NEW YORK, Sept. 26, 2007
Giuliani, Finance Official Part Ways
Top Aide Leaving Republican's Campaign As Fundraising Quarter Draws To A Close
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Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani gestures while delivering remarks to law enforcement officials in South Portland, Maine, Monday, Sept. 24, 2007. (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach)
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Anne Dunsmore, deputy campaign manager for finance, has left the operation. Giuliani aides said the departure was unrelated to fundraising. The third-quarter deadline for all campaigns, Republican and Democrat, is Sunday.
“Anne Dunsmore is no longer working on our campaign. We thank Anne for her service and the departure is amicable,” said Katie Levinson, communications director for the campaign.
Republican fundraiser Jim Lee will now serve as national co-chair and head the finance operation, with day-to-day responsibility for all fundraising operations.
In a statement, Dunsmore said: “I continue to believe Rudy Giuliani is the strongest candidate in the race and I strongly support him for president.”
Giuliani was raising money Wednesday in New Jersey, attending a fundraiser for Somerset County Republicans and a house party where givers were being asked for $500 per person. Polls show Giuliani leading the Republican field in New Jersey.
Earlier in the day, Giuliani met privately Wednesday with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and indicated that he would keep a U.S. presence in Iraq for as long as necessary, campaign aides said.
The former New York mayor is one of the few GOP candidates who has never been to Iraq. Talabani, in New York for the U.N. General Assembly, provided what Giuliani aides described as an optimistic report about progress in the region during the meeting.
Giuliani, in turn, emphasized his support for a unified Iraq and indicated that he would keep a U.S. presence in that country for as long as necessary, aides said.
The Republican front-runner in national polls has long backed the U.S.-led invasion in Iraq as well as this year's troop buildup. He often answers questions about the war by deferring to military commanders and has waded less into the specifics of how he would handle the conflict if he were to win the presidency.
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He has NEVER voted:
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- Another woman forsaking Giuliani??!! These women must think the real Rudy is a tyrant. Vote Ron Paul for President. He has been married for over 50 years.
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- Conservative critics point out that much of New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani''s success at reducing crime was due to implementing a vast and sweeping gun control campaign in the city, a tactic which has been continued in earnest by his successor, Michael R. Bloomberg.
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- "Giuliani... indicated that he would keep a U.S. presence in that country for as long as necessary, aides said."
A nice tautology there, Rudy.
Who do you think that''s going to fool ? Southern whites ?
You''re going to need more votes than that. Hillary Clinton is going to kick your a*ss in New York state.
A tautology is an empty and vacuous statement that is true by definition (e.g. "A man''s gotta do what a man''s gotta do.")
Other famous Giuliani tautologies:
"Iraq may get better; Iraq may get worse." - Rudy Giuliani, June 12, 2007
"We may be successful in Iraq; we may not be." - Rudy Giuliani, June 12, 2007 - Reply to this comment
- Hmmmm...isn''t that how he met is mistress who is now his wife? Wonder if wife #2 had anything to do with the sudden departure.
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- Look at the picture is he crying or practicing for his loss in Nov.
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