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quitter roundup
Sarah Palin Consulted with Cheney and Giuliani Before Quitting
The rollicking jalopy of dung that is the Sarah Palin traveling clown-show is still rolling along, so let's recap the latest—There's a new ethics complaint, career consultations with Cheney and Giuliani, and Hitler being pissed about her quitting. More » -
america's mayor
Why Is Everyone So Mean to Republicans Who Cheat, Rudy Giuliani Innocently Asks
Hah. So Mika Brzezinski complained about the old sex scandal double standard, and then when she had Rudy Giuliani in the studio to talk about Mark Sanford, she forgot to ask him about his own business. More » -
america's governor
Rudy Addresses Albany
Albany is such a joke, the Post photoshopped everyone as scary clowns and the Times handed over its op-ed page to the funniest/scariest clown of all, Rudy Giuliani. More » -
crime
Rudy Giuliani's Bridgehampton Heckler Speaks Out
Yesterday, former New York City mayor, failed presidential candidate, and perpetual asshole Rudy Giuliani was publicly heckled by a guy in Bridgehampton. Naturally, Rudy had the guy arrested. And now the heckler speaks to us!
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twitterati
The Twitterati Feel Awkward, Innocuous, and Sad
Did you know Arianna Huffington's godson is so afraid of Gawker, he can't say its name aloud on Twitter? Or that Ruth Reichl can be bought? The things one learns from the media's Twitter addicts: More » -
rudy giuliani
America's Mayor Suddenly Against the Gay Marriage
Rudy Giuliani, what the hell is this about? You are the GOP's gay roommate-having Opera-loving cross-dressing Manhattan dandy, and now you are against the gay marriage? More » -
hustlers
Rudy Giuliani's Bullshit Advice Now Half Off
Is it possible that in the midst of a recession, companies are thinking twice about paying outrageous fees for advice from some underling hired by America's most comical Presidential campaign failure, Rudy Giuliani? It's possible. More » -
rumormonger
Have Rudy and Judi Split? (Update: He Says No)
Once ubiquitous on the campaign trail and the New York social circuit, Rudy and Judith Giuliani have been noticeably absent as of late, sending reporters across town chasing a rumor that the two have separated.
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it's alive
Rudy Giuliani: Still a Total A-Hole
We haven't heard from moleman, former New York City Mayor, and all around horrible creature Rudy Giuliani in a while. With his Presidential ambitions turning out to be a colossal joke, and the right wing GOP base sure to find offense with his gay-friendly, cousin-marrying, adulterating ways, surely he's found a nice quiet palace where he and his money can hide away in peace? No such luck. He's doing his best to shred his last ounce of credibility by wandering the hinterland and defending Sarah Palin—in that typically nasty Giuliani way of his. More » -
john mccain
Shady McCain Junkets In Felon's Bitter Blog
Somewhere in America, the next Karl Rove is paying his dues, and odds are good he's doing so in part by crafting a narrowly-targeted attack website. The first one of these I saw accused police of conspiring to falsely convict the son of an Oakland politician of sexual assault. Russell Harding's is much more impressive. Convicted of embezzlement and child-porn possession, Harding has established a site called Rudy Veritas, where he tells unflattering stories involving his old boss Rudy Giuliani and Giuliani's associates. A convicted felon who just last year asked Giuliani for money is not the most credible source, as the Times points out this morning. But that didn't stop the newspaper from relaying some of Harding's allegations involving Giuliani's mistress Judith Nathan, and it won't stop others from checking out his description of marathon gambling and alleged illegal perks granted to John McCain. More » -
terror
This Psychopath Looks Like That Psychopath
Last week, crazy former New York Mayor Ed Koch delivered the best put-down of Rudy Giulinai since Joe Biden mentioned Rudy's inability to speak a sentence that doesn't have "9/11" in it: Koch noted America's Mayor's "maniacal laugh" and declared that it reminded him of the unsettling giggle of Richard Widmark "carrying out his role in the movie Kiss of Death. I saw once again the scene in which Widmark, playing Tommy Udo, a killer, pushed a wheelchair in which an old woman was sitting and, laughing maniacally, shoved it off the top of the stairs with its occupant still in it." That's our Rudy! In case you're not familiar with either the film in question or Rudy Giuliani, our video team spliced together the relevant menacing giggles. Enjoy! -
the sporting life
What Andrew Giuliani's Expulsion From Golf Says About Civilization
