Rudy Giuliani's daughter is supporting Barack Obama - Political Forum

Sebelius for VP, not Hillary · 08-07-2007, 03:03 AM

LOL Doh!

Rudy Giuliani's daughter is supporting Barack Obama. - By Lucy Morrow Caldwell - Slate Magazine

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Rudy Giuliani's daughter is supporting Barack Obama.
By Lucy Morrow Caldwell
Posted Monday, Aug. 6, 2007

There's one vote that Rudy Giuliani definitely can't count on in his 2008 presidential bid: his own daughter's. According to the 17-year-old Caroline Giuliani's Facebook profile, she's supporting Barack Obama.

On her profile, she designates her political views as "liberal" and—until this morning—proclaimed her membership in the Facebook group "Barack Obama (One Million Strong for Barack)." According to her profile, she withdrew from the Obama group at 6 a.m. Monday, after Slate sent her an inquiry about it.

In what may be an effort to avoid public connection to her famous father, the future Harvard freshman and recent graduate of Trinity School in Manhattan uses a slight variation of her name on the Facebook site. But she didn't lock her profile, allowing any Facebook user with access to the Harvard or Trinity School networks (more than 42,000 people) to view her detailed profile. (As a Harvard student, I was able to see it.)

It's not news that Rudy and his two children, Caroline and her 21-year-old brother Andrew, have a rocky relationship. Caroline and Andrew are the children of Donna Hanover, Rudy's second wife. In March, Andrew, who is a junior at Duke, told the New York Times that he and his father had been estranged for some time, and he has spoken candidly about his objections to Giuliani's marriage to Judith Nathan. And after the wedding, the Times reported, Giuliani also stopped attending Caroline's high-school events. Though he went to her high-school graduation, he left without speaking to her and did not join in the post-graduation family celebration, according to the New York Daily News.

Caroline's Facebook profile does not reveal why she doesn't want her father to win the White House. She has not responded to e-mail questions from Slate.

superdude17* · 08-07-2007, 03:10 AM

I find this not to be a big deal at all. I actually applaud her and Rudy for raising a daughter that is capable of making her own decisions and being open-minded towards the world. To make an issue out of this, W.E.B., is rather silly. I think all of us like to rebel against our parents, and I know that Ronald Reagan had kids that were Democrats. I also find the liberal media making an issue out of this downplays its authenticy even more. Kids are off limits in my book.

I obviously know now you have a grudge against him, and will not take any comments that you make towards him much to heart.

This reflects a woman who grew up with the best schooling and was provided with great opportunities, and is able to make her own decisions. I also applaud Rudy for not forcing her to support him as well.

Here here to Rudy.

**Note how she left the Barack Obama group as well.

Sebelius for VP, not Hillary · 08-07-2007, 03:21 AM

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Originally Posted by superdude17*

I find this not to be a big deal at all. I actually applaud her and Rudy for raising a daughter that is capable of making her own decisions and being open-minded towards the world. To make an issue out of this, W.E.B., is rather silly.

Well you don't know the facts about why she may not be supporting her father, so I think to dismiss the situation out of hand is silly.

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Originally Posted by superdude17*

I obviously know now you have a grudge against him, and will not take any comments that you make towards him much to heart.

You know nothing about my attitude towards Giuliani except but to make up what you wish to be true.

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Originally Posted by superdude17*

This reflects a woman who grew up with the best schooling and was provided with great opportunities, and is able to make her own decisions. I also applaud Rudy for not forcing her to support him as well.

Here here to Rudy.

**Note how she left the Barack Obama group as well.

I don't think you can say "here here to Rudy" and at the same time, as soon as the press learns about her support for Obama she mysteriously leaves the Obama group. Probably Rudy knew nothing about her being in that group.

WEB

superdude17* · 08-07-2007, 03:22 AM

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Originally Posted by W.E.B. Du Bois

Well you don't know the facts about why she may not be supporting her father, so I think to dismiss the situation out of hand is silly.

You know nothing about my attitude towards Giuliani except but to make up what you wish to be true.

I don't think you can say "here here to Rudy" and at the same time, as soon as the press learns about her support for Obama she mysteriously leaves the Obama group. Probably Rudy knew nothing about her being in that group.

WEB

And I am sure you know everything about Rudy. How about you stop the banter and let's stay to the politics. Thanks

Sebelius for VP, not Hillary · 08-07-2007, 03:27 AM

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And I am sure you know everything about Rudy. How about you stop the banter and let's stay to the politics. Thanks

You were the one who de-railed the issue by claiming that I have a grudge against Rudy.

WEB

Sebelius for VP, not Hillary · 08-07-2007, 03:28 AM

By the way, I'm not saying that this story is like some huge issue. People are free to make of this story what they will.

superdude17* · 08-07-2007, 04:01 AM

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Originally Posted by W.E.B. Du Bois

By the way, I'm not saying that this story is like some huge issue. People are free to make of this story what they will.

It is nothing. You will find families made up of Republicans and Democrats across the country.

As I said earlier, kids should be left out of the media spotlight. Pathetic.

Sebelius for VP, not Hillary · 08-07-2007, 04:09 AM

If it is nothing I wonder why it evokes such a strong response from you. It's either nothing or it's "pathetic." If you say it's pathetic, then you find inconvenient facts "pathetic." I don't get angry at the facts, sorry.

WEB

emptypepsi · 08-07-2007, 07:07 AM

W.E.B. didn't "make a big deal" - he just posted the story. It seems that if anyone has made a big deal out of it, it is you, superdude.

vladward8 · 08-07-2007, 07:14 PM

not "forcing " his daughter. Whatsa matta with you...."never tell anybody outside the family what you're thinking" ( Don Corleone)