So Many Republican Hypocrites, So Little Time

November 30, 2007 | SEND TO A FRIEND | GET EARLY NOTICE OF THE HOTW

Rudy Giuliani

Welcome back to the BuzzFlash GOP Hypocrite of the Week.

A familiar, frightful face emerged to ask one of the YouTube questions during the November 28 St. Petersburg Republican debate: Grover Norquist. He queried the candidates if they would pledge not to raise taxes during their presidency.

Rudolph Giuliani didn't hesitate in his response. Would he take the "Norquist pledge" not to raise taxes?

" Yes, I would," declared Giuliani. "I did it as mayor. I would do it as the president. I had one of the best records in the country for lowering taxes while I was mayor. I expect to have a great record as president."

On the same day that Giuliani cavalierly caved into the Republican prerequisite for holding public office -- "no new taxes" -- Politico.com ran an investigative article revealing that Rudy spent -- and hid -- expenses for his extramarital trysts with Judith Nathan in Southampton.

At the time, Rudy G. was married to Donna Hanover, his second wife, and conducting an adulterous affair with Judith, who would become his third wife after he unceremoniously dumped Hanover during a City Hall news conference.

The tax-related issue lying between Rudy's roaming bed sheets is that he hid the security detail and other expenses for his sexual escapades in obscure city departments where he thought that no one would discover them. But they've come out in the sunshine now.

So, Rudy pledges not to raise taxes, while he dismisses the notion that he used New York taxpayer money so that he could get his rocks off on the weekend with his then-mistress!

Now, that's a whole lot of "no tax" hypocrisy from a man whose disingenuousness is only exceeded by the size of his ego.

New Yorkers got stiffed, so to speak, with paying for Rudy's out of marriage sex -- and he tells all of America that he won't raise anybody's taxes. Oh yeah, but he'll spend our money for his personal needs, without hesitation -- and then try to hide it.

Rudy G., you are truly the BuzzFlash GOP Hypocrite of the Week.

Remember our motto: So many Republican hypocrites, so little time.

Catch up with you soon.