Rudy Giuliani takes job as security consultant for Rio 2016 Olympic Games

[ccharles000]

Further proof that Rudy Giuliani is less than focused on running for office has emerged in an unlikely spot - Rio de Janeiro.

Brazilian officials, joined by Giuliani in sunny Rio, announced Thursday they would hire the former mayor as a long-term security advisor for the 2016 Olympic Games in the city.

"He's going to help us in day-to-day security and, especially, with an eye toward ... the Olympic Games," said Sergio Cabral, the governor of the state of Rio de Janeiro, after eating lunch with Giuliani.

Giuliani's continuing efforts to boost his bottom line - and that of his security firm, Giuliani Security & Safety, which technically holds the Rio contract - would not preclude him from running for U.S. Senate, as some suggest the mayor is considering.

But signing a long-term business deal would seem to suggest different priorities for the former Republican presidential contender, many experts surmised on Friday.

"I don't see any real hard evidence that the guy is pursuing either Governor or Senator," said Gerry O'Brien, a Republican consultant and Giuliani fan who served as political director to John McCain's 2000 presidential campaign in New York.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2009/12/04/2009-12-04_going_for_gold_rudy_giuliani_takes_job_as_security_consultant_for_rio_2016_olymp.html

[PeaceNikki]

1. Won't he be like 104 years old?!!?!

Ack, I just wiki'd him. He looks awful for his age. :\

[Vinnie From Indy]

2. Giuliani Security & Safety

WTF? Is there any doubt that Rudy just got some sort of bribe from the Brazilians all wrapped up in a nice, neat contract? Of course, it could just be the Mafia making Rudy go down there like a good little errand boy and fetch their money.

[virgdem]

3. Good Lord, this is rich...

he couldn't stop two attacks on the World Trade Center, but he's the best choice to advise on security issues for the Olympic Games in Rio?
I sincerely hope that Rio is not targeted to any degree, or they are in deep kimshee.

[dgibby]

4. Be afraid Rio, be very, very afraid. n/t

[paparush]

5. This Just In - Sarah Palin appointed Brain Surgeon. Glen Beck Begins job as Mediator.

[Bluzmann57]

6. I bet he cheered when Chicago lost the Games

Like the rest of the un American righties did.

[FSogol]

7. Rio de Janeiro will put their Security HQ wherever Gulliani doesn't want it

and will buy the radios he doesn't like.

[me b zola]

8. Someone should tell Brazil that they just got punked

What are the odds that Rudy will hire Bernard Kerik? Or is Kerik in prison?

[ecstatic]

9. Bad idea. More people died than necessary thanks to his poor judgment on 911

Advising people to stay in the towers at their desks? Setting up emergency headquarters inside the towers? THIS is who they want helping with security in Rio?

[WI_DEM]

10. Good! doesn't that mean he won't be running for senate or governor in NY next year?

[saltpoint]

11. Giuliani in Rio is hardly an intolerable loss, except perhaps to the people

of Brazil who after all deserve better company.

There was no brilliance in McCain's campaign in 2008. None at all. It was psychomotor-retarded, inarticulate, clueless, and loathsome. And it STILL beat Giuliani's.

I'm constantly torn between deciding if Giuliani is more of a thug than he is a loser or more of a loser than he is a thug.

[wndycty]

12. Did Rudy talk any shit when Obama went to Copehnhagen and Chicago lost?

:kick:

[ensho]

13. Rio will be sorry

he will mess up

[Soylent Brice]

14. nevermind

:rofl:

[yellowcanine]

15. What qualifies the Ghoul as a security advisor? Isn't he the one who located the Emergency

Operations Center in the Trade Center complex?