She has variously been called a "harpy," a tiara-wearing "princess bride" and "a particularly unpleasant combination of Catherine the Great and Britney Spears."
Republican presidential candidate Rudolph Giuliani and his handlers always knew they would have a delicate task peddling the charms of his mistress-turned-wife given the scandalous and sensationalized origins of their relationship. But the reception of a gossip-loving media and family-values-focused voters has been even nastier than expected during every step of this summer's carefully scripted "roll-out" of Judith Giuliani as the first lady the former New York City mayor and 9/11 hero would bring to the White House.
For starters, there was the revelation that Mrs. Giuliani had been married not once but twice before (just like Mr. Giuliani himself.)
Then there was the news that in her job selling medical equipment, she used to demonstrate a surgical stapler on dogs who were later put to death....
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