The Rudy and Judi Show - A Question of Judgment and Bioterrorism
Posted by StormWarning on 30 Apr 2007 at 09:09 pm | Tagged as: Current Affairs, Domestic Terrorism, Federal Policy, International Issues, National Security, Opinions, Science, Technology
It’s time to "grip it and rip it" once and for all on the Rudy Giuliani bandwagon before its too late. Just for a moment, judge this man, not as the Man of the Year who brought New York City back from the ashes of the World Trade Center, but as the man whose judgment of people is faulty. Forgive, if you must, his blind trust of Bernard Kerik (I had missed this a month ago, but it is very telling…"was warned about Kerik’s relationship with a company with suspected
ties to organized crime even before Giuliani appointed Kerik as New
York City police commissioner…"). But Judith Nathan as a bio-terrorism expert?
I respect Mayor Giuliani for he did for the people of New York City, my friends and neighbors and all Americans during the period after September 11th. In fact, I think he has shown himself to be a pretty successful businessman in his consulting practice, Giuliani Partners. But what the hell is he thinking? Judith (Judi) Nathan is a germ warfare advisor? Based on what?
Rudy Giuliani consulted his wife Judith on bioterrorism after 9/11, and considered her "an expert we rely on" at his consulting firm…the ex-mayor spoke about Judy’s role in a 2003 interview, with his bride at his side: "She gives us a lot of advice and a lot of help in areas where she’s got a lot of expertise - biological and chemical," the ex-mayor said in a taping never aired in the US. "And since we do security work, that’s an area of great concern - you know, another anthrax attack, a smallpox attack, chemical agents. She knows all of that"…Giuliani touted himself as the candidate most likely to protect the country against terrorism…said his wife "worked in the pharmaceutical industry for years. So, she’s an expert that we rely on"…
Give me a break! Anyone want to know what her background is that makes her his "bio-terrorism" expert? Well, admittedly Wiki isn’t always the most accurate of research sources, but her is what she has done in her career:
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After graduation Judi worked for less than a year as a registered nurse at Sacred Heart Hospital in Allentown Pennsylvania.
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in 1975 Judi she took a job with the U.S. Surgical Corporation in Charlotte, North Carolina, a job in which she sold medical supplies and showed doctors in operating rooms a new surgical stapling method
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While at U.S. Surgical she met Jeffrey Ross, also a medical supply salesman who she married in 1974…the couple returned home and sold supplies together traveling in the North Carolina region, but divorced after four years
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Five days later she married Bruce Nathan, a wealthy businessman and wall paper salesman.
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After 12 years, this marriage broke up (during this time Judi spent her time socializing and doing volunteer work.
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As a single mother, she went to night school and received a New York nursing license, and began working in 1994 as a pharmaceutical sales rep for Bristol-Myers Squibb selling surgical supplies in the Bedford Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn…her specialty was infectious diseases…she became one of Bristol-Myers’ top sales managers.
Now all this is a pretty normal life (for some people it would be considered "normal"), and much of it is admirable. OK, fine, she’s a success story who left the coal mining town of Hazelton Pa. when she married her first husband. Please remember, I am not criticizing Judi here at all…I am concerned about the thought process and people judging skills of her husband Rudy…the "Man Who Would Be President." But what is it that possesses Rudy to think that Judi is a bio-terror expert? I’ve heard reports (no links at the moment) that he has said that he would actually have her in Cabinet meetings because of her expertise.
In my opinion, this shows a total lack of good judgment on Rudy’s part (I am wondering what "head" Rudy is thinking with). Personally, I’ve made a half-dozen presentations on bio-terrorism, and I’ve done alot of reading and writing on the subject(s)…I’ve written white papers and policy positions…but I am far from an expert. One of my friends was a CW consultant for the government following the anthrax attacks…he was an expert.
Judi Nathan? Excuse me, didn’t Mrs. Clinton take a mountain of heat in the first Clinton Administration for the role she played promoting her health care program?
Forget Rudy Giuliani for President. I don’t care who likes him. I don’t care how many "bloggers" go and join "Blogs For Giuliani" or "Bloogers4Rudy," or "Blogs For Rudy 2008" or any of the rest of a list of "blogrolls" about Rudy. If he actually gave serious thought to his comment that Judi would be his bio-terrorism expert. Rudy isn’t a conservative…I’m more conservative than he is! He is against guns, he is pro-choice (until he started courting the vote of the religious right that is)…and his ability to judge people is highly "questionable."
He is the Man who brought New York City out of the ashes of September 11th, and with it, the rest of the Nation. IMO, that isn’t enough to earn him my Republican vote in the primaries. This post cross posted on Real Clear Politics.
Previous posts about Rudy:
Rudy, Rudy, Rudy! What are you saying?
A Nation Divided by Opinion and Personal Ideology
Bernard Kerik, Former DHS Secretary Nominee "Comes Clean"
Other: http://thehillchronicles.com/?p=935
Current Affairs, Domestic Terrorism, Federal Policy, International Issues, National Security, Opinions, Science, Technology
Oh please. She was a drug rep for Pete’s sake. She knows nothing about bio-terrorism or chemical warfare. Does he think people are going to fall for this?
Don’t get me wrong, Rudy did an amazing job in New York, cutting crime, etc. Also after September 11, he was a good leader, inspirational, what folks needed.
But I do not consider him a true conservative, and I won’t be voting for him. All this about his wife is nuts and as a good businessman he should know it.
Plus that ‘flub’ he made about her sitting in on cabinet meetings. *spit*
Rudy isn’t a “true” conservative and he never was. Remember, I watched him close up before the attacks, and then during Sept. 11th and the aftermath. What he did was admirable and heroic…yes heroic. But Presidential material? He has a temper and a major ego. And as I’ve written more than once, his people judgment is suspect.
As for Mrs. Giuliani, she seems like a nice lady…and this post was not intended to criticize her. But I know more about CW issues, and I am not an expert.