Lines composed on learning that Rudy Giuliani is the politician Charlie Baker would most like to be. (With apologies to Nat King Cole and Mona Lisa) Guiliani, Guiliani, Baker's named you Politician who (to him) is most worthwhile Is it … [Read more...]
Romney and Rudy gin up religious bigotry at RNCC
But that's not what the Republican political approach to terror has been. It's a political winner! And as such, they want to create maximum fear, maximum xenophobia, because it motivates their crowd. Remember Mitt's … [Read more...]
Rudy 9iu11ani is back
Democrats, take heart! Rudy 9iu11ani, the spectacularly failed presidential candidate, has re-emerged, singing the same tired, off-key song that failed to garner him more than a handful of votes in the Republican primaries. The … [Read more...]
Squeegee Men for Rudy!
It's well worth a read.While other candidates are promising change, the cash-strapped Giuliani campaign is all but begging contributors for whatever change they can spare. Rudy Giuliani himself is still rich enough to keep his Judi happy, … [Read more...]
Giuliani really was a hero … once.
... and it wasn't on 9/11. This is a few weeks late, but I think this is a fascinating story: At a packed and emotional news conference in May 2000, in which he announced he was dropping out of the race for the U.S. Senate as a result … [Read more...]
Wingnut fight!
Compare and contrast this:Paul M. Weyrich, an elder statesman of the religious right, said today that he believes Mitt Romney has made a sincere conversion from a supporter of abortion rights and gay rights into an opponent of both...."In … [Read more...]
Giuliani’s character pile-on
Saturday, The Globe's Brian Mooney was the latest newsman to call out Giuliani for his fibs about health care, in an admirably direct fashion:Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani has made "socialized medicine" one of his … [Read more...]
Giuliani and the underpants gnomes
OK, I'm on record as not a South Park fan. But Rudy Giuliani's health care "plan" does remind me of an old episode, in which the thieving "underwear gnomes" reveal their business plan: Here's Giuliani's … [Read more...]
Whopping good poll numbers for Hillary; Rudy still strong
A new ABC/WaPo poll (HT: Globe) has startlingly good news for the Clinton campaign, and is quite the downer for everyone else. Yes, it's a national poll -- it's not NH/Iowa focused. Still, it's big. Here's most of what you … [Read more...]
Thanks, GOP! We’ll take those votes.
Once again, Republican contenders decide to have something else to do instead of appear before an audience of non-white people. This time, it's Tavis Smiley's All-American Presidential Forum to which Giuliani, Romney, and McCain … [Read more...]