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Rudy Can't Fail
Seriously, he can't. After his Wile E. Coyote-worthy faceplant in the primaries—$60 million in fundraising for half as many votes as Ron Paul and zero delegates—America's Mayor is giving the GOP convention keynote.
Giuliani was close to McCain before they faced off in the GOP primary and, after his disappointing third-place finish in Florida, the former New York mayor quickly threw his support to McCain.
Since then he’s been a frequent surrogate for McCain but has received no mention as a veep prospect. The keynote slot offers Giuliani, who is said to be considering a New York gubernatorial run in 2010, a high-profile opportunity to reestablish himself and tout McCain’s national security credentials.
Don't call it a comeback, he's been here for years. "Here" being "in the pro-choice ghetto of the GOP, trotted out for parties and then trundled back into his northeastern cave."
This news wouldn't be so interesting if it wasn't that the other people responsible for Giuliani's partial-birth abortion of a campaign were also falling upwards. His communications director?
Maria Comella, a former campaign spokeswoman for Giuliani, will serve as press secretary for John McCain’s vice presidential pick — whomever that turns out to be.
A tireless worker, Comella had the mostly thankless job of tending to the daily wants and needs of the Giuliani travelling press corp.
...
She also earned her stripes in Rudyland — where loyalty is prized above all else — by sticking around to help Giuliani even after he dropped out of the race.
His campaign manager?
ABC News has learned that Sen. John McCain's campaign has hired Mike DuHaime as political director, the first new hire by Steve Schmidt in his capacity as the person in charge of day-to-day campaign operations. ... DuHaime most recently managed the failed presidential campaign of former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani. DuHaime brings years of experience, organizing on behalf of Republicans at the state and local level, to the job.
Is this the Kevin Costner principle at work? Are political operators who've eaten dirt and woken up in ditches more loyal than the smug types whose campaigns didn't go all Hindenburg?
My ill-fated profile of the 9/11-centric GOP's never-dimming star is here.
Naga Sadow|8.20.08 @ 2:07PM|#
I'm expecting his campaign slogan to be something similiar to "9/11 . . . 9/11 . . . 9/11 . . . I was mayor of NYC when 9/11 happened . . . 9/11".
TallDave|8.20.08 @ 2:13PM|#
Rudy and Hillary both tried to run as centrists and both
failed.
I think a Rudy pick for Veep is likely, though. He and McCain were
very friendly right from the beginning of the primaries.
:-/|8.20.08 @ 2:14PM|#
It was over for Giuliani when Mo Rivera and the Yanks blew game 7 of the 2001 World Series.
Junter Klops|8.20.08 @ 2:18PM|#
Why does Rudy get national security cred for letting 2 jumbojets crash into the world trade center on his watch? Must be the same process that makes lawmakers look tough on crime by making everything illegal. I hate that process.
Naga Sadow|8.20.08 @ 2:19PM|#
Epi,
The hell he is! That's Marion Barry. He's as dysfunctional as the
rest of us and doesn't hide it.
|8.20.08 @ 2:20PM|#
My God, not Rudy. Not in God's very own party.
Somebody think of the fucking embryos for once, will you?
BDB|8.20.08 @ 2:23PM|#
"I think a Rudy pick for Veep is likely, though. "
That'd be a sure fire way to throw the election.
Nigel Watt|8.20.08 @ 2:27PM|#
If Rudy is McCain's veep, I'll go ahead and start buying storable food, shotguns, etc.
BDB|8.20.08 @ 2:29PM|#
Nigel, its not happening.
The GOP will have a pro-choice candidate on the ticket when
assholes grow teeth. Its like expecting the Democrats to nominate
someone with an "A" rating from the NRA.
SIV|8.20.08 @ 2:29PM|#
Why does Rudy get national security cred for letting 2
jumbojets crash into the world trade center on his
watch?
He gets the cred for putting his ass on the scene(and on camera)
ASAP.The same reason a mayor riding in a snow plow at 5am after a
blizzard gets cred.
I don't think it is wholly symbolic either.
