Interesting facts about Rudy Giuliani's childhood?

[imanamerican63]

According to Giuliani’s Wikipedia page, his father was not a very nice person. Harold Giuliani could not hold down a job for very long. He did some time in Sing Sing for felony battery and robbery. Once he was released from prison, he went to work as a strongman for a local loan shark crime syndicate member.

Well, for all the time that Rudy has said that he fought against crime families, his own father was a part of those very same people!

Just thought that was interesting, especially considering how Rudy’s behavior has become the past several years?

[Bucky]

1. It's interesting how a man's history can warp his path in life

Giuliani going against the mob in his salad days is a pretty inspirational story. It only makes the tragedy of his descent into lackey to a criminal conspiracy against his own country so much more pathetic.

Somewhere along the line, he became so needful of the accolades of power and public, he allowed it to shape his character into something petty, greedy, and bitter. It's Shakespearean and a lot of the same ways that LBJ's story is. Someone who once did so much good ends up doing so much harm that it causes his downfall.

Of course there's also that classic line from the Roseanne show: "The statute of limitations on shitty parenting runs out at about 30"

[mopinko]

15. i've heard it said that what he did was make room for the moscow mafia.

makes sense to me.

[Bucky]

18. He might have played a part, but I think Mike Flynn was the main Moscow connection

Although some of Trump's connections financially to Russian mobsters have been going on for years through banks in Cyprus and Deutsche Bank. But those were probly more financial than political conduits.

It's a mess. I have to wonder why God even chose Trump to fulfill His plan and bring on the End Times.... #mysteriousways indeed...

[NJCher]

2. Could be relevant

I have had conversations over the past few days with people who had to deal with him at City Hall. According to them, even in his glory days of being mayor, he was a prick. He screwed over the EMS workers on their pension when they had to join the firefighters union.

He screwed over the teachers, too, but I can’t remember how.

[3Hotdogs]

8. Just like Christie, when he fucked over teachers and public employees on their pensions.

[no_hypocrisy]

3. More.

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Rudy grew up in Brooklyn but refused to root for The Dodgers. He was enamored with the Yankees (Bronx).
Not only did that make him a local contrarian, it made for regular schoolyard and neighborhood fights as a boy.

When mayor, it was an open secret that Rudy was cheating on his wife, Donna Hanover, with Cristyne Lategano-Nicholas, an aide for six years in the Nineties. (Hanover even referred to her by implication.) Judith Nathan was on the scene by 9/11.

And Rudy got a lot of ink in local NYC papers for kicking out Yasser Arafat from Lincoln Center for a concert to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the United Nations in 1995.

[3Hotdogs]

9. Why da hell could anyone want to fuck him? And I bet they wretch every time they see the picture of da

Shinola, running down his face and recall their steamy nights in the "Hotel No-tell."

Running through their heads --- "I can't believe I actually did that."

[no_hypocrisy]

14. Being close to power is an aphrodisiac.

And this was when he was in his 40s and pushing a combover.

[John1956PA]

16. Donna Hanover is a nice lady who co-hosted a TV magazine show in Pittsburgh.

Back in the late 1970s, I enjoyed watching "Evening Magazine" on Pittsburgh's KDKA. The 30-minute program ran Monday-Friday in the 7:00 PM time slot. The co-hosts were Donna Hanover and Dave Durian. After Ms. Hanover left for NYC, Liz Miles took over her spot on the show. That was the era after the FCC cut the evening prime-time programing hours to three, and stations were encouraged to fill their early evening time slots with locally produced shows

[TreasonousBastard]

4. I remember when I was much younger I would grab...

a hero on Anne St. and have lunch in City Hall Park.

When Ed Koch was Mayor, he would have celebrations on City Hall steps. I still remember fondly the day he gave Keys to the City to Dolly Parton and she bowled him over by doing an impromptu set on the steps.

Those were the days.

Don't even think about the armed camp Rudy set up there.

Some other time I'll mention Rudy's war on ferrets.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

5. Like Jared's father. tRump's grampa and father were no saints either

Brothel from grampa and KKK rally for father.

Trudeau gave tRump a framed photograph of his grandfather's brothel in the Yukon while tRump was president.

[Silent3]

19. "Trudeau gave tRump a framed photograph of his grandfather's brothel..."

I love this! That's trolling Trump at its finest.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

20. Here you are!

[Goodheart]

6. That does it. All of Rudy's crimes should be forgiven and expunged from the records,

and all his civil debts should be extinguished. He's a victim.

[hatrack]

7. Yes, like every noted Republican since 1970 - victims, pitiable victims, one and all . . .

[dlk]

10. Giuliani learned how to be a thug at home

This history has colored his behavior his entire life.

[twodogsbarking]

11. Rudy has outdone his father.

[IbogaProject]

12. He grew up w his single mom.

They lived in an upper east side walk up. Due to this curiously his administration was tenant friendly, possibly the only decent thing he ever publicly did. That shifted drastically when Bloomberg came in.

[Red Mountain]

13. Explains his Trump devotion

Rudy has daddy issues.

[UTUSN]

17. K&R for, more daddy issues