NYT: Noticeably Absent From the Giuliani Campaign: His Children

[kskiska]

As he embarks on a campaign for the presidency, former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani is going forward without two people who once played supporting roles in his political life: his children, Andrew, 21, and Caroline, 17.

(snip)

But Mr. Giuliani’s relationship with Andrew has grown strained and distant since his very public and bitter divorce from Andrew’s mother, Donna Hanover, and his marriage to Judith Nathan, according to Andrew and others familiar with the relationship.

In a telephone interview yesterday, Andrew, a sophomore and member of the golf team at Duke University, acknowledged having had difficulties with Ms. Nathan, and said that he and his father had recently tried to reconcile after not speaking “for a decent amount of time.”

(snip)

Mr. Giuliani once prided himself on attending all his children’s events and went to Andrew’s high school football games and Caroline’s plays. But he stopped at some point after his marriage to Ms. Nathan in 2003. He missed his son’s graduation, in 2005, and his daughter’s plays in the last 18 months, said people who attended those events.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/03/us/politics/03rudy.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

[radfringe]

1. that sort of screws the pooch on the

family values photo ops... :evilgrin:

on edit: maybe he can subcotract out for a family from Halliburton. Hell, Halliburton has it's fingers in everything else, why not provide a "family Service"

[LibDemAlways]

2. "He missed his son's graduation." Who the hell

doesn't make it to a son or daughter/s graduation if it's at all possible? And, in this case you know money and/or distance wasn't the issue.

I'd be willing to bet that after what he did to his family, his son didn't want him there.

Gotta love those repuke family values.

[PA Democrat]

5. Dubya and Laura didn't attend either of their daughters' graduations either.

They claimed they didn't want to be a "disruption". Funny how * doesn't mind disrupting anyone else's life though.

[LibDemAlways]

6. Not showing up was b.s. If they had

wanted to be at those events or if the daughters had wanted them there (perhaps that was the problem) they would have.

Can you imagine Bill and Hillary Clinton staying away from Chelsea's graduation? Not a chance.

[Beausoir]

3. He didn't go to his own son's graduation?

What a jerk.

[spanone]

4. Giuliani bases his 'family values' on how much he can profit from them.

This is an empty suit if ever I saw one.

Maybe Bernard Kerik could run for President of Vice?

[Missy M]

7. How much you want to bet Rudy's trying to reconcile....

with his son just in time for his presidential run. How low can you get.

[BeyondGeography]

8. They think his wife is a nightmare

and, one must say, they're probably on to something.

[kskiska]

10. Third wives are like that

[ohio2007]

9. on a side note...Is Chelsea on the bandwagon ?

Does Obama have kids?
I honestly don't know and

honestly


don't care

[NYCGirl]

11. FYI, Obama has two beautiful daughters.

[AlCzervik]

12. Does anyone remember Chris Farley as Andrew Guiliani on SNL?

I'm not very close to my father either and if were ever running for office i wouldn't be working on his campaign or making appearances for him either.

[kskiska]

13. Yeah

[kskiska]

14. I'll bet he didn't attend the graduation

because he refused to go unless his current wife was allowed to accompany him – an in-your-face gesture to his ex and kids.

[zanne]

15. Can you imagine the skeletons in his closet?

I hope some good researchers are digging them up.

[Roy]

16. No digging necessary......

Just scratch the surface....

Main stream media is hard at work attempting to (pre-emptively) minimize all the Rudy scandals now as we type.