{"id":1941,"date":"2006-12-27T08:53:57","date_gmt":"2006-12-27T16:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2006\/12\/if_anything_will_help_us_get_over_the_terrible_events_of_that_day_its_rudy_giuliani.html"},"modified":"2006-12-27T08:53:57","modified_gmt":"2006-12-27T16:53:57","slug":"if_anything_wil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2006\/12\/if_anything_wil.html","title":{"rendered":"If Anything Will Help Us Get Over The Terrible Events Of That Day, It’s Rudy Giuliani"},"content":{"rendered":"

Because it’s not like it’s crass or anything to shore up the 9\/11 widow constituency for a potential 2008 run<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Supporters of former Mayor Rudy Giuliani have started discussions with relatives of 9\/11 victims about backing him if he runs for president in 2008, some family members told The Post.<\/p>\n

The conversations have taken place in recent weeks, according to some victims’ families, who described the talks as “casual.”<\/p>\n

Marian Fontana, who lost her firefighter husband on 9\/11, said she got an invitation to go to a Giuliani exploratory committee dinner last week from a former firefighter working with Giuliani’s committee. She described the invite as “last-minute.”<\/p>\n

Fontana said she was appreciative of what Giuliani did after 9\/11, but would want to know a lot more about any candidate’s stand on a variety of issues.<\/p>\n

“I feel like I’m not ready to endorse,” said Fontana, who added, “I could see why [Giuliani supporters] would want to reach out to family members.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But wait, there’s more:<\/p>\n

But some relatives who are anti-Giuliani are already planning “Swiftboat”-type attacks against the ex-mayor — modeled on the negative campaign against John Kerry in 2004 by his fellow Vietnam vets. It seems likely that 9\/11 kin could help Giuliani counter that criticism.<\/p>\n

Some 9\/11 family members have been deeply critical of Giuliani, blaming him for communications failures the day of the attacks.<\/p>\n

Others have faulted his administration for allegedly not doing enough to protect rescue and recovery workers from polluted air at Ground Zero.<\/p>\n

For the most part, those family members who have spoken with Giuliani supporters are family members who have maintained a relationship with Giuliani in the years since the attacks and were already fans of his.<\/p>\n

A Giuliani spokeswoman declined comment.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Because it’s not like it’s crass or anything to shore up the 9\/11 widow constituency for a potential 2008 run: Supporters of former Mayor Rudy Giuliani have started discussions with relatives of 9\/11 victims about backing him if he runs for president in 2008, some family members told The Post. The conversations have taken place […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-political","category-youre_kidding_right"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1941\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}