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28

Giuliani’s security should be strong & silent, emphasis on the silent, yes?


I saw this story at Ohio Daily Blog but it originated at The Politico.

However, it’s this article by the Associated Press that has the ring of candid conversation:

Rudy Giuliani’s presidential campaign on Wednesday dismissed a report that New York City taxpayers footed the bill for expenses incurred in a Long Island resort as the then-mayor began an extramarital affair with current wife Judith Nathan.

“These were all legitimate expenses incurred in protecting the mayor, and his police detail covered him wherever he went, 24/7,” Tony Carbonetti, Giuliani’s chief political adviser, said in an interview. “You just do what you do and the police go with you. That’s just a fact of life when you’re the mayor of New York.”

Aides, however, offered no explanation for why the tens of thousands of dollars in costs, which they say were routine expenses for protection for the mayor, were billed to obscure city agencies.

My emphasis.

Does Carbonetti have any idea about what he said?

“You just do what you do” – like, have an affair?

“And the police go with you” – to your mistress’s home?

“That’s just a fact of life” – the affair? or the police?

“When you’re the mayor of New York” – again, the affair? or the police?

Hello? Crisis communication trainer? We’ve got a problem.

And, last but not least, there’s been a sense that The Politico leans right. I haven’t read it a lot lately, but if that’s still something people say, then who is their dog in the race? Anyone? I mean, I know – it’s a journalism outfit – they don’t favor anybody. But you know, if they did, any guesses?

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 9:01 pm November 28th, 2007 in Campaigning, Elections, Government, Politics, Scandal, WH2008 

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2 Responses to “Giuliani’s security should be strong & silent, emphasis on the silent, yes?”

  1. 1 Keith on November 29th, 2007 6:01 pm

    Sooooo.

    If I’m the Mayor of New York and I want to meet the local mob boss and cut a mutually beneficial deal, the cops just go along with me and keep their mouths shut?

    Was he Mayor of New York or capo of the largest gang in New York?

  2. 2 Jill Miller Zimon on November 29th, 2007 11:23 pm

    I can’t answer that. ;)

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