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I am not a "Rudy supporter", not yet.

But I stopped at the part about his divorce lawyers "savagely attacking" Donna Hanover.

I have done some background reading on Donna Hanover. Ouch. She ran Rudy through the wringer and then some. This is not a graceful or dignified woman. Playing the victim while attenuating their divorce, using Gracie mansion and the Giluiani childrne as props- not the actions that made me feel sympathy for her.

When Rudy was stepping out on her- why did she stay married to him? Ambition and malice. Not an attractive combination of character features. Had Rudy not developed cancer, Donna planned to star off Broadway as a talking vagina ("The Vagina Monologues") - just to get in Rudy's face. What a sweet example of style for the City of NY and for her children.

I think it is somewhat to Rudy's credit he has largely failed to publicly expose the hell (mutually incited) of their family life. Or mention whether he ever asked her for a divorce (all the scandal mongers like to say he announced their separation without consulting her) and was refused and was instead subjected to every humiliation a bitter wrathful wife could find. Because this is the path Donna chose after Rudy went public with his divorce request. She stalled the divorce proceedings and abused their family life and image of the office of the NY Mayor until SHE was ready to file for a divorce from HIM.

So puh-leeze, let's admit there were at least two sets of vicious lawyers involved here. Read the divorce proceeding transcripts (the ones publicly available) and you may get some better insight into life with Donna Hanover. Like how she demanded $1400 per month support for her dog. There are always at least two sides to a story!