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Like A Stuck Pig

20 Dec 2007 02:34 pm

Like most non-New Yorkers, I paid only glancing attention to the saga of Rudy Giuliani's personal life while he was mayor. So it's always interesting to come across new details - like this quote, for instance, which comes up in the context of a back-and-forth between Andy McCarthy and Lawrence Auster over whether Rudy's behavior calls into question his fitness for the Presidency:

Just a few months ago, the mayor would not have won many popularity contests. Estranged from his wife, television personality Donna Hanover, he broke the news to her that he was leaving her for another woman--at a news conference.

On Mother's Day, his celebrity divorce lawyer tried to shame Ms. Hanover into leaving Gracie Mansion, where she was staying with their two children. "She's howling like a stuck pig," Raoul Felder said. "I suppose we're going to have to pry her off the chandelier to get her out of there."

Charming, to the last.

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If there's video of the Felder comment it would make a great basis for an anti-Rudy commercial. But it's not like there's any shortage of ammunition for attacking the amoral chickenhawk scumbag.

Posted by MoeLarryAndJesus | December 20, 2007 3:11 PM

You didn't pay attention to Rudy's personal life? Really?

If there's anything the '90s taught me, it's that every single aspect of a politician's personal life is on the table, fair game, and - most importantly - of extreme, vital importance to the nation's interests and well-being. Why, if some folks didn't like what a politician did in his personal life, sometimes they even impeached him!

Posted by Woody Bombay | December 20, 2007 3:41 PM

When I Whisper In Ya Ear
Ya Legs Hit The Chandleer

Posted by Greg Balzac | December 20, 2007 7:25 PM

Obviously you have never had many associations with Ms. Hanover. Raoul did, and he was exceedingly and overly kind in his somewhat brash remarks. In many respects, she was all that Leona Helmsley was supposed to be.

Posted by Cindy A. | December 20, 2007 7:54 PM

Obviously you have never had many associations with Ms. Hanover. Raoul did, and he was exceedingly and overly kind in his somewhat brash remarks. In many respects, she was all that Leona Helmsley was supposed to be.

Posted by Cindy A. | December 20, 2007 7:55 PM

There's no question: he's a class act.

But in these troubled times, it's very possible that Americans *want* a nasty side to their President. It's hard to explain Hillary Clinton's success otherwise...

Posted by PEG | December 21, 2007 3:17 AM