Rudy Giuliani 'Couldn't Have A Better Adviser' Than Wife Judith

[MaineDem]

Source: ABC News

March 29, 2007 — In an interview with Barbara Walters, former New York City Mayor and presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani said that if elected president, he would have no problem allowing his wife Judith Giuliani to sit in on cabinet meetings, "If she wanted to. If they were relevant to something that she was interested in. I mean that would be something that I'd be very, very comfortable with," he said.

He also tells Walters that he welcomes his wife's involvement in policy decisions during the campaign "to the extent she wants to be…I couldn't have a better adviser." When asked if she will sit in on policy meetings, Judith said: "if asks me to, yes. And certainly in the areas of health care."

Although usually a very private person, Judith Giuliani has had her fair share of headlines, most recently surrounding the news that, like her husband, she has been married three times.

She recently confirmed her previously undisclosed marriage to Jeffrey Scott Ross, whom she married in 1974 when she was 19. The couple divorced in 1979. She said she wasn't trying to keep that first marriage hidden.

Read more: http://www.abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=2989162&page=1

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Ewwww.

And when did she become Judith Giuliani?

[TerdlowSmedley]

1. That's good, Rudy. Keep that up. Keep trotting out the nutty wife.

"Very private person", my ass. When she was first discovered by the NY press as Rudy's other woman, she was smiling and posing for all the reporters, obviously really digging the attention.

[LiberalFighter]

42. Chris Smith contributing editor with New York Magazine on MSNBC

How deeply worried Guiliani campaign is about their support in Repug primaries.

Interesting tactic to go on tv and repeat "We love each other", "We love each other".

When they got married she wore a tiara. A woman with very serious ambitions.

Former nurse and pharmaceutical sales representative.


Hillary Clinton had a long background in policy and government.

Judy Nathan was selling pharmaceuticals for drug companies on the road. It's a long leap from there to national health care advisor.

[skipos]

2. Too bad this warmonger still beats most Dems in most polls

He and his wife are doofuses, but I do not want him to be the nominee. Newt or Mitt would be easier to beat.

[yourout]

4. If Hillary is our candidate they could run Delay and still win.

ABC......Anyone But Clinton.

[jobycom]

6. Any insights into who will win next year's Super Bowl?

:shrug:

[yourout]

8. Thats easy.....Greenbay Packers baby!

Never ask a Cheesehead who will win the Super Bowl.

[jobycom]

10. LOL!

I like your enthusiasm, but forgive me for not betting on your picks! :rofl:

[jobycom]

7. Only because people don't know him yet. nt

[skipos]

11. I am not as confident as you are in

MSM showing the truth behind "hero" Giuliani
and/or
millions of Americans doing their own research to find out what a turd he is.

Look what happened with Bush after 9-11. It took about 2.5 years for Bush to go from 90% approval to 50% approval, when he should have been at 0% approval from the getgo.

Dame Rudys fav/unfavs are about 70/30. It will take a lot to tarnish that, and I am not counting on MSM or average Americans to make it happen.

[jobycom]

Bush was the only president after 9-11, Giuliani will be one of several candidates

People rallied around Bush because they were afraid of more attacks, not just because the press was selling him. His approval was low before 9-11, and after Katrina, it began to plummet because people saw him in action.

In a campaign with several candidates, much will come out. He's not electable. IF he even wins the primary, our top three candidates will beat him. Especially Hillary, who would prevent him from winning New York.

[skipos]

15. "Especially Hillary?"

We will probably have to agree to disagree on this one. Sure, Hillary will keep NY, any Dem who doesn't is f&*cked. Have you seen the polls with Dame Rudy beating Hillary in NJ and PA? Ominous. And Dame Rudy thumps her 90% of the polls that I have seen. I know that polls aren't the end all be all, but this would indicate that Clinton is not our strongest candidate right now. Keep in mind how bad things are for the Republicans yet....

Thompson 44% Clinton 43% CLINTON LOSES BY 1%
Thompson 37% Obama 49% OBAMA WINS BY 12%

Brownback (41%) Clinton (46%) CLINTON WINS BY 5%
Brownback (34%) Obama (49%) OBAMA WINS BY 15%

Gingrich (43%) Clinton (50%) CLINTON WINS BY 7%
Gingrich (38%) Obama (48%) OBAMA WINS BY 10%

Giuliani (49%) Clinton (41%) CLINTON LOSES BY 8%
Giuliani (46%) Obama (40%) OBAMA LOSES BY 6%
Giuliani (48%) Edwards (41%) EDWARDS LOSES BY 7%

McCain (48%) Clinton (41%) CLINTON LOSES BY 7%
McCain (44%) Obama (44%) TIED
McCain (44%) Edwards (45%) EDWARDS WINS BY 1%

Those are from Rasmussen, who was the most accurate in 2006. Some people have this notion that Dame Rudy won't win many red states in a general election. But take a look at surveyusa.com. Choose Hillary vs. Dame Rudy from the options.

