More than 40 Giuliani speeches interrupted by calls

[babylonsister]

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/01/more-than-40-giuliani-speeches-interrupted-by-calls/

‘More than 40′ Giuliani speeches interrupted by calls.

During a recent appearance before the National Rifle Association, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani rudely interrupted his speech to take a brief call from his wife, Judith, on his cell phone. Apparently, this is not a new phenomenon for Giuliani. John Fund reports today that it might not be a mere coincidence: “He has taken such calls more than 40 times in the middle of speeches, conferences and presentations to large donors.” Giuliani’s explanation for the calls? 9/11.

[skipos]

1. I think he does it as a joke. Though it isn't very funny. nt

[babylonsister]

3. Sounds like he's extremely insecure to me. Needs that lifeline... nt

[PatSeg]

4. And rude too

Whoever came up with that little stunt should be fired. He looks like a bad standup comedian and it is totally inappropriate. Of course, I hope he keeps doing it as it just makes him look more ridiculous.

[lame54]

6. i agree

he does look like a bad stand-up comedian
next he will be breaking watermelons with a sledgehammer
all for 9/11 of course

http://youtube.com/watch?v=qGwvSwOP7Ow

[PatSeg]

10. Or sock puppets?

What a pathetic joke he is. If he wasn't so scary, he'd be very entertaining - maybe not, I'm sick of watching politicians making fools of themselves.

[terisan]

13. This is Rudy the actor who dressed up in women's clothing and flirted with Donald Trump. nt

[PatSeg]

14. And the Lion bit!

That's what we need in the White House! Someone not afraid to look like the fool on a regular basis.

[terisan]

17. But is some ways that's what we have had. Remember when Bush wor the cowboy boots

with the presidential seal and used to do press conferences wearing the bomber jacket (pre-war costuming).

[PatSeg]

18. Memories I'll treasure for decades!

Reality television can't compete with real reality these days.

[tblue37]

31. Have you seen the pic of Bush wearing Crocs with socks--

and his socks have the presidential seal on them too. He is like a 3-year-old who wants to wear his Superman costume all the time, even to bed.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/21/AR2007062102403.html
(If you click the "enlarge this photo" button you can clearly see the seal on his socks.)

[LiberalEsto]

2. What if he got elected?

And Queen Judith insisted on calling during, say, a nuclear crisis?
It boggles the mind.

[peaches2003]

5. This is his schtick

We have no idea that Judith is even on the line. Probably not. He thinks it's cute, he has the need to show he is 'devoted' to this wife, and he is a rude arrogant egotistic SOB. I doubt Judith has a thing to do with it and I'm amazed she is getting blame at all. All he'd have to do is turn his phone off, but he thinks this is funny. Actually it's insulting to his audience.

I am so over seeing Rudy's face. Can you imagine 8 yrs of him and he would only get worse.

[Kahuna]

11. Some schtick. Remind everybody of your wife (and former MISTRESS)

and your dubious moralS in the middle of an appearance. I don't get it. :ahrug:

[trusty elf]

7. What a pathetic phoney!

[Apollo11]

8. The media should give this equal time with Hillary's laughing

In both cases it is an obvious ploy.

In Giuliani's case to make him look more human and loving (even if it is his third wife).

In Hillary's case it's something her campaign team came up with as a way of deflecting criticism and to avoid dealing directly with tough questions.

Unless you are a Hillary supporter - in which case it's because she has such a great sense of humor and every time she laughs it's because she is sincerely amused and can't help showing it! :eyes:

[Raine]

22. Jeannie Most did

she reamed them both out about the calls and the "cackling". :popcorn: :D

EDIT: added quote marks to "cackling" so I don't get :spank: cause it's not my words, that's what lots of others are calling it. :o

[liberal N proud]

9. Vote for Rudy, he is the one accepts phony calls during speeches, how sweet

They will try to make this his trade mark. Accepting phony calls during a speech

I had better add:
:sarcasm:

[antiimperialist]

12. It's a strategy aimed at fighting his family-values weakness

Note that every time he's interrupted by his wife, he tells the audience that it's his wife calling.
He wants people to think his relationship is very strong with this lady.