When the chief is off his ass and out of the office during a crisis
the lower level bureaucrats think they better be too.
It minimizes inertia and indifference.
|8.20.08 @ 2:29PM|#
Nigel,
Make sure to get plenty of those white, heavy-duty 5 gallon buckets
with lids. Everybody always forgets about making sure to have a
place to take a dump.
Nigel Watt|8.20.08 @ 2:41PM|#
Naga: It's not because I think Giuliani will do anything, it's because it shows that McCain is a straight-up moron. Obama's completely unpredictable, so it would mean we're bound for disaster.
|8.20.08 @ 2:42PM|#
"Why does Rudy get national security cred for letting 2
jumbojets crash into the world trade center on his watch?"
In the same fashion that McCain gets cred for intercepting a SAM
missile….
Naga Sadow|8.20.08 @ 3:03PM|#
Nigel,
You worried about letting Giuliani be one bullet away from the
Presidents seat? Relax. If no one got GWB then I know McCain will
be allright.
Nigel Watt|8.20.08 @ 3:09PM|#
Naga, no, I'm worried about the implications of McCain's intelligence/sanity/senility.
|8.20.08 @ 3:18PM|#
Given the proximity in time to September 11, it's not a surprise
that Giuliani will be allowed to do his shtick. . .then slink away
to do whatever he does when he's not losing elections.
Now if Giuliani shows up at the convention with a hog-tied bin
Laden at his feet, well, maybe I'll reassess my opinion of him.
|8.20.08 @ 3:48PM|#
He gets the cred for putting his ass on the scene(and on
camera) ASAP.The same reason a mayor riding in a snow plow at 5am
after a blizzard gets cred.
He had to put his ass on the scene because the command center from
which he was supposed to oversee the disaster and guide the
response within was in WTC 7, which was well on its way to falling
down while the event was happening. Moreover, this was his fault;
advisors told him that it would be better to build farther from
likely targets to ensure that the facility would be secure in the
event of a disaster, but he overruled them. Wanted it to be right
near City Hall. It's funny, but if he had been a better Mayor, he
wouldn't have nearly the amount of credit among the rest of the
country that he has for being a supposedly great Mayor.
|8.20.08 @ 3:50PM|#
America's Mayor is giving the GOP convention keynote.
This is the equivalent of the Republican Party trying to discretely
squeeze out a fart. I predict that they'll accidentally shit their
shorts in Minneapolis instead.
|8.20.08 @ 3:55PM|#
The GOP will have a pro-choice candidate on the ticket when assholes grow teeth.
Obviously you haven't seen my asshole the day after I've eaten a
mean bowl of chili.
Junter Klops|8.20.08 @ 4:19PM|#
Sorry for the run of scatological theme... but this is a
thread about Giuliani.
No problem. We already knew he was full of crap.
|8.20.08 @ 4:31PM|#
Its like expecting the Democrats to nominate someone with an
"A" rating from the NRA.
They almost did with Howard Dean. That would've been an odd
campaign. The Dem with a better NRA rating than the Rep.
If no one got GWB then I know McCain will be
allright.
Are you sure?
Signed, God
|8.20.08 @ 5:01PM|#
So does this mean that McCain is going to spend all his time campaigning in Florida?
|8.20.08 @ 5:23PM|#
"So does this mean that McCain is going to spend all his time
campaigning in Florida?"
Hopefully….and maybe impart some of his aeronautical knowledge on a
certain kite-surfer…..
Rick Barton\'s award winning n|8.20.08 @ 9:52PM|#
Gag me with a spoon! An unprincipled lightweight with
hyper-interventionist foreign policy advocacies...Gimme back my
party!
Rudy got half as many votes as Ron
Paul...
Yea!
...and zero delegates.
Ha ha!
And my party is also gonna let the senator with the least redeeming
positions, Joe Lieberman, speak at the convention. He's a big
spending, big government liberal Democrat who supports the tragic
Iraq war and other reckless, needless, interventions in the
mideast.
|8.21.08 @ 12:11PM|#
My hot water heater exploded violently, and I spilled salsa sauce all over these MSDS sheets.
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