To: longnshort who wrote (355701 ) 10/22/2007 11:59:32 PM From: tejek Read Replies (1) | Respond to What is that bad smell?Rangel rips Rudy’s risque record In a cover story on Giuliani in this week’s New York Observer, Rangel went after Giuliani in unusually personal ways, expressing confidence that Giuliani’s frontrunning status will fade either because of the former mayor’s liberal positions on social issues or the operatic drama of his personal life. “Referring to Andrew Giuliani’s reportedly distant relationship with his father since the ugly bust-up of Mr. Giuliani’s marriage with Donna Hanover,” the article says, “Mr. Rangel said it was because ’sons respect and admire their fathers, but they love their mothers against cheating goddamn husbands.’ … Rangel said he regretted that all the personal problems surfaced so soon in the electoral process. ‘I’m sorry this damned thing turned out so early because, really, just like [embattled former Giuliani aide Bernard] Kerik, it would have bombed his ass out.’”It’s hard to say if this was coordinated — I kind of doubt it — but it is a reminder that Giuliani has skated by with very little scrutiny of his “character” issues thus far.
