Who is Giuliani? What is Giuliani?
 

Our buddy Kirk posted a link to this article about Giuliani.

It's clear the author doesn't like Rudy, but just looking at the claims makes me want to know more about Giulianis' dealings.

Doesn't sound much different from most politicians, Democratic, Republican, or otherwise. It is all about the power, buying the vote, promising the moon, and taking care of donors.

He is a neo-con, the worst the Republicans have been able to come up with. On the question of moral compass, Paul Craig Roberts is not impressed.

Giuliani once bragged that by giving negative treatment to his targets, "the media does the job for me." Giuliani certainly had no difficulty manipulating Wall Street Journal reporters James B. Stewart, Daniel Hertzberg and Laurie Cohen or The Predators’ Ball author Connie Bruck. Milken, who had done nothing except make a lot of money by proving Wall Street wrong about non-investment grade bonds, was branded the "Cosa Nostra of the securities world."

Milken’s "junk bonds" financed such household names as CNN, Barnes & Noble, Stone Container Corporation, Time-Warner, Safeway, and Mattel. Milken provided capital to companies with promising futures that lacked investment-grade credit rankings. Milken operated out of Los Angeles, not Wall Street. His earnings and those of his upstart firm, Drexel Burnham Lambert, aroused envy and hatred among the Wall Street hot shots. Milken failed to use his money to purchase political protection in Washington. Instead, he gave his money to organizations that help poor black children.

Milken was set up perfectly for an ambitious and unscrupulous prosecutor like Giuliani.

Giuliani is hardly a "neo-con". He would never make the club with his numerous public affairs and support for Abortion. "Neo-con" is the new term for anyone conservative.

Or you can use the Wikipedia definition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoconservative

Neocons have nothing to do with sex or abortion. They allied with the theocrats, but they're not the same group.

I think I'd rather Giuliani get the nod than any other republican. At least he's less socially conservative, and thats what really counts in my book.

True, but those who call themselves "Neo-cons" are a much smaller group than those who are currently conservatives in the government. I find that most Neo-cons are fairly staunchly religious, but not all people who call themselves "conservative" are the same. So my point was that true Neo-cons would not support them. He already has a conservative base of supporters.

Right now, being stupid on foreign policy is the Republican's biggest issue. This clown is completely aligned with the Bushies.

Yeah, that's all too true, but I figure, even if we fuck up over there, at least with a social liberal we wont be as fucked up over here...

Many 9/11 victim's families have protested him because they say he didn't do shit in office about anything just he went on TV to gain popularity.

I, for one, welcome our new alien robotic Giuliani overlord.

Clown is a good word for him. I liked him until he started talking. He uses that fear mongering language instead of straight talking. I don't trust him.

He turns out to be a national id guy as well.