I enjoy most of the Brave New Films videos a lot. But I find this one extremely offensive, espeically for a progressive website. For one thing, I don't think Rudy's personal mistakes, like multiple marriages or even marrying his cousin, are fair game to judge his political career except for example when he allegedly used taxpayers' money to see his girlfriend and to provide security for her before he was married to her. I don't think Bill Clinton's sexual affair with Monica Lewinsky was fair game as it had absolutely no affect on his job performance. Whether Rudy had 3 or 300 wives doesn't affect his career.

But what I think is so offensive that I am asking for this video to be yanked is that the video calls Rudy's "compulsive cross-dressing" a mistake. That is extremely offensive to transgender and transvestite people. I am a gay man who doesn't cross-dress. Yet I think Rudy's cross-dressing is a good thing. I think more people should be OK with cross-dressing, and that anyone who calls it a mistake is a bigot. I would rather have Rudy be himself by cross-dressing than trying to fit the "norms" of society bullshit that everyone has to dress a certain way based on their gender.

I will not vote for Rudy because of his policies and alleged corruption when he was mayor. Yet his wives, his relationship with his kids, and his cross-dressing are definitely not reasons to reject someone for President. Unless, of course you are a Republican and a neo-con.

"MAYBE IF THE MEDIA HAD TOLD AMERICANS THE TRUTH ABOUT BUSH'S DRINKING, DRUG USE, FAILED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES AND BEING AWOL FROM THE NATIONAL GUARD WE WOULDNT BE IN THE PREDICAMENT WE ARE IN NOW." This statement assumes that the votes and elections weren't rigged, which it was proven they were by a lot of groups especially the black box voting team. It also assumes that people didn't know bush jr. was a bad guy, once again it's not and it was a commonly known thing that the Bush family "are no good" as my grandmother told me when I was a young child was Bush Sr. was in office. If she were alive now she'd have a heart attack knowing Bush Jr. was put into office. The elder members of my family have told me for a very long time of the Bush families misdeeds. Perhaps the real problem is the complacency of the general population, as long as others keep thinking for them and everything is convenient they do not care much about anything else. We need to wake those people up to what is happening. At this rate by 2010 our country will cease to exist for all intents and purposes and we will be identified as citizens of the North American Union, and then by 2015 citizens of the "Global Union". If thats the direction you want to head in, fine but I will not have it as long as I'm alive.

The thing I worry about the most is that despite these issues there is a whole host of ignorant people still supporting him, people that would serve their country best by supporting someone like Dr. Paul. Also this cross dressing lisping f*ck is completely backed by the CFR, so if it plays out like I think they are trying to usher in a Rudy G. presidential administration. It sounds scary, hell I know but I think that is what they really want to achieve. That would be a true testament to how the Bilderberg Group, Trilateral Com., CFR (Council On Foreign Relations), COR (Club of Rome), can manipulate our system and our people on a mass scale. If they think they can get away with it without a revolution breaking out they will do it. Im sure if they start to feel the heat they will manipulate in either Clinton's or Obama's way and you can be sure both of them are bought and paid for by the CFR. These people have contingency plans for everything, they even assume the worst and then come up with a plan based on that also, they also have a plan if a revolution does break out, believe it or not. The best thing we can do is abolish the systems that give these groups their power and the major one is the Federal Reserve, that will do a lot to weed out a lot of their powers, then the IRS and other unnecessary and unconstutional agencies. Anyway all of this is left up to the people regardless of what the media (their propaganda machine) want you to believe, individual people and citizens as a whole have a lot of power. We can usher in a Paul administration, and we can force the hand of these groups and when they do act everyone will be able to see what is really going on, and that should get the rest of those fence sitters back with us.

Let's not forget that Rudy's law firm is handling the "Great American Land Grab" down in Texas so he can have the "Trans-Texas Corridor" for his foriegn client! This Corridor is an expansion of NAFTA so that the jobs can be shipped to lower wage Mexico.

http://www.corridorwatch.org/ttc/index.htm

PERHAPS BRAVE NEW FILMS SHOULD CONSIDER MAKING A VIDEO SHOWING WHAT THE WORLD PRESS WOULD LOOK LIKE IF RUDY WAS ELECTED. SEEING IT MIGHT MAKE IT MORE REAL FOR PEOPLE.

I TOTALLY DISAGREE WITH THE RELEVANCY OF RUDY GUILIANI'S PAST BEHAVIOR INCLUDING HIS CROSSDRESSING. AT A TIME WHEN AMERICA IS TRYING TO IMPROVE ITS IMAGE AROUND THE WORLD CAN YOU IMAGINE THE WORLD NEWS HEADLINES SAYING "AMERICA HAS ELECTED A NEW PRESIDENT" SHOWING A PICTURE OF RUDY IN HIS MARILYN MONROE GETUP. WE WILL BE THE LAUGHING STOCK OF THE WHOLE WORLD. MAYBE IF THE MEDIA HAD TOLD AMERICANS THE TRUTH ABOUT BUSH'S DRINKING, DRUG USE, FAILED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES AND BEING AWOL FROM THE NATIONAL GUARD WE WOULDNT BE IN THE PREDICAMENT WE ARE IN NOW. AMERICANS HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT THE PERSON WHO WANTS TO BE PRESIDENT. ESPECIALLY NOW.

