House.
From a lobster shack on the coast of New Hampshire to a South Philadelphia cheesesteak stand to a barbecue joint in Oklahoma City, no culinary landmark is too obscure for the Giuliani campaign schedule.
Giuliani's restaurant drop-bys are designed largely to get his much-recognized face on local television, especially in early voting states such as Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina.
www.nydailynews.com /news/politics/2007/11/23/2007-11-23_on_the_campaign_trail_rudy_giuliani_drop-3.html?ref=rss   (281 words)

  
 Rudy Giuliani
The findings are this: Fred Thompson has an advantage with the more conservative side of the GOP and Rudy Giuliani has an advantage with the moderates.
Mayor Rudy Giuliani released the following statement on Independence Day: "This Independence Day we are once again reminded how fortunate we are to live in a country that values freedom and liberty.
Mayor Rudy Giuliani released the following statement on Lewis Libby: "After evaluating the facts, the President came to a reasonable decision and I believe the decision was correct."
www.rudygiulianiquest.com /blog   (0 words)

  
 The Political Scene: Mayberry Man: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker
Giuliani was among those chosen to present the Administration’s side of the issue to the public, and he did not use the soft-sell approach.
Giuliani proved to be an eager wonk and a determined reformer, and in his next race, in 1993, he defeated Dinkins, but nothing he learned in those seminars informed his mayoralty so much as the advice he often quoted from his father: It’s better to be respected than to be loved.
Giuliani may have been “broke” when he left office, in January, 2002, but it was clear that the September 11th attacks and their aftermath had raised his value in the marketplace, and that he would be a wealthy man before the year was out.
www.newyorker.com /reporting/2007/08/20/070820fa_fact_boyer   (13464 words)

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