Rudy Giuliani's son Andrew — the little scamp who mugged for cameras at his father's mayoral inauguration in 1994, then disappeared in anger after his parents' divorce — has been ejected from Duke's golf team for what his lawyers are calling "unfounded accusations" and a "bizarre Lord of the Flies scheme." Yes, you read that right, and it's good to know Andrew's counsel is as evocative as dad was as a federal prosecutor and prince of the city. While details are thin (Duke says it hasn't received a copy of the suit yet), Newsday hints at an intramural power struggle that's more Larry David than William Golding: More » -
new york
NYC Still Black People-Arresting Capital Of World
Shocking fact: in New York City, "arrests for marijuana possession began skyrocketing in the late 1990s during the Giuliani administration." Oh, and that's "a trend that continued under Mayor Michael Bloomberg," the responsible soft-spoken billionaire who's continued many of the grossest aspects of Giulinai's reign of terror, just without the blustery hardman talk. And thanks to their team effort, New York now leads the world in marijuana arrests! But you probably don't need to worry, stoner—the vast majority of these arrests were of poor black people, because when they "decriminialized" possession of small stashes in the '70s they only meant it for like college grads and other responsible types. [WCBS] -
new york
Graffiti "Scribble" On The Rise
Rudy Giuliani's legacy is being tagged away. Graffiti is back and more popular than ever &mdash complaints of taggings have risen 81.5% from 2006 to 2007. "It's not art - it's just scribble," said a random dude complaining to the New York Post. But even though graffiti has become more prevalent under Bloomberg's tenure, let's not forget that he has protected the rich from other eyesores like fatties and smokers. [NYP] -
gawker stalker
Giuliani Spends Super Tuesday Reenacting Scene From Ransom
12:15pm. 68th & Lexington. An Escalade stopped illegally in front of a bus stop and a cop was about to tell the driver to move when he noticed Rudy Giuliani in the backseat. Rudy got out for a few minutes while talking on a cellphone before entering another vehicle and driving off. Nine minutes later he arrived in the same spot again and switched yet again to another car. Pretty bizarre, really bald.
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kreepie kats
"Ah!! The Bold Machinations Of Our Imaginary Democracy!"
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riddance
Rudy Quits, Terrorists Win
Terrible news: America's Mayor, Mr. 9/11, twice-divorced opera-loving cross-dressing gay roommate-having Manhattan dandy Rudy Giuliani has dropped out of the race for the presidency after a dismal third place finish in the Florida primary, where he campaigned more and spent more money than any other candidate. He will focus instead on increasing his terrible blood-soaked fortune with speaking gigs and his near-criminal consulting firm. He will endorse insane old man John McCain. [NYT] -
nasty man
NYT: Rudy Was A Dick
As you may have read in Vanity Fair, the Village Voice, The New Yorker, or on this very site right here, Rudy Giuliani was kind of a capricious dick back when he was mayor (and probably before then too, but who cared?). Today the Times joins the season-long pile-on, just as it becomes increasingly likely that America's Mayor won't win a single primary. The best illustrative anecdote appears early: When a chauffeur's call to Giuliani's radio show to complain about a police-rigged red light "yielded no results," the driver took his case to the Daily News. It made the front page, and then the chauffeur was arrested, that morning, and taken to court on a 13-year-old traffic warrant. Then a police spokesman falsely claimed to the Daily News that the driver had been convicted of sodomy. "Then," the Times writes, "Mr. Giuliani took up the cudgel." More » -
can you digg it
Ron Paul Buries Rudy
Internet sensation Ron Paul beat former New York Commandant Rudy Giuliani in last night's Michigan primary. In fact, the government-hating congressman received more than twice as many votes as America's Mayor. Paul also beat Giuliani in Iowa and beat Fred "Die Harder" Thompson in New Hampshire. Also he has a goddamn blimp. All hail Ron Paul! Digg this post! Let's elect the internet! Ron Paul/Corey Delaney '08! [LATimes] -
everyone's a wiener
Rudy is a loser!
According to MSNBC analysts, including Joe Scarborough, Pat Buchanan, and Howard Fineman, John McCain's decisive victory in New Hampshire is fantastic news for Rudy Giuliani's campaign and their decision to enter the race late with a focus on Florida. But, according to those same analysts, McCain's strong showing in New Hampshire may spell doom for Rudy's plan to enter the race late, in Florida. Also: Ron Paul might beat Rudy in New Hampshire. Is the state located on the internet? -
the decade in review
What Happened To New York: A History Of The 00's So Far
All those people—such as myself!—who complain about what New York City is like today? Too much anecdote, not enough fact. What really happened to New York City? I thought of one way to find out. Over the last month, I have read the Metro section from each issue of the New York Times—starting in mid-2000 and ending with today's paper. Here's what I learned.