Dame Rudy's biggest challenge is the primary, not the general election, imo.

[jobycom]

17. Yes, Clinton.

Giuliani has too many skeletons in areas that people care about to win. Clinton has the most experience at campaigning and handling slanders from Republicans of the major candidates, plus she has a fundraising edge and a campaign edge on the ground, plus the swing voters who decide elections vote for the candidates in the middle, plus she's got the least negatives for people to discover (that they don't already know, I mean), whereas Obama and Edwards are unknown and are riding emotional crests at the moment, and historically from these crests lesser known candidates trend downward as people begin to learn more about them. Either of them could win anyway, but your polls mean nothing right now, except to point out that it's a tight race, especially when margin of error is factored in. They can't even measure "likely voter" with any accuracy now.

Rasmussen was the most accurate in 06 in their final polls before elections. Show me their numbers a year and a half from the campaign.

Like it or not, the candidate who wins the primaries is the candidate with the best funding and the best organization, not the candidate who shows best in the polls a year from the election. Ask Dean, or Bradley, or Tsongas.

Doesn't matter, though, what we argue. We'll know in a year and a half. The world will be so different then that most of our discussions now won't matter. We don't even know who will be president at the end of 08.

[skipos]

19. She might win the nomination, but I hope not.

Of all the Dem candidates...
she doesn't have the best voting record,
she doesn't have the most experience,
she doesn't excite the youth the most,
she doesn't excite the progressive base the most,
she sure as heck won't be any kind of unifier,
she already has the most people committed to voting against her,
she has the worst favorables/unfavorables.
Many rightwingers (like Falwell) want her to be our nominee, which isn't a good sign,
she will inspire more 3rd party defectors than any other candidate,
Nader is already hinting about running if she gets nominated,
and all her money and name recognition is not keeping her from getting spanked by Dame Rudy and Weathervane McCain in most polls.

[BigDDem]

20. Yet she is ahead in every single poll....

go figure.

[skipos]

21. Every single primary poll

Big difference the primary and the general election. $$$ and the Clinton machine might help her a lot in the primary since they are decided by very fewer votes. In the general election, with 45-50% already commited to not voting her, her odds will be much lower.

[armodem08]

25. Yeah, but those polls don't factor in a wingnut third party candidacy

which would surely result if Giuliani were to win the nomination.
When the christian conservative vote is subtracted, the Dem wins easily.

[w4rma]

40. Don't bet on that happening. (nt)

[skipos]

46. You know, I USED to think a wingnut 3rd party might happen

But not anymore. Those people all rallied around Bush in 2004 even though many of them knew he was a mediocrity by any conservative standards. Further, in the polls that I have seen, about 20% of Democrats claim they would not vote for Hillary, while only 10% of Republicans claim they would not vote for Giuliani.

Democrats like to Naderize themselves. Republicans, not so much.

[rurallib]

3. "At least until I dump her for some hot young thing"

You know a man has needs.
Sometimes I think Giuli only wants the Presidency so he can meet women.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

16. I guess Rudy was busy during the Clinton

debacle... there ain't no more chicks in the WH

[jobycom]

5. What are the odds they'll still be married by November 08?

:shrug: Giuliani changes wives faster than most presidents change cabinet members.

[LiberalFighter]

43. How soon after he loses the nomination will she divorce him?

[Gidney N Cloyd]

9. Uh-oh. Could that be like "Judith, you're doin' a heckuva job" ?

[maseman]

12. Big question will be...

Can Rudy win without the Conservative Christian vote. These people know who they like or don't. After the primaries they will either vote for a Jesus Christer or they won't vote at all.

Let's sum up here. Multiple marriages, ditched one wife in a press conference while dating a young girl, mistress lived in the Gov. mansion, Rudy lived with two gay guys, he's dressed in drag for parties, etc. Can't see the Dobson groupd voting for him. Without them the Repukes have trouble.

[hatrack]

13. Aw, I'll be he says that about ALL his wives!

:evilgrin:

[kskiska]

14. I remember when all hell broke loose

when Jimmy Carter announced that Roslyn would sit in on cabinet meetings.

