The title ---- Rudy Giuliani, Nasty Man- Even to His Kids
1. Rudy brought Caroline (his daughter) to City Hall on Take Your Daughters to Work Day in 1994 and 1995, his first two years as mayor, but never again — because by 1996 "the relationship between Giuliani and his twentysomething press secretary had so poisoned the marriage that all such family events were impossible."
2. The Giulianis went on a family vacation after he was elected in 1993 — and then never did again.
3. On Father's Day 1995, Giuliani told reporters he was going to play baseball with his son — and instead went to a basement suite at City Hall with his "ever-present" press secretary.
4. Neither his wife nor his kids went to Rudy's victory party when he was reelected in 1997.
5. The kids aren't listed in Giuliani's bio on his Web page.
6. He skipped his son's high-school graduation.
7. He went to Caroline's but left without speaking to her. "I am celebrating with my mom, my stepfather, my brother, and our other family members," she said then.
Rudy does not sound like a warm fuzzy kind of father.
And.........
Here is another tidbit about Rudy Giuliani from Paul Krugman as published in The Post-Bulletin:
...Rudy Giuliani has been getting some long-overdue criticism for his missteps both before and after Sept. 11. For example, The Village Voice reports that he insisted that the city's emergency command center -- which included a personal suite with its own elevator that he visited "often, even on weekends, bringing his girlfriend Judi Nathan there long before the relationship surfaced" -- be within walking distance of City Hall. This led to the disastrous decision to locate the center in the World Trade Center, an obvious potential terrorist target.
Giuliani also is being attacked for his failure to take adequate precautions to protect those who worked on the cleanup at ground zero from the hazards at the site. Many workers have since been sickened by the dust and toxic materials....
......All of which leaves us with a political question. Most voters are thoroughly fed up with the current narcissist in chief. Are they really ready to elect another?
Interesting points. Are Americans prepared to have another egotistical, self-absorbed person in the White House?
