Remember the huge outrcry about Pelosi's plane? Well, what about Rudy's?

[Gabi Hayes]

Interesting article about Rudy's appearance contracts from his money grubbing days, including the exact type of plane to be provided, the nature of his rooms, the lighting provided for his appearances, the space that must be kept from his "fans, " etc

http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/9964.html

“Please note that the private aircraft MUST BE a Gulfstream IV or bigger,” notes the contract, referring to a $30 million jet that can clock 600 mph.

Once there, Hizzoner demands that he be met by “one sedan and one large SUV,” and booked into a hotel room “with a king-size bed, on an upper floor, with a balcony and view,” plus four more rooms on the same floor for his entourage.

And, oh, yeah, America’s Mayor doesn’t like “candid photo opportunities,” but he will stand for posed pictures provided they are taken in a room “with sufficient light” and “without direct, on-camera flash bulbs.”

......

another detail of the contract, from which this was leaked, following an appearance at Oklahoma St. U, was that the contract MUST be kept secret. apparently, somebody from the public university didn't go so much for that fact, and exposed the "man of the people" for the arrogant, secretive megalomaniac that he is

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0216071giuliani1.html

[Phredicles]

1. Anything in the contract about brown M&Ms?

[louis-t]

2. Haaaa!

Happened to be backstage for an early VH concert (1978). I remember seeing a bowl of M&Ms in their trailer. Don't remember if there were any brown ones. You gave me a good laugh.

[AndyA]

3. Quite the Princess, that Rudy.

He must think he's a celebrity or something. I wouldn't spend 2 cents to hear what he has to say.

NEXT!

[phantom power]

4. silly rabbit! rules are for Democrats!

[npincus]

5. why settle for a stinkin' blowj*b, when you can dump your whole family?

THAT'S what Clinton did wrong-- he didn't marry Monica! Those Repubs can teach us a few things!

[demrabble]

6. Super DIVA

Rudy is such a Super Diva!

[Supersedeas]

18. massaging the image of Rudy Putty - the Mayor that saved 'Merikkka

[Gabi Hayes]

7. reposting about Wayne Barret's Rudy book:

Ellis Henican

9/11 'hero' image undone
August 23, 2006

It's the unexamined question of 9/11: What if Rudy Giuliani wasn't quite the hero everybody thought?

For nearly five years now, we've all lived in the glow of "America's mayor," that soot-covered father figure who rose to meet the greatest challenge of all. Rudy standing firm in the terror aftermath. Rudy guiding a rattled city back to its feet.




There was no denying this much in those early days of confusion: New York's grim-faced mayor looked a whole lot more in charge than America's deer-in-the-headlights president.

But what if Rudy's take-charge image was mostly a load of bravado and PR? What if the actual decisions he made - before, during and after the terror attacks - were directly responsible for the city's inability to deal effectively with crucial aspects of the crisis?

Well, it's about time someone opened that impolite inquiry.

Hold on tight, now! One of the most carefully guarded myths of 9/11 is about to be shattered for good.

"Grand Illusion," the book is called. "The Untold Story of Rudy Giuliani and 9/11." It is written by Wayne Barrett of the Village Voice and Dan Collins of CBS.com, two of New York's shrewdest investigative reporters. Published this week by HarperCollins, "Grand Illusion" will forever alter how the world sees Rudy Giuliani's place in America's deadliest terror attacks. You can bet national political reporters will be combing though these chapters as the 2008 presidential campaign season revs up.

http://www.amny.com/news/columnists/ny-nyhen23vr4861790aug23,0,7156241.column

as I've said before, I'm afraid the last sentence of the snip above isn't going to have many legs

[rebel with a cause]

9. I don't know, but you coud be wrong

I have a feeling the GOPs have another in mind for 2008. One whose scandals are not so well know, who doesn't have so many NYers who will speak out against him so willingly, and who does not like to dress up in drag quite so much (a joke for us, problem for the right wingers). Just a feeling I have.

[Gabi Hayes]

11. I hope I am, believe me, but after reading enough to know the habits

of the M$M media, meaning that they establish their narrative for political coverage early on, and only deviate from it when the political winds dramatically change (as they appear to be doing in the chimp's case, after seven YEARS of supine complicity), I see the same sort of hagiographic sycophancy already developed for Giuliani as it did for Reagan (see "On Bended Knee") as it did for Bush in 1999.

like I said, I hope I'm wrong, but check this, from the Amato link....note the date:

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2006/07/13/americas-awful-mayor/#more-8901

''The talking heads have have their guy as the ‘08 President and it’s Giuliani:''

[rebel with a cause]

16. Matthews has a douche bag for a brain.

If he was 1/3 as smart as he thinks he is he would be Einstein.

You may be absolutely right but I just don't see him making it through too long, especially since the evangelicals are already speaking out against him. The thing that hits me is that rudy is not conservative enough for one factor of the republicans and too much a sinner for the other. How can he be their poster boy? Oh, I forgot that they are all hypocrites first and foremost.

[Gabi Hayes]

8. good catchall Rudy page at Crooks and Liars, including familiar clips

http://www.crooksandliars.com/category/republican-party/rudy-giuliani/

[NYCGirl]

10. The freeps were in a twitter over Pelosi's plane "at taxpayer's expense,"

even though their claims about Pelosi were lies.

Since Rudy's sponsors are paying for his plane, he can fly around in a zeppelin for all I care.

[Gabi Hayes]

12. obviously...but what if John Edwards, say, was the one making such

outrageous demands?

do you think we'd be hearing about it every day for a few weeks, another brick in his elitist wall of shame?

how much publicity has this gotten?

[NYCGirl]

14. Giuliani is hardly a populist. NT

[Gabi Hayes]

15. I'm talking about the RW reaction had a democrat's contract details

been published for all to see

this would have been a topic of endless ridicule by the wingers

the liberal media would have only been too happy to spread the manure all over, creating another negative memory in the public consciousness

that's what they did to Gore. it's what they did to Kerry.

some of the hits were small, some huge, but they all served their purpose...to destroy/defame the democratic candidate

this just does NOT work the other way around

if it did, Bush would never have gotten the nomination in 99, much less gotten close enough to Gore to allow GTN 2000

[NYCGirl]

17. Sure they would, but they're jerkoffs. Rudy has enough to rake him over the coals

for — this is interesting, but not worth getting outraged about.

[hughee99]

13. That's exactly what I was thinking...

if some group wants to spend their money on this guy, who cares? Now if Rudy was making the taxpayers for it, that would be different, IMHO.

[Booster]

19. Well, he's a Republican, so they are allowed doncha know?