How Giuliani lost America
CounterPunch
by Alexander Cockburn
04/08/07
In the aftermath of 9/11/2001 New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani seemed as sure a bet as you could hope for as the Republican candidate destined to seek the White House in 2008. He rallied his city amid the rubble of the Twin Towers. His, not Bush’s, was the firm voice of resolve. … Until recently the American people were thinking mainly about the circumstances of Anna Nicole Smith’s demise and the likely inheritor of the former Playmate’s millions. Now Anna Nicole Smith has been swept off the front pages, along with the beleagured Gonzales, by the pet food crisis. … Into this firestorm of national anguish now has been tossed the news that Mrs Judi Giuliani was once in the dog killing business. This disclosure came on the heels of the news that Judi had not been entirely forthcoming about the number of her legal unions. Like Rudy himself, it turns out she’s on her third. The hitherto undisclosed numero uno, whom she married at age 19, was a salesman at U.S. Surgical, a company selling surgical staples. Young Judi’s job was allegedly to demonstrate to potential purchasers their efficacy on cuts made on drugged dogs. … The stapling had to be done on live dogs because, as one US Surgical CEO put it back in the 1980s, ‘A dead dog doesn’t bleed. You need to have real blood-flow conditions, or you get a false sense of security.’ Giuliani’s campaign spokesman declined comment on the charges about Judi’s hands-on role...
http://www.counterpunch.org/cockburn04072007.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Giuliani
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Anna+Nicole+Smith
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Alexander+Cockburn
by Alexander Cockburn
04/08/07
In the aftermath of 9/11/2001 New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani seemed as sure a bet as you could hope for as the Republican candidate destined to seek the White House in 2008. He rallied his city amid the rubble of the Twin Towers. His, not Bush’s, was the firm voice of resolve. … Until recently the American people were thinking mainly about the circumstances of Anna Nicole Smith’s demise and the likely inheritor of the former Playmate’s millions. Now Anna Nicole Smith has been swept off the front pages, along with the beleagured Gonzales, by the pet food crisis. … Into this firestorm of national anguish now has been tossed the news that Mrs Judi Giuliani was once in the dog killing business. This disclosure came on the heels of the news that Judi had not been entirely forthcoming about the number of her legal unions. Like Rudy himself, it turns out she’s on her third. The hitherto undisclosed numero uno, whom she married at age 19, was a salesman at U.S. Surgical, a company selling surgical staples. Young Judi’s job was allegedly to demonstrate to potential purchasers their efficacy on cuts made on drugged dogs. … The stapling had to be done on live dogs because, as one US Surgical CEO put it back in the 1980s, ‘A dead dog doesn’t bleed. You need to have real blood-flow conditions, or you get a false sense of security.’ Giuliani’s campaign spokesman declined comment on the charges about Judi’s hands-on role...
http://www.counterpunch.org/cockburn04072007.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Giuliani
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Anna+Nicole+Smith
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Alexander+Cockburn
rudkla - 9. Apr, 18:10
