Giuliani’s ‘weirdness factor’

[antiimperialist]

Posted September 26th, 2007 at 12:47 pm
The Carpetbagger Report

Several years ago, Rudy Giuliani asked his staff to put together a “vulnerability study,” which would highlight potential weaknesses on the campaign trail. The report identified plenty of flaws, but highlighted Giuliani’s “weirdness factor.” It was an interesting choice of words — Giuliani’s own aides seem to realize that their boss is just odd.

This “weirdness factor” came back into play late last week, when Giuliani took a cellphone call from his third wife during a nationally-televised speech to the NRA. A rival campaign quickly distributed another clip of Giuliani pulling the same schtick.

And today, the Wall Street Journal editorial page, one of the most consistently conservative outlets in the country, noted that the former NYC mayor is pushing the “limits on odd behavior.”

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[yurbud]

1. the cellphone bit softened and humanized him though when I saw the headline...

I thought it meant he was so dense he really did just answer his cell phone during a speech, showing disregard for his audience.