It is perfectly appropriatre to comment on Giuliani's errors in the failure to obtain functioning radios and the unwise location of the emergency command post. It is entirely inappropriate and counter-productive to refer to his private affairs.

How is cross-dressing a mistake? When was the last time cross-dressing was a crime or such a taboo thing to do? Just curious what this has to do with a 9/11 command center or faulty radios, etc.

I think this and all the things that Hillary has done (in 1999 she was ranked 6th in a NY Post poll- "The Most Evil Person on the Millennium")proves that you should at least have to have the IQ of a 12 year old to vote in elections and polls.

I, along with those who have done their homework and have a longer than 7 year attention span, am voting Ron Paul!

Mark Allenby,
It is better to keep your mouth shut and let them wonder if you are stupid than to open your trap and remove all doubt>>>>What I was trying to say is that these asshole firemen who perished on the day that Bush had the buildings destroyed,deserved what they got>>>>If Giuliani was not a white racist like they are,they would have been on his ass like white on rice and made sure that their damn radios were working properly>>>Can your racist white ass imagine what the American people would be doing right now if Bush and Cheney were both Black>>>I guess you can't since that would require a little bit of extra work on your part>>>>Lazy jerk.Again,i will repeat that stupid white people like you are allowing other white people to destroy our country because they have convinced themselves that only Blacks and other non whites will suffer>>>>>>If you can't understand that,you are more stupid than you sound

"white people have allowed other white evil people to spread hate all over this land with the misunderstanding that the hate was only going to hurt others>>>>Like the virus that it is,hate will one day spread like wild fire and engulf us all,unless we reject it altogether" Yes, Mr. Oriol it us white folks fault. When the crops dry up or massive floods kills people, i'd like to fess up. It's us white folks... yup, that's it - white folks. The evil doers are all white. Boy do I feel fetter now after baring my soul. Perhaps if you weren't so IGNORANT I would have approached your comments in a more serios manner. Do you also think 9-11 was an inside job set up by The President of the USA? Are you carrying a "flat Earth Society" card in your wallet? I'll bet I could sell you a bridge...how about it... it's a nice one. You know folks, those of us that are actually not racist, and that's a lot more people than Mr. Oriol or the les than stellar husband and activist Jessie Jackson may think can see racism as clear as daylight. Weak people will come up with excuses for why they aren't happy until the second coming, but one thing is for sure... it's NEVER their fault. Try opening your mind a little - I promise it will only hurt a little bit, but like they say - no pain no gain!

You people need to understand the game being played here......Whenever one of the political parties put up such a dimwit loser as Giuliani as a candidate,it is because they do not want to win the election.>>>Just take some time out and watch a wrestling match and you'll understand what I am saying>>>>Bush senior passed the baton to Clinton,,,he passed it to Bush Junior and he is about to pass it to Hillary>>>>Jebb or one of the twins may be next>>>>>We are being played big time by these motherfockers and we keep falling for the bullshit over and over>>>>All of us need to stay home on election day 2008 and let them play their stupid games without our help.....

Every white journalist or blogger should have his or her work revised by a Black person>>>.Even the most progressive amongst white folks always come up short on issues of political science>>>>Robert Greenwald has yet to ask why those firemen were allowing Rudy and his administration to endanger their lives with malfunctioning radios>>>>Why did grown men and woman with so much power in their hands allow one asshole to dictate his will upon them?>>>>As an ex New Yorker who lived in New York during the David Dinkins days,I can assure you that Dinkins would have never gotten away with that>>>Gulliani had this reputation for being tough on Blacks and poor people in general;Something which made him very popular with racist members of the police and fire departments of new York>>>I guess as long as he was leading the march of hate against others,anything he did was fine>>>>>The discussion always has a racial component to it which is hardly ever examined>>>>.
The lesson I draw from all the problems we are dealing with today,including Rudy,is that white people have allowed other white evil people to spread hate all over this land with the misunderstanding that the hate was only going to hurt others>>>>Like the virus that it is,hate will one day spread like wild fire and engulf us all,unless we reject it altogether.............

We live in a state of corporate fascism, treating this planet as business in liquidation, exhausting its resources and destroying its environment. Man is but one species amongst billions of other species on this planet. No one gave man dominion on this planet except man himself. How egotistic has he become?! Nature’s god is angry at us. Shame ---Shame…
It all boils down to what Reagan did in 1988, bowing to pressure from the right, by abolishing the “Fairness Doctrine". The fairness doctrine was the law of the land since 1932. Abolishing the fairness doctrine allowed channels like Fox News and Rush Limbaugh to come to existence. Ninety two percent (92%) of radio talk show hosts now are right wingers. Public airwaves belong to the public and the fairness doctrine must be restored. Insist that the presidential candidates promise to restore the fairness doctrine and to bust the 5 media monopolies which control our thought process. Demand public finance of election.

Ad hominem remarks?