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eviscerations
This Should Be The End Of Rudy Giuliani
Can a piece of writing bring down a Presidential campaign? Well, probably not, in these times. But if it could, Elizabeth Kolbert's profile of Rudy Giuliani in today's New Yorker would. Basically she calls him a murderer, for just one thing. It's BRUTAL. And hey, it's New Year's Eve—you can spare 25 minutes to read it. More » -
le pain purdue
Rudy Makes Killing In Pain Pill Payday
Purdue Pharma had a bit of a problem. They spent millions marketing their awesome new painkiller OxyContin as totally non-addictive, despite the fact that they knew it was very addictive. Then a bunch of poor Appalachian people started dying! And the DEA was beginning an investigation! As was a federal prosecutor! And also their own factory workers were stealing batches of the drug to sell on the black market! So, naturally, Purdue called Rudy Giuliani. More » -
enemies of our enemies
The January 14 cover of the Pat Buchanan co-founded paleo-con journal ("paleo-con" is a term that means "against the Iraq war, just like you" and also "against Amendments 13 through 26") The American Conservative just straight-up depicts Rudy Giuliani as a brown-shirt. Which is kind of hilarious except that had Buchanan been politically active in 1941 he definitely would've opposed America's meddling in Europe's fascisty affairs. The story's pretty good though. [American Conservative] -
gossip roundup
Is Denise Rich Just Really Into Transactions?
- Caribbean fisherman fracas blocks harbors, possibly endangers movie semi-mogul Harvey Weinstein's honeymoon; the big man and his wifey have rented Denise Rich's yacht for half a million bucks for two weeks, regarding which we wonder: Why is benefit-addict Denise Rich always renting everything out? Her Southampton house, her boat... doesn't she just ever loan anyone anything? [Page Six] More »
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rudy's new theory about the brontosaurus
How Rudy 'Turned Around' A Successful U.S. Attorney's Office
Did you know that the nationally respected and historically top-tier U.S. Attorney's office for the Southern District of New York was moribund and doomed before a crusading young prosecutor named Rudy Giuliani took it over in 1983? It's true! Rudy said so the other day while defending his criminal BFF Bernie Kerik! And it was news, apparently, to Rudy's predecessor as U.S. Attorney, John Martin. Martin has some crazy idea that Giuliani is taking too much credit for the work of others, though we know the man who single-handedly saved the world on 9/11 and reduced the national crime rate and was so effective as mayor of New York that its much ballyhooed renaissance began before he even took office would never do that. Martin, probably one of those soft-on-crime communist former U.S. Attorneys, went to the liberal New York Times to voice his petty complaints. More » -
don't be denied
Rudy Giuliani: New York's Own Oskar Schindler
Much as Peter denied Jesus three times, so do some anti-American types deny Rudy Giuliani. Specifically, they deny that HE AND HE ALONE was personally responsible for making New York livable (fun fact: the only people who lived in New York before Rudy were criminals and victims of criminals, most of whom were also criminals) and for saving the entire world on 9/11 by walking uptown with some tv cameras and shooting down that one plane in Pennsylvania that was headed for a school full of orphan children learning to be firefighters. And like Peter, the deniers will die a glorious martyr's death in the inevitable Giuliani presidency. Or so we've gleaned from watching this clip of Joe Scarborough compare criticizing Giuliani's inflated record with denying the Holocaust. More » -
this thing looks like that thing
Wayne Barrett Isn't Pissed At Michael Isikoff After All!
There's a feud brewing between Village Voice reporter Wayne Barrett and Newsweek reporter Michael Isikoff over who broke the story about Rudy Giuliani's ties to terror-financiers in the Middle East. Or so a bunch of catty mainstream publications' blogs would have you think! More » -
scary
EXTENDED BASEBALL METAPHOR EXPLAINS EVERYTHING TERRIBLE ABOUT RUDY GIULIANI! "For most of Giuliani's life, the Yankees have been the richest, most powerful, and usually winningest team in baseball. Yet the ultimate fan of baseball's biggest overdog thinks he's a brave, oppressed partisan of an underdog. Giuliani won back the city from the mongrel hordes—the descendants of Brooklyn Dodgers fans—and now he's proposing to win back the world for America." [NYM] -
vanity fair
'Voice' And 'Vanity Fair' Are Tag Teaming Rudy Giuliani
Today's Village Voice featuresa huge Giuliani story by Rudy's own personal nemesis, Wayne Barrett. According to Barrett, Giuliani's consulting contracts in the Middle East have him doing business with some close friends of Khalid Sheikh Muhammad, one of the masterminds of 9/11. Not exactly the kind of association America's Mayor wants made public five weeks before the Iowa caucuses! But the Voice isn't the only media outlet turning up the heat on Giuliani in time for primary season. More » -
in search of lost giuliani time
Giuliani In 'Apparently Kind Of Chubby' Shocker
Oh and also he grew up surrounded by cops and mobsters which is why he's both fascistic and corrupt. His childhood was kinda like Angels With Dirty Faces except he's not as good a dancer as Cagney or as charming as Leo Gorcey. More » -