[Sabriel]

18. I seem to remember some criticism of Hillary, too

Lots of people thought she should have butted out of the health care issue (and out of politics in general).

(Hmmm, "Lots of people thought..." Is that a Couric-ism I used there?)

[tanyev]

22. Great. That would be almost like having a co-president.

Rudy should publicly announce that if elected, he would put her in charge of reforming the nation's health care system. I'm sure the freepers would be thrilled.

:rofl:

[BigDDem]

23. Has Judith figured out how many times she's been married?

[LiberalFighter]

24. Exactly what expertise will she bring to the meetings?

[Kool Kitty]

26. His wife? Which one?

Oh, Judith. Thanks for clearing that up, Rudy.

[Heidi]

27. Kick.

:kick:

[Don Claybrook]

28. Giuliani Says Wife Could Go to Cabinet Meetings

Source: NYT

Rudolph W. Giuliani says that if he were president, his wife would be permitted to attend cabinet meetings and advise him on federal policy, an unusually overt role in government decision-making for a first lady

Mr. Giuliani made the remarks Tuesday in an interview that he and his wife, Judith, gave to Barbara Walters for broadcast tonight on the ABC News television program “20/20.” Yesterday the network released a partial transcript, in which Mr. Giuliani also said Mrs. Giuliani, his third wife, was not responsible for his very public breakup with his second.

Asked by Ms. Walters how much of a role Mrs. Giuliani would have in his campaign, Mr. Giuliani said, “As much as she wants.”
...
Mrs. Giuliani, who used to work as a nurse and a pharmaceutical sales representative, said that “if he asks me to,” she would attend White House policy meetings, “and certainly in the areas of health care.”


Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/30/us/politics/30judy.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

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A pharmaceutical sales rep in the White House setting health care policy. Standard issue GOP. the Dobson-Moeheller axis should be foaming at the mouth over this by about noon tomorrow.

[MadMaddie]

29. Well that was a short ride......see,ya wouldn't want to be ya

Giuliani...

[DesertRat]

30. ...

:spray:

[Rick Myers]

31. Which wife is he talking about?

:grr:

[kirby]

34. All three - makes filling the cabinet easier...

[truthisfreedom]

32. Giulliani just has too many stories. It's like buying a collectible on eBay... there's a little

crack over here, and a scratch right there, and a burn mark on this end, and it's musty-smelling, but it's in pretty good shape. Well, we're pretty sure it's not stolen, anyway.

[LibDemAlways]

33. Maybe all of Rudy's wives could come. Wife number one,

after all, remains a relative despite the "annulment." Wife number two might shed some light on how Rudy practices "family values" at home, and since wife number three is so interested in health care, perhaps she could expound on how dating a married man affects one's physical and mental well being.

[tom_paine]

35. Funny how the Loyal Bushies hate Hillary so badly because of the SAME SHIT

You know, if most Loyal Bushies and Republics were robots, their heads would be shooting sparks, "That does not compute. That does not compute. That does not compute."

Orwell was right...about everything.

[w4rma]

36. Which wife? (nt)

[okoboji]

37. what happens.......

when he starts having an affair on his current wife and she finds out? Would the wife then get pissed and start telling "all" of those cabinet meetings?

and didn't Clinton catch hell for this when Hillary did sort of the same thing?

WTF

[rodeodance]

38. ummRepugs raised a big Stink with the Clinton "two for one"

[truthisfreedom]

39. OMG! Giuliani is insulting pickles! He's suggesting that she couldn't keep up with gw's terra!

Was she asleep at the switch, according to Rudy?

[Zorra]

41. Both married 3 times? Are they "flip-floppers" or what?

Just what we need at Cabinet meetings that affect our national security, huh?

[Rydz777]

44. Rudy takes advice where he can get it

He's now a Texas lawyer. The old Houston law firm of Bracewell and Patterson lost Patterson to the Grim Reaper. So Rudy filled the vacancy. It's now Bracewell and Giuliani. That also put him into deep smooze with Bush's old fund raising network.

[LiberalFighter]

45. "Couldn't have a better advisor"?

Who advised him on appointing Kerik?

Isn't that statement a slap in the face of all the people that would be better advisors than Judith?

[xxqqqzme]

47. corporate media has latched onto rujudy

cuz it's all they got. CMC has decided: mccain is crazy; mitt's a morman (whatever that has to do w/ anything)....they're waiting for a hagel or thompson to jump in the mix.