I especially find the part about his law firm representing CitGo amusing.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070501/ap_on_el_pr/giuliani_chavez_5WASHINGTON - Presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani, whose law firm represents an American subsidiary of a Hugo Chavez-controlled oil company, said Tuesday that the socialist Venezuelan president is dangerous to U.S. interests.
"Isn't it annoying, upsetting and even in some cases a matter of national security that we have to send money to our enemies?" Giuliani asked. "We need a president who knows how to get things done so we don't have to be sending money to Chavez."
"Who would listen to Chavez if he didn't have all this oil money? Nobody would listen to him," Giuliani said.
The former New York City mayor spoke to The Latino Coalition's small business economic summit the same day that Chavez's government took over the last privately run oil fields in Venezuela, one of the world's top oil exporters.
Petroleos de Venezuela, the country's national oil company that Chavez controls, bought U.S.-based Citgo Petroleum Corp. in 1990. The Houston law firm now known as Bracewell & Giuliani has represented Citgo in matters involving the Texas legislature since 2005.
Giuliani's campaign says he does no lobbying for Citgo and he joined the law firm after it was already involved with the company. He has been defending the relationship for weeks, saying the firm represents a U.S. company that employs thousands of people in the United States.
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