The Clusterf%&#ers: Rudy Giuliani

With all apologies to "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" and their segment entitled "Clusterf%&# to the White House," here is the first of what will be many installments of my thoughts on the plethora of presidential candidates. First up, America's Mayor, Rudolph Giuliani:

Yeah, well, America's Mayor, my rear end. America's Mayor has an Irish surname, as, really, any good politician should, and was born in Bridgeport on Chicago's South Side.

Giuliani is an interesting character. On his website, he speaks of deporting all the illegal aliens. Ok, not a bad idea. They're not supposed to be here, let's send 'em back to where they came from. Last count though, there were about 12 millions illegals in this country and Rudy doesn't give any specifics as to how you round up 12 million people and send them home, not to mention how one would deal will the children of illegals who were born in the US, thereby making them American citizens. What kind of humongous outlay of resources is this going to take? Will Giuliani do what Bush did and create another useless governmental body like the Department of Homeland Security in order to deal with the illegal alien deportations?

Giuliani does strike a Reagan-esqe note when he speaks of fiscal responsibility on the part of the government. He sounds downright thoughtful when he speaks about things like keeping government spending in check, but he goes off the rails a bit when he gets all worked up about 9/11 and the days afterward, when he kept the city of New York from descending into chaos. He did a good job by many accounts, but he was not "one of them" as he put it recently, not one of the first responders he speaks of so often on the campaign trail, to the dismay of some. Giuliani was not digging through rubble, pulling out remains of fire fighters and police officers and office workers and inhaling who knows what kind of toxins. He was not truly "one of them."

Ultimately, Giuliani is self-obsessed and self-absorbed. You think Bill Clinton loved the limelight as president (and after)? If this guy gets elected he'll try to have a nightly show, on Fox of course, broadcast from the Oval Office. And his personal life? Again, if you think Clinton was bad, just wait for the Giuliani Show to begin. When he was mayor, he announced to the press he was divorcing his second wife, Donna Hanover. Unfortunately, he hadn't yet told her. Giuliani's two children with Hanover are not on speaking terms with him and he no longer seems to play an active part in their lives, or any part at all really. These things happen when divorces get ugly, but I don't think any of this bodes well for a Republican candidate, the GOP being the party that constantly speaks of "family values."

Sometimes you get a vibe where you look at a person and sometimes you just don't like that person. Giuliani is one of those guys for me. He gives me the creeps. I don't want him to be president, and I don't think he will be. Mitt Romney, the Ken doll of American politics, will be the Republican candidate. And Giuliani will have to find some other ways to get attention.