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Rudy Giuliani’s consulting firm was hired in 2002 to help a Florida company build its business under a contract that called for Mr. Giuliani’s firm to be paid in part for lining up work with the federal government and other clients, company records show. Federal law prohibits payment of a commission in return for a federal contract... The deal between the firm and the contractor, Seisint of Boca Raton, was signed with the expectation that Mr. Giuliani’s high profile and connections would help the start-up company obtain federal contracts as well as nongovernment work, said Michael Brauser, co-founder of Seisint...

Once again the bells tolled. Once again the victims' names were read. Once again New York and the nation paused to mark the Sept. 11 terror attacks. And for what's likely to be the last time, once again there was a pilgrimage of pain into The Pit. Seven years after that terrible morning when terrorists in hijacked airliners struck, construction has overtaken the sacred site where the twin towers once stood. So it was with especially heavy steps that the grieving relatives, cops and firefighters ventured down Thursday into the bowels of Ground Zero, to leave white, pink and red...

4/25/07 Jim Robinson thread Free Republic This is the start of a series of threads that will be used to expose the truth about Rudy Giuliani in his own words and deeds. Please post all of the quotes, speeches, interview transcripts, video clips, photos, newspaper/magazine articles, reports, records, statistics regarding: ---NYC budgets, NYC spending, political appointments, gun grabs, connections to the gun control lobby, lawsuits against gun manufacturers, ---the truth about crime reduction in NYC, ---private property grabs, asset forfeitures, abuses of office, individual rights trampling, constitution trampling, ---violations of public trust, violations of the rule of law, national security...

Almost exactly one year ago during a Republican presidential debate in Durham, New Hampshire, I said that if I weren't running for President myself, I'd be supporting John McCain. Well, I'm not, and I do. Every four years, we are told that this Presidential election is the most important election of our lifetime. This year - 2008 - IS the most important.This has already been historic. It is the longest Presidential campaign in history. And it sometimes felt even longer.The American people realize this election represents a turning point. In two months they will decide the future direction of our...

I think it was during the Rudi speech, after he said something like, "Obama...Experience...Zero...nada.." that the crowd started chanting Zero, Zero, Zero. That crowd came up with an excellent theme/symbol/slogan/etc. Zero. There should be lots of ideas on the Zero theme.

Obama is still kvetching about Mayor Giuliani's and Gov. Palin's jabs at community organizers. Ablaze with indignation, they demand a backlash from insulted community organizers coast to coast. How many can there be? This might be a news flash Dems, but 98.3 percent of Americans have no clue what a "community organizer" is, what they do or who pays them. Before Obama arrived on the scene, the only community organizers I had heard of were the Al Sharpton types who bus in aggrieved screamers to shake down governments and corporations. Of course, the new leftist definition of "community organizer" includes...

Video link to Rudy Giuliani RNC speech Due to Rudy's adlibbing, posting the transcript of his speech doesn't do it justice.

ABC News' Jennifer Duck Reports: In what could be dubbed a warm up act before his big address to the Republican National Convention tonight, Rudy Giuliani defended Gov Sarah Palin and sharply attacked democratic rivals Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. Joe Biden at the New York delegate luncheon in Minneapolis. The former New York Mayor said the "unrelenting attacks" on republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin are "in the gutter" and "below the standards of journalism." "I've never seen attacks like that, even in all my time in New York City," Giuliani said. Giuliani touted Palin's experience as Mayor and...

When Rudy Giuliani addresses the Republican National Convention as expected Wednesday night, it might be his last big moment in the political spotlight. It doesn't have to be. With New York State's gubernatorial race coming up in 2010, Giuliani has a rare chance to make up for his mistakes since leaving office. Instead of just making money, Giuliani can make a difference by helping to revive the GOP as a truly national party. More importantly, he has the chops and the experience to reform Albany and deliver New Yorkers the smarter, more responsive, more effective government they deserve. Before we...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Republicans revamped their convention plans for a second day, dropping former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani as keynote speaker Tuesday night while trying to determine President Bush's role in the political pageantry celebrating John McCain's candidacy for president. In Giuliani's speaking slot were former Sen. Fred Thompson of Tennessee, one of McCain's rivals for the Republican nomination, and independent Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, the Democrats' vice presidential candidate in 2000 and now a McCain supporter. Republicans say the two will talk about McCain's life and their friendship with him. Whether Bush will address delegates...

