Rudy Giuliani: “Leave my family alone”
Rudy Giuliani's kids may not be on the trail with him this time around (the above images feature son Andrew at Giuliani's mayoral inauguration in 1994), but the presence of his daughter Caroline, Obama-curious Harvard '11, was felt at a town-hall meeting in New Hampshire yesterday. A New Hampshire woman asked how the ex-mayor could expect voters' support when he did not even have the support of his children. The Associated Press reports,
"I love my family very, very much and will do anything for them. There are complexities in every family in America," Giuliani said calmly and quietly. "The best thing I can say is kind of, 'Leave my family alone, just like I'll leave your family alone.'"
This from the guy who said he'd bring his wife to cabinet meetings. Judith Nathan aside, the question of how much scrutiny politicians' children deserve -- or ought to be shielded from -- remains hotly contested. Caroline's Facebook affiliations seem relatively benign to us; but what about Antonio Villaraigosa Jr. bragging about his powers of persuasion with the LAPD? (Dad Antonio Sr. is the mayor of LA) Are there times when the sins of the child reflect on the father? And what value do the "sins" of a teenager talking big on the internet have, anyway?
And what about poor Chelsea Clinton, who had the terrible misfortune of going through puberty while her dad was in the White House?! Let's set a ground rule: Kids with braces should be off-limits. --MAUREEN O'CONNOR
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August 17th, 2007 at 11:28 am
Yes they should. The only fools trying to make a big deal out of this are those who are afraid of the little “R” by Rudy’s name.
August 17th, 2007 at 1:32 pm
when did ivygate become a political blog?
August 17th, 2007 at 2:16 pm
Our future President! I’m a dem just like the rest of you, but do you really think any lily white midwesterner, Southerner or really anyone other than a big city liberal is really going to vote for a 43-year old black dude or Hilary F-ing Clinton? Dream on, Demos and pick a real candidate.
August 17th, 2007 at 3:27 pm
I read CNN and andrewsullivan.com for this. You are a monkey. Dance, monkey, dance!
August 17th, 2007 at 8:48 pm
@Behold– ah yeah, “Southerner” here, and I’d love for young “black dude”
August 17th, 2007 at 8:59 pm
Obama’s an idiot. What an embarrassment for the Dems when those who support him automatically wear the proud badge of “politically ignorant and easily swayed.” I don’t like Hilary either, but at least she knows what she’s talking about.
August 17th, 2007 at 10:27 pm
bulldog – I find it bizarre that you claim Obama is an idiot despite the fact that he was the Editor of the Harvard Law Review. Regardless of whether you agree with his policy stances, you fail to substantiate the claim that Obama doesn’t know what he’s talking about. I guess that he can sometimes give opinions that are not the Washington conventional wisdom like when he had the judgment to oppose the War in Iraq in 2002.
August 18th, 2007 at 12:17 am
“but do you really think any lily white midwesterner, Southerner or really anyone other than a big city liberal is really going to vote for a 43-year old black dude”
Heh…Southerners not voting for a minority based solely on the color of his skin…SMH
Remind me again why didn’t we let the South secede?
August 18th, 2007 at 12:57 am
I think ol’ Rudy’s should straighten out his daughter when he gets home. “Listen bitch, I don’t care which stupid Dem you support, you’re ruining my chances to be president!” [bitch slap]
August 18th, 2007 at 7:25 am
“you fail to substantiate the claim that Obama doesn’t know what he’s talking about.”
AAAHAHAHA!! Like, um…not having ANY foreign policy experience, or not knowing that Canada has a prime minister? The Harvard Law Review? Big deal, out of context, buddy. Obama would be a great mayor for a poor neighborhood, because support from ignoramuses is about all the support he can get.
August 18th, 2007 at 10:59 am
So poor people are necessarily ignoramuses? Clearly, you’re not the brightest lightbulb on the Christmas tree yourself.
August 20th, 2007 at 12:30 am
Midwesterners vote for Obama? You mean BESIDES those from his home state? Your bullshit generalizations make me wonder how much of this country you’ve seen.
August 21st, 2007 at 11:20 am
anyone else think of black sheep seeing rudy’s kid in the background?