backgraft
John Orlando, the only real-life firefighter who likes Rudy Giuliani, mysteriously got paid by Rudy's campaign for "political strategy consulting" three months after he alone praised America's Mayor in a Times article about how all the firefighters hate Rudy. We are thankful for Rudy's spokesman's response to HuffPo's investigation: "Are you suggesting that firefighters aren't capable of political strategy?" [HuffPo] -
nitpicking
Cover of Today's 'Post' Proves Joe Biden Wrong
Remember when manly-man long-shot Dem candidate Joe Biden called Rudy Giuliani "the most under-qualified man since George W. Bush to seek the presidency"? The Delaware senator cattily continued: "There's only three things he mentions in a sentence: a noun, and a verb and 9/11." Well, actually, "I" is a pronoun, so sorry, Mr. Biden, America's Bigamist is totally qualified to be president. -
24
Handicapping the field of Republican presidential nominee hopefuls, 24 showrunner/televised-torture innovator Joel Surnow says that Hollywood's half-empty-handful of conservatives are leaning Giuliani-ward, an expression of support that can't bode well for Law & Order star Fred Thompson's already-doomed candidacy. Also, he's not exactly bullish on Hillary Clinton's electability: "'I'm not even sure that Hillary is a fait accompli [to win the Democratic Party nomination] as this point,' Mr. Surnow told a group of reporters and bloggers in a wide-ranging interview during the Young America's Foundation's (YAF) West Coast Leadership Conference. 'Are we nuts thinking Hillary Clinton could be president of this country? Honest to God, just stand back and think about it.'" And for those without the imagination to "just stand back and think about it," the upcoming season of his show (if it ever airs) should play out in thrilling detail the apocalyptic worst-case scenario that could face the nation if it follows 24-America in putting a Hillaryesque president in the White House. [Washington Times] -
god's mayor
World's Strongest Man Endorses America's Mayor
Marion "Pat" Robertson is the founder of the Christian Coalition, host of the 700 Club, and the strongest man in the world. Also he theoretically might be still kind of an important figure among all the Jesus people? It's hard to tell these days! We need a lengthy Times magazine story to either scare the shit out of the sinning Manhattanites or ease their worries with soothing promises that the fundies have all decided they like Obama. Anyway! Today, this Robertson guy took a break from hoisting a bus stop aloft with one arm tied behind his back to endorse fellow occasionally terrifying self-parody Rudy Giuliani. This is the point at which Mitt Romney would shoot himself in the head—if he wasn't concerned it'd muss his hair.
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dealing with embarrassing friends
Giuliani Defends Kerik: He Gets Results, Dammit!
If Rudy Giuliani can be half as criminal and corrupt while president as his tax-evading public fraud-committing police commissioner Bernie Kerik was back in the day, American will finally be safe. Or so he said to the AP, in yet another installment of our favorite series, "Rudy Giuliani defends his indefensible friends with vague platitudes about about mistakes and forgiveness." More » -
survivors
Rudy Giuliani Is A Welfare Queen!
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. "I had prostate cancer five, six years ago. My chance of surviving cancer, and thank God I was cured of it, in the United States, 82 percent. My chances of surviving prostate cancer in England, only 44 percent under socialized medicine." Of course, because Rudy Giuliani is saying those things, each sentence contains its own egregious lie. Even the first one!
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hero watch
Why Can't Bernie Kerik Catch A Break?
Bernie Kerik—Rudy's ultimate bro, former New York police commish, quickly-withdrawn nominee to head the Department of Homeland Security, baldie, sexer-of-Judith Regan at a free Ground Zero apartment, former Interim Minister of Interior of Iraq (we always forget that one), and all-around mobbed-up creep—is apparently evading more than just taxes. His lawyers are suing him for $200,000 in unpaid legal bills! Soon he will hire super-publicist Ronn Torossian and we can all watch him on Fox even more often. More » -
whipped
Giuliani More Afraid Of His Wife Than Of Mafia
You wish you were cool enough to have mob bosses after your head, like GOP presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani. Two out of five mafia bosses wanted to waste Giuliani in the 80s, when the future mayor was all up in their business. "The reality is, I've dealt with this all of my life," Giuliani told Fox last week. "If you've got to live with threats, you live with threats." Oh, what a badass. But where oh where does this moxie disappear to when Judith calls him in the middle of a major political event? Earlier this month, Giuliani took his wife's call smack dab in the middle of a televised speech he was giving to the NRA. "If he wants voters to respect his privacy, he ought to show some respect for basic manners," wrote John Fund in the Wall Street Journal. In all fairness to Rudy, Fund isn't exactly the arbiter on etiquette—we hear the columnist has absolutely terrifying table manners.






























