Rudy's Bernie Weekend

[kskiska]

by Ben Smith

Three years and three months is a long time to keep your sainthood if you’re still among the living, so give Rudy Giuliani credit: He had a good run.

But mark the date: On Dec. 11, 2004, in a splash of tabloid headlines, history returned to the man formerly known as "America’s Mayor." His attempt to install his former driver and rough-edged alter ego as the Secretary of Homeland Security backfired, his new Republican friends threw him overboard and, returning to New York, he found the city he’d once tamed turning on him, its cowed press militant and his old enemies—remember when Rudy had enemies?—gloating on television.

"Giuliani is trying desperately hard to regain his pre-9/11 reputation," chuckled U.S. Representative Charles Rangel, the Harlem Democrat and longtime Giuliani antagonist who was a ubiquitous commentator on the Kerik affair. "I don’t think it could get lower politically in terms of personal conduct and lack of popularity."

As the stream of damaging stories about Mr. Kerik’s past began to rage out of control, Mr. Giuliani’s small inner circle scrambled frantically to control the damage, a Republican insider told The Observer. They looked for somebody to blame, somebody with good information who might be leaking stories about mistresses and friends with alleged mob ties. "They are shaking the trees to find out who the leakers are," said the Republican insider.

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http://www.observer.com/pages/frontpage1.asp

[yorgatron]

1. i love it when they backstab each other.

thank you leakers! :yourock:

[johnfunk]

5. Weekend at Bernie's

[aquart]

2. Why? They thought it was some big secret?

In NEW YORK?

[Skittles]

3. it could not have happened soon enough

I for one am delighted seeing Rudi take his fall.

[no_hypocrisy]

4. Hey Rudy, you are known by the company you keep.

And as for leakers, have you considered the payback from the folks you convicted in the 80's like "the Mob" and/or the financial bankers on Wall Street? Maybe Michael Milken never forgot how you called the TV newsfolks when he was arrested and you insisted that he appear in public without his hairpiece for extra humiliation. Think he forgot about that? Yep, karma blowback sucks.

[DinahMoeHum]

6. Couldn't happen to a better group of guys.

:evilgrin:

[johnfunk]

7. Burn, Bernie, Burn!

Hey -- where exactly is that problematic "nanny"?