Rudy's Daughter Supports Obama

[irishjayhawk]

http://slate.com/id/2171730

Daddy DearestRudy Giuliani's daughter is supporting Barack Obama.
By Lucy Morrow Caldwell
Posted Monday, Aug. 6, 2007, at 11:49 AM ET
Caroline Giuliani's Facebook Profile. Click image to expand.Click above to view Caroline Giuliani's Facebook profile

There's one vote that Rudy Giuliani definitely can't count on in his 2008 presidential bid: his own daughter's. According to the 17-year-old Caroline Giuliani's Facebook profile, she's supporting Barack Obama.

On her profile, she designates her political views as "liberal" and—until this morning—proclaimed her membership in the Facebook group "Barack Obama (One Million Strong for Barack)." According to her profile, she withdrew from the Obama group at 6 a.m. Monday, after Slate sent her an inquiry about it.

In what may be an effort to avoid public connection to her famous father, the future Harvard freshman and recent graduate of Trinity School in Manhattan uses a slight variation of her name on the Facebook site. But she didn't lock her profile, allowing any Facebook user with access to the Harvard or Trinity School networks (more than 42,000 people) to view her detailed profile. (As a Harvard student, I was able to see it.)

It's not news that Rudy and his two children, Caroline and her 21-year-old brother Andrew, have a rocky relationship. Caroline and Andrew are the children of Donna Hanover, Rudy's second wife. In March, Andrew, who is a junior at Duke, told the New York Times that he and his father had been estranged for some time, and he has spoken candidly about his objections to Giuliani's marriage to Judith Nathan. And after the wedding, the Times reported, Giuliani also stopped attending Caroline's high-school events. Though he went to her high-school graduation, he left without speaking to her and did not join in the post-graduation family celebration, according to the New York Daily News.

Caroline's Facebook profile does not reveal why she doesn't want her father to win the White House. She has not responded to e-mail questions from Slate.

[chagrin]

I almost hate to say this, but I believe that when it comes to voting, the vast majority of people still want to see person with a stable family life, elected as President. Guliani is toast, not just because of this but write it down, he's not getting the nomination; dude's got way too many issues in the open.

[Adept Havelock]

Originally Posted by chagrin

I almost hate to say this, but I believe that when it comes to voting, the vast majority of people still want to see person with a stable family life, elected as President. Guliani is toast, not just because of this but write it down, he's not getting the nomination; dude's got way too many issues in the open.

I don't hate to say this: Blame the "Values Voters".

[BIG_DADDY]

This is about the time the 86 the bitch out of your will. Oh you want Barack pumpkin, that's nice. I'm just counting the days until your 18.

[HolmeZz]

Definitely not news. I just don't know how you can expect the country to vote for you when you can't even get your kids to.

Rudy is scum.

[BucEyedPea]

Does this mean she wants to invade Pakistan?
Sounds worse than her dad.

[BIG_DADDY]

Originally Posted by HolmeZz

Definitely not news. I just don't know how you can expect the country to vote for you when you can't even get your kids to.

Rudy is scum.

It could be worse, he could have had you for a son.

[Dave]

Originally Posted by HolmeZz

Rudy is scum.

Of course, he's a politician, they are ALL scum...

[Dave]

Originally Posted by BIG_DADDY

It could be worse, he could have had you for a son.

Ouch.

[HolmeZz]

Originally Posted by BIG_DADDY

It could be worse, he could have had you for a son.

I didn't realize you had jumped aboard the Rudy train. Did he make an appearance at the National Dog****er's Conference or something?

[Adept Havelock]

Originally Posted by HolmeZz

I didn't realize you had jumped aboard the Rudy train. Did he make an appearance at the National Dog****er's Conference or something?

Heh. Not bad.

[Dave]

Originally Posted by HolmeZz

I didn't realize you had jumped aboard the Rudy train. Did he make an appearance at the National Dog****er's Conference or something?

Its not that, Its your condescension for everything republican, and your admiration for the Democrats. Both parties are equally useless.
Until we ALL realize this, this country will be ****ed up for a very long time...

[Adept Havelock]

Originally Posted by BigChiefDave

Both parties are equally useless.
Until we ALL realize this, this country will be ****ed up for a very long time...

Agreed, but I don't think it'll make the country any less ****ed up.

[BIG_DADDY]

Originally Posted by HolmeZz

I didn't realize you had jumped aboard the Rudy train. Did he make an appearance at the National Dog****er's Conference or something?

I don't like Rudy

[HolmeZz]

Originally Posted by BigChiefDave

Its not that, Its your condescension for everything republican, and your admiration for the Democrats. Both parties are equally useless.

That's a product of you not paying close enough attention. I do not associate myself in any way with the Democratic party. There are plenty of the Democratic higher-ups that I strongly dislike and have said so on here. There are also a number of Republicans I like and respect.

With Rudy, we're not arguing politics here(hell, if anything he's liberal). We're arguing character. I don't care what party Rudy belongs to, he's scum.

Originally Posted by BigChiefDave

Until we ALL realize this, this country will be ****ed up for a very long time...

Most politicians do suck badly. You won't get an argument from me on that.