GOP Presidential candidate Rudi Guiliani’s good friend Bernard Kerik former police commissioner of New York City, is set to be indicted by a federal grand jury tomorrow. Guiliani, a former federal prosecutor in New York City and then its mayor has long and close ties to Kerik.
Guiliani up until today has stuck by his buddy. Now, not so much. Guiliani is using the old “if I knew then what I know how” bullshit to explain his support of Kerik. Guiliani has even gone so far as to say that okay I made a mistake here but that’s okay because I did a lot of other good things. Problem with that mentality is he made a huge mistake. Its not like Kerik was some minor player. Kerik was Guiliani’s head law enforcement officer in NYC when he was mayor and Guiliani recommend Kerik for the cabinet position of Secretary of Homeland Security in the Bush administration.
During Guiliani’s time as mayor, Kerik served as his police commissioner during the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Guiliani has built his entire campaign on his time as mayor and how he handled the attacks on New York. Kerik was a large part of Guiliani’s supposed success lowering crime in New York during his tenure and the handling of the 9/11 attacks. Many people in New York blame Kerik for the friction between the police and fire departments that caused communications errors during the response to the attacks.
Kerik was Guiliani’s guy, his protege. Watching Guiliain run away from Kerik now is comical. Why should anyone be surprised. Guiliani has often turned a blind eye to things that might help him in the long run of his ambition. His company’s client list is testament to that. Rudi now wants us to believe that this is just one mistake in a long line of successes as mayor of New York City. The problem is there isn’t much proof that he was good for New York and there is mounting proof that his claim of strong leadership during 9/11 is a complete fabrication. If we had a press with any balls at all Guiliani would have joined Sam Brownback a long time ago as former presidential candidate.