[Apollo11]

15. It reminds us all that his current marriage is still in the first phase

Which highlights the fact that he has been married three times.

Which reminds us that Edwards and Romney have the longest-lasting marriages of all the candidates.

Which reminds me NOT to refer to my current (second) wife as "my current wife" ;-)

[sniffa]

16. gosh, judith is needy

how is he gonna run the free worLd, if he has to keep interupting to feed his wife's needy ego?

[hatrack]

30. As I recall, she's the one who needs a separate seat on the plane for her purse

This was in, I believe, either Vanity Fair or New York magazine.

[KurtNYC]

19. She calls when she can't find her lipstick, nylons, etc

asks Rudy where he put them after he used them.

Someone should ask Rudy 'if these calls from her are because of 9/11/01 and you are president when we get attacked again...doesn't that mean that you will be talking to her when your leadership is needed most? Kind of like when you held an all day press conference on 9/11/01 instead of directing the City's efforts to deal with the attacks?

[Vickers]

20. He must really love that (third? fourth?) wife of his!

:rofl:

[formercia]

36. Rudi was born divorced. n/t

[Trajan]

21. One of his handlers told him it was cute .....

It isn't ...... It's rude and obnoxious ....

Then again: RUDE is his name ....

[Lucinda]

23. Well...he can only say 9/11 so many times before he needs a diversion.

[babylonsister]

24. THAT has yet to be proven.

;-)

[benEzra]

25. When he was speaking to the NRA, I think the phone call saved his posterior from embarassment...

...since he apparently started trying to quote the 4th Amendment, thinking it was the Second, but was interrupted midsentence...

http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dc/2007/09/rudy_second_amendment_rules_er.html

RUDY: SECOND AMENDMENT RULES... ER... MAYBE FOURTH..
September 22, 2007

It turns out that taking a phone call from his wife wasn’t the only mistake Rudy Giuliani made at the National Rifle Association convention on Friday — he also muffed the Second Amendment. A sharp-eared listener notes that right before his cell phone rang, Giuliani had launched into a stirring defense of the Second Amendment’s right to bear arms.

“After all, the second amendment is a freedom that is every bit as important as the other freedoms in the first ten amendments,” he said to light applause. “Just think of the language of it — the language of it is ‘the people shall be secure.’ Let’s see now, this is my wife calling I think..."

Wait a second — the people shall be secure?

As former federal prosecutor Giuliani must know, that’s the Fourth Amendment he’s talking about. It’s the one that states, “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated....”

After the phone call, Giuliani gamely segued back into a discussion about the Parker decision, a federal Appeals Court ruling this year that struck down parts of Washington D.C.’s ban on handguns. No problem there. But the conclusion seems inescapable: Giuliani stood before the NRA and flubbed the Second Amendment, the very foundation of all the group holds dear. Maybe Giuliani should thank Judith for calling. She provided the perfect cover.

[AtomicKitten]

26. Voters won't think it's nearly as cute as he does.

No worries. The fundies (Dobson, Family Research Council, etc.) are drop-kicking Rudy to the curb, threatening to run a third party candidate if he gets the nod.

[babylonsister]

27. It's a beautiful thing! nt

[Generic Brad]

28. A Democrat needs to steal this schtick

"Excuse me a moment. I really need to take this call...Mrs. Giuliani, you have got to stop making these harassing phone calls to me every time I am in the middle of a speech."

[NoPasaran]

29. Voice mail, Rudy

Learn how to use it.

[Imagevision]

32. I can just see Rudy taking a cell call as the US. is being hit by attacks, wait a

minute honey and I love you too, but I will call you right back hon... is the fucking moron serious or a bad joke. This schlept is going to represent the people of the United States? nah-nah! stop this silliness now!

[ryanus]

33. something is really wrong with him, and his wife

if that's really his wife that always calls. something's really suspicious about all this

[formercia]

34. It gets him attention

like a child throwing a tantrum to shift the focus to him.

[Joe Bacon]

35. I bet Donna Hanover just loves those phone pranks!

:evilgrin: