Giuliani

Backstage at the Democratic Debate

I watched Hillary and Barack "debate", if you want to call it that, from a nosebleed seat inside the Kodak Theater. It was more like a lovefest than anything else. I wouldn't have been surprised afterward if both candidates had...

Former Candidate Rudy: The Year in Stories

How does Rudy Giuliani go from being the presumptive Republican frontrunner in the 2008 presidential race to sitting on the sidelines in just a few short months? Stories like these certainly can't help. Here's the year in Wayne Barrett's...

Giuliani Gets Gay Endorsement

Former NYC mayor Rudy Giuliani - who is apparently still running for president - received a ringing endorsement from The Palm Beach County Human Rights Council Federal Political Action Committee. Their kind words will hopefully remind voters that Giuliani once loved the gays, yet has distanced himself in recent months. Awww, look at Rudy! So smiley, [...]

The Giuliani Circus Is Not Coming to Sarasota

This is the best Giuliani story of the day. SARASOTA - There will be no circus here for GOP presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani. Three days after announcing that Giuliani would speak to local Republicans on Jan. 25 at the Sailor Circus Arena, the Sarasota County Republican Party has changed venues, concerned the location easily could be lampooned. A candidate known for dressing in drag and making false claims about torturing mobsters is worried about being lampooned. Giuliani does a good job...

Election 2008 Analysis: New Hampshire Final Results

Some slightly-organized thoughts: Democrats (1) Why Hillary won. Because she got more votes. (2) No seriously. Why Hillary won. I think there are a number of factors that came in to play. Most voters made their decision in the past few days, so that's where my focus is. First, the last debate. I thought Edwards "won" it, but for people who were on the Obama-vs-Clinton fence, I think Clinton pulled more voters into her camp. Obama, while not commiting any gaffes, left his charisma in the hotel ro...

BBC NEWS | Americas | Iowa wins for Huckabee and Obama

Iowa wins for Huckabee and Obama Mr Huckabee won for the Republicans, defeating Mitt Romney.

Giuliani Ad Check: The Serial-Exaggerator Strikes Again

After consistently exaggerating a myriad of facts and figures about his record as mayor of New York City on the campaign trail, Rudy Giuliani is at it again. Giuliani launched a new TV ad in New Hampshire today that overstates the details of the 1979 hostage crisis in Iran and fails to mention that Rudy has exaggerated his experience with Islamic terrorism. The ad also fails to point out that Giuliani has done extensive work for clients such as the government of Qatar, Hugo Chavez, and business...

The further adventures of Rudy Giuliani, heroic truth teller

Rudy Giuliani has a problem. Seems he's just so awesome (in the literally awe-inspiring sense) that he sometimes has trouble keeping track of just how amazing he is, and which of his accomplishments are actually, well, his. It's a problem we sympathize with, but some pesky people just won't stop nitpicking. There's stalwart Rudy obsessive and muckraking journalist Wayne Barrett of the Village Voice, who published a list of "Rudy's Five Big Lies About 9/11" back in August. And there's the New Yo...

Larry Flynt Doesn't Know Whether Rudolph Giuliani is Gay or Not

Hustler publisher and aspiring political muckraker Larry Flynt has given an extensive interview to Vanity Fair in which he continues to promise the exposure of juicy tidbits about "hypocritical" politicians, although it's his comments about Rudy Giuliani that are raising eyebrows: