FACT CHECK: Rudy as a Reformer

September 3, 2008 - Tonight, John McCain has picked Rudy Giuliani to give the keynote speech for his convention on 'Reform' night. Here's Rudy's real record of reform:
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Sorry Rudy

September 2, 2008 - Republicans are returning to a full schedule at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul. The changes in the schedule, however, left Rudy Giuliani without a speaking spot. President Bush will speak to delegates via a satellite hookup. Former Sen....
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The Law -- A Far Greater Weapon Than Violence

June 18, 2008 - John McCain and his campaign, apparently, do not have much faith in the American justice system, nor believe our Constitution can handle the national security challenges of this century. McCain supporter and surrogate, Rudy Giuliani, revived the "noun, a verb...
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CNN: Rudy Delivers New York for McCain; $50 Million Delegate Too Close to Call

February 5, 2008 - CNN Senior Political Analyst Bill Schneider reported on the network's blog, Political Ticker, that former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani helped deliver New York for Sen. John McCain. Our exit polls show the former New York City mayor's endorsement...
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Giuliani's 50 Million Dollar Delegate

February 1, 2008 - "As the LA Times notes, that's the worst dollar for delegate record in American presidential history."
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Sound Familar?

January 30, 2008 - Rudy Giuliani placed third in last night's Florida primary, behind John McCain and Mitt Romney. Below is a clip from Rudy's speech. Yeah... I liked it better when it was delivered by Howard Dean several years ago....
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Energy and Enthusiasm!

January 29, 2008 - "Everywhere we go, it's standing-room only. People can't wait to see [Rudy Giuliani]. There's a lot of energy and enthusiasm."
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Hang On Rudy!

January 28, 2008 - Tomorrow is the Republican Party's Florida primary: Rudy Giuliani's last stand. Giuliani, who is tearing it up in delegates with two, put all of his eggs in the Florida primary basket when he decided to retreat from Iowa, Wyoming, New...
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Rudy's Bad Day

January 11, 2008 - Earlier today it was reported that Giuliani staffers were "volunteering" not to get paid because the campaign needed to save its money for television ads in the big states.
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Tax Cut Math

January 11, 2008 - Bondad over at the Huffington Post takes a look at Giuliani's tax cut claims at the debate, where he tried to claim that his cuts would pay for themselves.
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Would Republicans Prefer None Of The Above

January 8, 2008 - Republicans aren't very excited about their presidential candidates in New Hampshire.
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They Never Learn, Do They?

January 7, 2008 - Giuliani's New York canvassers are trolling Red Sox Nation in Yankees garb, in advance of the primary:
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Rudy Floats A Veep Name

January 4, 2008 - Cheney?!?!?
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Rudy Shows Again He's Out-of-Touch with America's Priorities

December 28, 2007 - After diverting his private plane to seek emergency medical care last week, Rudy Giuliani showed just how out of touch he is with the needs of average Americans when he told the Tampa Tribune editorial board that Republican voters are not concerned about health care "maybe because Republicans have health care."
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Don't Buck the System

December 20, 2007 - Giuliani’s late-state strategy isn’t panning out exactly the way he planned:
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A Very Rudy Christmas

December 19, 2007 - In his new ad, he lashes out at a staffer for questioning the idea of giving out fruitcakes. A joke, but with an odd execution showcasing an anger we haven't seen since he flipped-out at somebody advocating for ferrets.
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SHOCKER!

December 17, 2007 - Rudy exaggerated his record on his US Attorney service:
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Rudy Gives Up on Reaching Granite State Voters

December 17, 2007 - Giuliani's trip to the Granite State today ironically comes as he sharply reduced his ad buy in the region. In lieu of investing his campaign coffers to engage New Hampshire voters, he has decided to save the cash for Florida even when a new poll shows that Giuliani has fallen from first place to third in the state.
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MUST READ: The Office I Left Giuliani

December 17, 2007 - Rudy Giuliani, the serial-exaggerator, strikes again. John S. Martin Jr., who preceded Giuliani as the U.S. Attorney, wrote a blistering op-ed in The New York Times today disputing Rudy's claims that he "turned around" the U.S. Attorney's office in New York.
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Haley Barbour Floated As Giuliani VP

December 14, 2007 - Because adding a tobacco company lobbyist to the ticket will distract from Giuliani's shady clients?
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AD WATCH: Giuliani Can's Hide Shady Past by Distorting His NYC Immigration Record

December 13, 2007 - Rudy Giuliani today is trying to distract voters from his shady past by launching a television ad in New Hampshire called "Will" which outright distorts his record on immigration.
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Republican Hopefuls Debate but Will They Ever Listen?

December 12, 2007 - The Republican presidential candidates are set to take part in the Iowa Public Television/Des Moines Register debate Wednesday but if previous debates are any indication, it's unlikely the American people will hear anything more than the same over-the-top rhetoric and failed Bush foreign policy from the Republican hopefuls.
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Sounds Kind of Like My Dog Ate My Homework

December 12, 2007 - Giuliani continues to offer questionable excuses on Judi security expenses:
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Romney Attacks Giuliani for... wait for it... Flip Flopping

December 11, 2007 - After launching a negative ad misleading Iowa on his immigration record, flip-flopping on the issue of amnesty for undocumented workers, and after getting caught having undocumented workers doing his yard work TWICE, Mitt Romney issued the following press release criticizing Rudy Giuliani for -- you guessed it -- flip-flopping and harboring illegal aliens.
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So Much For Full Disclosure

December 10, 2007 - Giuliani won't release client list or cut ties with his firm.
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Rudy in State of Denial on Meet the Press

December 9, 2007 - During his first appearance as a presidential candidate on NBC's Meet the Press this morning, Rudy Giuliani continued his refusal to fully disclose his business dealings and connections to shady figures.
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Advice to Rudy: Own Up to Your Shady Past

December 7, 2007 - As he hunkers down with his advisers today and prepares for his appearance on NBC's Meet the Press, Rudy Giuliani should finally answer questions he has been dodging for months.
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Giuliani Ad Check: The Serial-Exaggerator Strikes Again

December 5, 2007 - After consistently exaggerating a myriad of facts and figures about his record as mayor of New York City on the campaign trail, Rudy Giuliani is at it again. Giuliani launched a new TV ad in New Hampshire today that overstates the details of the 1979 hostage crisis in Iran and fails to mention that Rudy has exaggerated his experience with Islamic terrorism.
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Giuliani's Clients Come Back To Bite

December 4, 2007 - Vanity Fair unveils an investigative article about some of Giuliani's clients since he left New York. The article describes conflicts of interests that arose while Giuliani represented the companies while running for president.
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It's War in Iowa

December 4, 2007 - Phone/email campaign highlights Giuliani's shady inner circle and includes mentions of "pedophile priest" accusations.
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Giuliani Forced NY's Finest To Taxi Friends and Family of Girlfriend

December 3, 2007 - Rudy Giuliani used the NYPD to chauffeur his current wife, then girlfriend. The police officers who apparently weren't happy about the arrangement also had to walk her dog, and chauffeur her friends and family around New York.
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Giuliani's Company Tied Country That Helped 9/11 Mastermind

December 3, 2007 - Rudy's current clients, he's still taking a salary while he runs for president, are presenting real conflict of business issues and show how low he was willing to go to earn a buck. Newsweek reports that Giuliani is earning money from Qatar, who have in the past helped hide terrorists from law enforcement sources.
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The Immigration Run Around

November 28, 2007 - Mitt and Rudy's ever-evolving positions:
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Giuliani's Fantasy Land

November 28, 2007 - Rudy describes an imaginary NYC in new ad. From Factcheck.org
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More Bernie Problems

November 27, 2007 - "The city will pay $125,000 to settle a suit by a former Correction Department officer who claimed that disgraced ex-Commissioner Bernard Kerik sidetracked his career because he's African-American."
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Broken Record Alert

November 26, 2007 - Giuliani, once again, exaggerates NYC fiscal record:
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Who's On Giuliani's Payroll?

November 21, 2007 - A firefighter who supported Rudy Giuliani to the NY Times ends up on the Giuliani payroll.
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Who's Payroll Is Rudy Giuliani On?

November 21, 2007 - Nine days after registering his presidential exploratory committee last November, Rudolph Giuliani appeared in Singapore to help a Las Vegas developer make a pitch for a $3.5 billion casino resort.
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The One Person Convinced of Rudy Giuliani's Greatness is Rudy Giuliani

November 20, 2007 - GIULIANI: My very first feeling, when I first thought about it, maybe within an hour of the event -- was what a shame that I have to deal with this towards the end of my administration.
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9/11 Heroes Plan To Speak Out About Giuliani

November 20, 2007 - Rudy Giuliani has for too long exaggerated his work as a mayor focused on public safety. Now firefighters and 9/11 families plan to speak out about Rudy Giuliani's actual record on protecting New Yorkers and first responders.
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Health-Flop: Giuliani's New Healthcare Position That's Completely Different Than His Old Position

November 19, 2007 - Rudy Giuliani's newest position on public health is different from his last position while he was mayor of New York City.
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Giuliani Ad Ignores Changes from 9/11 Firefighters and Families

November 19, 2007 - On the same day 9/11 firefighters and families are in New Hampshire rebuking his failure to prepare New York City for a terrorist attack, Rudy Giuliani launched an ad that ironically touts his so-called leadership credentials.
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What Did the White House Know?

November 14, 2007 - TPM Muckraker has the story:
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AD WATCH: Giuliani Can't Dodge Kerik-Gate by Exaggerating His NYC Record

November 14, 2007 - Just days after Rudy Giuliani's right-hand man and protégé Bernard Kerik was indicted on corruption charges, Giuliani is trying to distract voters from the scandal today by launching his first television advertisement of the campaign season.
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NYFD Shows Up in NH To Fact Check Giuliani's 9-11 Record

November 14, 2007 - "New York City firefighters group critical of presidential contender and former Mayor Rudy Giuliani is bringing its message to the campaign trail in the first primary state."
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Publisher Says Guiliani Supporters Urged Her To Lie To Prosecutors To Protect Rudy Giuliani

November 14, 2007 - Former HaperCollins publisher who had a relationship with Bernard Kerik is accusing supporters of Rudy Giuliani at News Corp of urging her to lie to federal prosecutors about her relationship with Bernard Kerik in order to protect Rudy Giuliani.
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Your Ultimate Kerik -Giuliani Scandal Tip-Sheet

November 13, 2007 - Paul Kiel at TPMMuckracker has put together the definitive list of Kerik scandals.
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Rudy's Traffic Jam to the Nomination

November 13, 2007 - Giuliani, counting his chickens before they've hatched:
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Rudy and Bernie: Through the Years

November 9, 2007 - Bernie Kerik and Rudy Giuliani have been the best of friends. We put together a presentation to shed some light on how we got to where we are today, with Kerik indicted on 16 felony counts.
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Dean: Giuliani's Longtime Support of Indicted Figure is Latest Chapter of Republican Culture of Corruption

November 9, 2007 - Washington, DC -- Upon hearing the news that Bernard Kerik would be indicted on multiple corruption charges, Rudy Giuliani refused to say whether or not he would pardon his long time friend. Having helped shepherd Kerik's career, evidence suggests that Giuliani knew about Kerik's ethical problems and still promoted him from driver in his 1993 mayoral campaign to New York City's Corrections Department Commissioner to the city's police chief to business partner. [Daily News, 11/09/07]
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Breaking: ABC News Says Grand Jury Indicts Kerik

November 8, 2007 - A FEDERAL GRAND JURY HAS VOTED TO INDICT EX-N.Y. CITY POLICE COMMISSIONER BERNARD KERIK ON CHARGES STEMMING FROM TAX EVASION AND CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS, SOURCES TELL ABC NEWS.
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A Break in the Ranks

November 8, 2007 - The Iowa Christian Alliance bucks Robertson's choice of Giuliani:
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Giuliani Continues to Evade Questions about Knowledge of Kerik-Gate

November 8, 2007 - Despite evidence showing that Rudy Giuliani knew about Bernard Kerik's ethical problems and still promoted his once-close friend throughout his career, Rudy astonishingly continues to claim ignorance.
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Extremist Republican Pat Robertson Endorses Rudy Giuliani

November 7, 2007 - With some fanfare Rudy Giuliani accepted the endorsement of one of the most extreme members of the far right, Pat Robertson. Shortly after 2001 Pat Robertson blamed the 9/11 attacks on because the government was more liberal.
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Giuliani's Business Clinet Come Back To Haunt Him

November 7, 2007 - Despite the fact that he's running for President, presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani is still being paid by his firm, Giuliani and Partners who are representing foreign governments and companies.
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DNC Calls on Giuliani To Stop Hiding the Truth

November 7, 2007 - In the same week he told the Associated Press he did not need to disclose his business dealings because they were "totally legal, totally ethical," The Wall Street Journal revealed today that Giuliani's consulting firm Giuliani Partners has recently - and may still have - a contract with the government of Qatar.
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He Really Knows How To Pick 'Em

November 6, 2007 - Giuliani says he has "confidence" in Bush Foreign Policy:
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Rudy And Kerik A Relationship of Mutual Adminiration

November 5, 2007 - The relationship between Bernie Kerik and Rudy Giuliani gets weirder every day. Yesterday the conservative New York Post reported that Kerik's website, Kerik and associates uses Rudy Giuliani and President Bush to woo new clients.
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Health Care Group Tells Giuliani To Pull Misleading Ad

November 2, 2007 - From the Concord Monitor:
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Giuliani Makes Up Facts About Health Care, Continues Using Unture Health Care Statistics

November 1, 2007 - Giuliani's campaign says that they'll continue to use bad health care statistics, even after various news organizations have shown those numbers to be wrong.
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NYC City Council Starts Investigation of Radios Used By Firefighters On 9/11

November 1, 2007 - The NYC City Council is starting an investigation into the radios and whether a no-bid contract led to a faulty radios.
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Giuliani Holds Fundraiser At 'Exclusive' And Controversial Club In New York

October 31, 2007 - He never said he was the 'unity' candidate.
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Rudy Giuliani Flubs Cancer Numbers in Radio Ad

October 31, 2007 - The facts in his new radio ad aren't vetted and aren't true.
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Rudy Finding Time to Write His Own 'Intellectually Engaged' Radio Ads

October 30, 2007 - Although "truthful" might be a different matter.
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Giuliani Out-of-Touch with New Hampshire Values

October 30, 2007 - Even though it would cost more than 8,700 kids in New Hampshire needed health care coverage, Rudy Giuliani continues to oppose the bipartisan plan to provide 10 million children nationwide with health care. In Manchester today, he'll likely continue to back President Bush's veto threat of the plan while also trying to justify his support for borrowing $196 billion just for one year of the war in Iraq.
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Rudy Giuliani Says Clinton and Obama Would Invite Osama Bin Laden 'To The Inaugural Ball'

October 30, 2007 - Is Rudy Giuliani becoming unhinged?
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Rudy Giuliani Misrepresents Important Health Care Facts

October 29, 2007 - The Republican presidential nominees haven't had a stellar track record of being forthright about policy discussion--but in a new radio ad describing his cancer diagnosis, Rudy Giuliani misrepresents several important facts about health care.
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Rudy Giuliani: One Fickle Sports Fan

October 29, 2007 - With Red Sox World Series win, Giuliani stops moonlighting as a fan.
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Obvious Headline Of the Day: 'Giuliani's Police Chief Could Be A Problem'

October 26, 2007 - Bernie Kerik's criminal investigation might cause problems for his old friend Rudy Giuliani.
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Memo To Rudy: Your Red Sox Pandering Can’t Fool NH Voters

October 25, 2007 - More on Sox-gate.
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The Saga of Sox-Gate

October 25, 2007 - Yankees fans may never forgive him.
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Another Week, Another Chance for the Republican Presidential Field to Duck Hard Questions

October 25, 2007 - Tonight, the AARP will be hosting a forum for the Republican candidates in Iowa to address issues important to America's seniors but only one of the Republican frontrunners will attend as the others cited "scheduling conflicts."
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Líderes Republicanos Equivocados en Torno a Cuba

October 24, 2007 - El Presidente Bush ofreció un discurso sobre la política hacia Cuba de su Administración luego de casi ocho años de ofrecerle promesas vacías a la comunidad Cubano Americana, y luego de haber repatriado a unos 8,000 refugiados Cubanos que huían del regimen Castrista durante su presidencia. [New York Times, 10/23/07; AP, 10/24/07; New York Sun, 1/18/06]
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Rudy Giuliani Meets With Neocon About 'World War IV'

October 24, 2007 - Rudy Giuliani has been meeting with right-wing pundit Norman Podhoretz about the possibility of war with Iran.
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Republican Dirty Tricks Back In California

October 23, 2007 - A controversial Republican effort to change the way California distributes its electoral votes is back--with help from key Giuliani supporters hoping to steal enough votes to win the White House.
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Rudy in Damage Control Mode

October 23, 2007 - As he files paperwork to get on the ballot in the Granite State today, Rudy Giuliani's allies are trying to distance him from potentially embarrassing allegations about his once-close friend Bernard Kerik.
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Giuliani Comes To Aid Of Accused Child Molester

October 23, 2007 - "Presidential candidate Rudolph Giuliani hired a Catholic priest to work in his consulting firm months after the priest was accused of sexually molesting two former students and an altar boy and told by the church to stop performing his priestly duties."
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Giuliani Is For The Flip-Flop

October 22, 2007 - Mitt Romney may be more proficient at the art of the flip-flop but there's very little doubt that Giuliani is better skilled at the art of the flip-flop, especially after this weekends attempt to pander to the religious right.
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Giuliani Shuts Out Kerik

October 22, 2007 - "Rudy Giuliani's law partner has been told to monitor the criminal probe of disgraced ex-NYPD boss Bernard Kerik, which threatens to muddy up the former mayor's bid to become president."
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Race To the Right: Now Giuliani Would Support Federal Marriage Amendment

October 22, 2007 - Even though he once supported gay rights.
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GOP Country Club Debate

October 21, 2007 - The Republican Candidates are debating tonight at a country club. We'll be watching them and documenting their flip-flops, exaggerations, and pandering in this thread.
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With Friends Like These...

October 19, 2007 - After a week of fighting over who is the true conservative candidate in the race, the Republican presidential frontrunners are in Washington this weekend trying to win over evangelical leaders at the Family Research Council's Values Voter Summit.
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Rudy Giuliani Offers No Specifics on Social Security

October 19, 2007 - Giuliani can’t make up his mind on Social Security taxes either.
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Gov. Rick Perry Says Pro-Choice Rudy Would Now Overturn Roe v. Wade

October 19, 2007 - Rudy Giuliani's position on choice keeps changing.
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Rudy Gets Endorsement From This Guy

October 18, 2007 - Giuliani picks up a Bush endorsement in Florida.
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Giuliani Slams 'Communist China' In Front of Donor Who Owns Casinos There

October 17, 2007 - Giuliani talks about "communist China" while his donors do business there.
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Giuliani's Advisers

October 16, 2007 - Josh Marshall - "If you look at the people who are advising Rudy Giuliani it turns out that they seem to be all the people who were too insane or too extremist to even get on the George W. Bush team."
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Republican Candidates Not So Fiscally Conservative When It Comes To Their Campaigns

October 16, 2007 - Feel the burn.
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Giuliani Campaign Used Jet Service Founded By Saudi Arms Dealer

October 16, 2007 - Buried in his campaign expense reports, Rudy Giuliani's high-flying style.
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Giuliani Spent $13M in 4th Quarter

October 15, 2007 - Rudy Giuliani's campaign only has $16.6 million cash on hand.
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Giuliani Positions Himself As The "Neo-Neocon"

October 15, 2007 - Rudy Giuliani opens his arms--and ears--to neoconservative advisors.
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Rudy Giuliani Not Prepared For 9/11

October 15, 2007 - Rudy Giuliani knew that New York City firefighters had faulty emergency radios--and he did nothing. A new film shows how more lives could have been saved on 9/11 if Giuliani had acted sooner.
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Kerik-Gate Headache Continues For Giuliani

October 12, 2007 - The New York Daily News reports the Kerik business partner, and close friend Bernard Kerik may have some legal headaches soon
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Another ‘Mistress’ For Giuliani? Conservatives Tired Of Being Taken For Granted

October 11, 2007 - Conservatives say they are tired of being treated "like a mistress."
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And the Exaggerations Continue

October 11, 2007 - Giuliani Misquotes Clinton:
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Rudy Giuliani Misquotes Hillary Clinton

October 11, 2007 - Where's the fact-checking by mainstream media?
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South Carolinians Know Giuliani's Numbers Just Don't Add Up

October 11, 2007 - Rudy Giuliani is in South Carolina today, where he will likely continue to exaggerate his fiscal record as Mayor of New York City to score political points as he did earlier this week at the CNBC Debate.
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Giuliani Grossly Overestimates Cops He Put On the Street In New York

October 10, 2007 - The numbers just don't add up.
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Fact-Check: Rudy Hides His Anti-Union Record

October 10, 2007 - Rudy Giuliani claimed last night that he has a strong record in support of labor. He even said, "I think union have made a positive contribution." But he has a virulently anti-union record.
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Giuliani Again Exaggerates Fiscal Record, Evades Questions During CNBC Debate

October 10, 2007 - Once again Rudy Giuliani resorted to exaggerating his own fiscal record as mayor of New York City in order to score political points.
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