DENVER, (AP) -- Surrogates for John McCain fired away Wednesday from the outskirts of the Democratic convention, with Rudy Giuliani going live on the Fox News Channel to eclipse convention keynote speaker Mark Warner. "If Democrats are telling us he's not ready to be president of the United States, we better listen," former presidential candidate Giuliani said of Barack Obama. Giuliani, along with another vanquished McCain foe, Mitt Romney, flew to Denver and made a flurry of media rounds in the intensifying GOP effort to counter the Democratic convention narrative. At the same time, three GOP members of Congress —...

Giuliani -- the GOP keynoter next week -- opens a new line of attack on Obama in an interview with Maggie Haberman: "I think that his position in dealing with the issues that are important to Israel, like they are important to me in America, is -- (the) best and kindest thing you can say is, ambiguity," he said, clearly referring to security.

WASHINGTON - Rudy Giuliani voiced his newfound sympathy for archfoe Hillary Clinton and her loyal cohorts Sunday, saying he feels their pain over her getting jilted as the Dem veep pick. "The strong choice would have been Hillary Clinton, the obvious choice would have been Hillary Clinton" rather than Joe Biden as the running mate for Barack Obama, Giuliani said. "It's kind of a no-brainer that that's your ticket," Giuliani added on ABC's "This Week." Biden "is a friend of mine" and "I have great respect for him," Giuliani said, but Obama made a mistake with a vice presidential selection...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When Democrats gather in Denver next week to nominate Barack Obama for president, they'll be joined by such uninvited guests as Republicans Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney. The two former presidential candidates will be among two dozen or so Republicans in the city hoping to get their party's message out during a week dominated by Democratic festivities. Their slogan? "Not Ready '08: A Mile High and an Inch Deep," a play on the nickname for the high-altitude city in the western United States. < > They will be joined by Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty and former Hewlett-Packard...

WASHINGTON — When Democrats gather in Denver next week to nominate Barack Obama for president, they'll be joined by such uninvited guests as Republicans Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney. The two former presidential candidates will be among two dozen or so Republicans in the city hoping to get their party's message out during a week dominated by Democratic festivities. Their slogan? "Not Ready '08: A Mile High and an Inch Deep," a play on the nickname for the high-altitude city in the western United States. Republican presidential candidate John McCain, Obama's rival for the November 4 election, is expected to...

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani will give the keynote address at the Republican National Convention next month and Democrat-turned-independent Sen. Joe Lieberman also will take center stage at the GOP gathering.

WASHINGTON - Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani will give the keynote address at the Republican National Convention next month and Democrat-turned-independent Sen. Joe Lieberman also will take center stage at the GOP gathering. John McCain's vanquished Republican primary rivals — and a slew of potential McCain running mates — also have speaking roles at the four-day gathering in St. Paul, Minn. President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, first lady Laura Bush, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Lieberman, who was the Democratic vice presidential nominee in 2000 and is said to be under consideration for the same role with McCain,...

So many e-mailers this morning are predicting that the McCain trial balloon is really about Giuliani. I'm not there, but here's one: I don't think it's being floated for Liebermann or Ridge. I think he's considering Giuliani. - Might put NY in enough play to make Obama spend a lot of money there. - Has name recognition and gets plenty of respect on law enforcement/national security - Might be more palatable to pro-lifers if he were to make clear that it's McCain's pro-life administration The McCain campaign has already hired a Giuliani staffer as the unnamed veep's communications director... 08/19...

Former Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani will speak at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., FOX News confirmed Thursday. The former New York City mayor is scheduled to make a primetime address on Sept. 2 — the second night of the convention.

Rudy is tentatively scheduled Tues, Sept 2 - second night of the St. Paul, Minn convention. He was marquee speaker in NYC 2004---flacked as the "front-running 2008 candidate. Giuliani has supported John McCain ever since his own campaign flamed out. Obama tapped former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner to deliver the keynote Aug 26 in Denver....pushing hard to carry the Southern state.