Posted on 04/06/2007 9:46:03 AM PDT by narses
Really?
Giuliani has long described papa Harold as a hard-working Brooklyn tavern owner, a "complete man" who taught him the "lesson of being honest."
I'd like to learn more about the man who taught this Presdiential candidate "honesty."
Harold was a convicted felon, an armed stickup man who once spent time in Sing Sing after pleading guilty to robbing a milkman
It was Rudy who invoked Harold's name first, so this is hardly a "cheap shot."
Here’s some info about Clinton’s dad.
They (Clinton’s dad and mom)were married on September 3, 1943 — less than two months after they met and five weeks before Blythe was shipped overseas by the Army. Virginia knew little about Blythe’s controversial past, including three marriage licenses and three divorces. Blythe, a technician, was stationed in Egypt and Italy repairing engines and heavy equipment. He was a long way from any fighting. During this time, Virginia Kelley graduated from nursing school and returned to Hope to live with her parents, becoming a nurse.
In December 1945 Blythe was honorably discharged from the Army. He had no plans of living in Hope, Arkansas and had a job waiting for him in Chicago selling heavy equipment. In her recollections, Virginia said she reunited with Blythe in November but his military records indicated he did not arrive home from Italy until December 1 - and was discharged on December 7. “This is inconsequential except for one thing: the timing of the conception of Clinton ...nine months before Clinton was born (August 19, 1946), Blythe was still in Italy. Virginia’s answer was that Clinton was born a month early.” (Source: First in His Class)
On Friday, May 17, 1946 Blythe died after his dark blue Buick Sedan rolled twice, landing upside down near a service ditch of a farm. Blythe had been speeding. He survived the car accident but fell into a drainage ditch and drowned trying to make his way to the highway for help.
On August 19, 1946 Virginia gave birth to William Jefferson Blythe IV one month earlier than expected. As a young widow, she took him home to Hervey St., where she lived with her parents. Once home, Virginia’s mother, Edith (who was only 45 years old at the time of her grandson’s birth) took control over the care of the baby, including his feedings and regimented sleeping patterns. When Bill was just one year old, Virginia decided to return to school in Louisiana to get a degree in anesthesiology. She left him in the care of her parents in Hope and went to school in New Orleans because she thought education in Arkansas was sub-standard. Virginia returned to Arkansas when Bill was four years old. Soon thereafter, on June 19, 1950, she married a car salesman she had been dating while pursuing her degree — Roger Clinton. Neither Bill nor Virginia’s parents were at the ceremony because they were opposed to the marriage. Roger moved the three to Hot Springs, Arkansas where he ran the parts department at his brother’s car dealership. Virginia and Roger Clinton had a child, Bill Clinton’s half brother, Roger.
Roger Clinton Sr. turned out to be an alcoholic and abusive to Bill’s mom. When Bill Clinton was 15, his mother and step-father divorced. They quickly reconciled and remarried in August 1962. Although Bill Clinton was opposed to this, his mother insisted on the reconciliation. Afterwards, showing support for his mother’s decision, Bill legally changed his last name to Clinton.
Roger Clinton died of cancer in 1968, when Bill Clinton was 21. Virginia remarried for a third time to Jeff Dwire, a man who ran the most popular beauty parlor in Hot Springs. Clinton’s biography, “First in His Class” revealed that “Dwire was a divorced handyman with a decidedly checkered past. In the early 1960’s he had been convicted in a stock-swindling case and served nine months in prison.”
Family does matter.
Shssss! If we Freepers don’t talk about it, nobody else will, will they? Huh?
“Next to that clown Harry Potter, the most anticipated book this summer here in New York City is reporter Wayne Barrett’s blockbuster biography of Rudolph Giuliani, the Big Apple’s badass mayor. Giuliani, as you might have heard, was recently running for U.S. Senate against Hillary Clinton”
THIS IS ANCIENT.
The book has been out for years. Didn’t seem to have made any difference to Rudy’s current standing in the polls and his chances at the presidency.
http://www.amazon.com/Rudy-Investigative-Biography-Rudolph-Guiliani/dp/0465005241
Nope. He is slumping in the polls thanks to his liberalism, not this book.
Bernie, out of the country. Will he sing like a canary about ‘ole buddy Junkyard Rudy and the Shanty tramp wife?
Poor Bernie. Come home.
Didn’t you ever watch the Sopranos?
Is the MOB all gone?
Yeah, thats true, but, we aren’t talking about now.
I will give Rooty credit on that note. I guess.
I still won’t vote for him.
Republicans 2008: Giuliani 34%, McCain 17% (Thompson 10%)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1813273/posts
I’ll agree with you about Rudi having a tougher time winning the primary than the presidency.
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