Creep du jour.
Asked by Ms. Walters how much of a role Mrs. Giuliani would have in his campaign, Mr. Giuliani said, “As much as she wants.”Asked if she would be involved in policy decisions, he said: “To the extent she wants to be. I couldn’t have a better adviser.”
As for cabinet meetings, she would sit in “if she wanted to,” Mr. Giuliani said, adding: “If they were relevant to something that she was interested in. I mean, that would be something that I’d be very, very comfortable with.”
Mrs. Giuliani, who used to work as a nurse and a pharmaceutical sales representative, said that “if he asks me to,” she would attend White House policy meetings, “and certainly in the areas of health care.”
Which wife would that be, Rudy?
I must say that the possibility of having a former pharmaceutical sales rep shaping national health policy sets my heart aflutter.
Speaking as someone who was a resident of NYC for most of Rudy's tenure as Mayor, I wouldn't vote for him for pigeon feeder. America's Mayor? Gimme a friggin' break. Giuliani is a twisted little control freak with a history of screw-ups and self-serving publicity stunts dating back to when he used to accompany Al D'Amato on drug raids dressed up like a cross between Mad Max and that motorcycle guy from the Village People.
As for 9/11, he was directly responsible for the fact that the FDNY radios couldn't communicate with the NYPD or their own commanders from inside the towers. That cost lives.
And as for fighting terrorism, how smart was it to put the city's emergency command center in 7 World Trade Center, when the towers had already been attacked once by terrorists? Not very.
Then there's his encouraging the worst shoot-first cowboy tendencies of the NYPD Street Crimes units.
And how come his little buddy Bernard Kerik isn't in jail?
Oh wait, this just in:
Federal prosecutors have told Bernard B. Kerik, whose nomination as homeland security secretary in 2004 ended in scandal, that he is likely to be charged with several felonies, including tax evasion and conspiracy to commit wiretapping.
Kerik's indictment could set the stage for a courtroom battle that would draw attention to Kerik's extensive business and political dealings with former New York mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, who personally recommended him to President Bush for the Cabinet. Giuliani, the front-runner for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination according to most polls, later called the recommendation a mistake.
Yeah, Rudy. You've made a lot of them.