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still refuting?
I think that stalking is a little "he-said, she-said" to add to my list of what has been reported about Bernie so far:
(1) currently married to a Syrian immigrant, his third wife (no info whether she is a Muslim);
(2) he formerly worked security for the Saudi Royal family;
(3) his big break came when he acted as a driver for uber-RINO Giuliani;
(4) he shacked up with two mistresses in a splash pad that had a window overlooking Ground Zero (how creepy is that? and who paid the rent?);
(5) he personally vouched for Larry Ray, an executive of a mobbed up New Jersey company called Interstate, his brother got a job there, and he accepted gifts from the Interstate people that he failed to report; Ray was later convicted of fraud, in case where his co-conspirators included a rogue's gallery of mobsters such as Bonnano family captain Frank Coppa (Coppa was later indicted for murder).
(6) he ignored gift-reporting requirements;
(7) he hired an illegal alien and failed to pay the required taxes with respect to her (she departed the country just prior to Kerik's nomination being announced);
(8) as a detective he was known as a wild man with a pony tail and seven earring studs;
(9) he had a child out of wedlock in Korea (not sure if / to what extent he supported her);
(10) he blew off a subpoena in civil litigation and had a bench warrant issued for his arrest;
(11) he made a $6 million dollar profit from Taser, which has contracts with the Dept. of Homeland Security;
(12) his higher education consists of a college degree awarded by "Empire State College" which gives college credits for "life or work experience."
(13) a foundation he headed up while Corrections Commissioner in NYC was involved in a financial scandal involving $1 million of tobacco money;
(14) he declared personal bankruptcy; and
(15) detectives under his command performed personal tasks such as research for his autobiography and hunting down Judith Regan's lost cell phone.
I am not contending that any of these items, except for the mob stuff, would necessarily be a disqualification, and I'm sure various of them can be refuted, but taken together I cannot see how anyone can still seriously contend that Kerik should be in President Bush's cabinet.
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