Sorry, I re-viewed the video, but I didn't hear any by the NARRATOR, which are all that matter. Sure, the angry relatives of lost firefighters made personal remarks, as is quite understandable. But it is emphatically not the duty of the producer to edit out all those colorful words. The narrator's voice was remarkably muted, which is how it should be in documentaries.

WTC 7--- WTF???

<<<wtc>>>

You just lost me with the ad hominem remarks. Character assassination is the last resort of people who can find nothing else to criticize. This is not the case with Giuliani, as you well know. So why stoop so low? When you use the enemy's tactics, you reveal that you have become as the enemy. As Audre Lorde wrote, "The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house." Please take me off your list as I no longer want to be associated with your organization.

Giuliani totally sucks! Anyone who votes for him sucks! He is the biggest phony who ever walked then streets of New York! He has no values, no values, no ethics and is morally bankrupt. A very 'bad apple' in the Big Apple. Get rid of him before he corrupts the whole barrel!

What disturbs me most is how quickly the scene was cleaned up, so no real investigation was possible. It would certainly help with the conspiracy theories. Sounds like someone on the inside covering tracks. And sending evidence to China?

he stopped firefighters from trying to dig for more people and co-workers prematurely. WhY?

As a good Democrat - I think the Republican nominee should definitely be Giuliani. I mean lets not make a race out of the next Presidential election.

RON PAUL 2008!!!!!!!!

Rudy is sad indeed...however he is only the symptom of a much larger problem.
Everyone who hates Rudy and the rest of the GOP "tow the line" candidates needs to seek out and support...

PUBLICALLY FUNDED ELECTIONS and REAL CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM

Our current system is a legalized form of bribery.

We give your campaign millions and you give us favorable legislation. No one gives that kind of money for anything and doesn't expect something in return.

Oh...and for all you Hillary supporters, she is the biggest corporate taker of them all! She will be beholden to all those corporations especially from the health insurance industry. And as the cost of running for office goes up so does the level of loyalty to those who contributed to your campaign because each dollar becomes ever more critical to success.

Save your democracy by supporting PUBLICALLY FUNDED ELECTIONS!!

Power to the common people!

Please!
Give us an explanation about your use of his crossdressing as a flaw!

You may have been kidding, but we can't know that until you say something!

obviously peter p is fucking his cousin

GiulianiScandals dot blogspot dot com

If you want more dirt on this supercriminal.

1. It is completely relevent that Rudy married his second cousin, b/c he said, with a straight face, that he didn't KNOW for 10 years. Even Rudy's allies have often said he's a major liar.

2. When it was exposed that Rudy's dad was a mobster, at first I thought "so what?", until you get ALL the details. EX: Rudy used ANY familial relation to mob as a way of firing city employees.

Tell Republicans about the TRUE Rudy and watch what they say. The problem is, the corporate media are all backing Crook Rudy.

Briefly, Giuliani is easily one of the most corrupt politicians in US history and I was a paid researcher for 5 YEARS, watching this man's press conferences and more. He's gotten caught lying about everything.

Just take a look at GiulianiScandals dot blogspot dot com for a laundry list of many media lies about Giuliani. He cannot lose the election b/c you can fool voters most of the time, esp after you give billions in corporate welfare to the NYTimes, Post, NBC, ABC, Time/Warner, etc.

He is the choice of the corporations and his endless scandals will never be known to most voters.

Even Hitler and Stalin didn't declare war on dancing like Psycho Rudy did. Even Rudy's allies called him psycho. (EX: The NYPost when Rudy decided to put the command center into 7 WTC.)

hi

Aside from a lifetime of mendacity about himself, an even more depicable failure was his allowing government spokes people to repeatedly assert that the fumes, plume, dust aerosol particulates, and from half million to perhaps 2 million pounds of asbestos in the towers, were not dangerous requiring maximum respiratory protection. He himself said it was not a problem. Narcissist, lying killer.

THIS IS FEEDBACK...I'm not impressed w/ this piece but the following are the reason's I THINK it is counter productive: The problem with this glib presentation of Rudy G.'s biggest mistake is that it mixes executive decision errors and lack of professional honesty with personal matters that are not neccesarily indicative of professional judgement flaws. This mix takes away the crediblility and impact of the lack of integrity and judgement displayed in R. G.'s job performance. I did not watch any more of the tapes on Guliani until I had received an email reply to my 1st complaint which told me that you were serious about exposing REAL problems with this man's character. The references of adultery, cross-dressing, and troubled family relations may indicate a flawed character BUT taken out of context and as sensational as these charges are it smacks of character assination.
Thanks for your efforts, Peter

Hi Brave New Films,
I wrote an email to you when I first saw this short clip. I came back because I still want to hear your explanation of why you used Mr. Guliani's cross-dressing as one of his mistakes. I respectfully request that you give your viewers your reasoning behind this inclusion. Like others have commented, it's not what I would have expected from you. Despite his other numerous errors, this overt prejudice has held my attention...

along with Clinton and Schumer, the complete abandonment of the then residents of Battery Park City and unbfortunates in the dust line... complicity with Whitman and others to protect the Lower Manhattan Business District... anybody ever report on toxic materials other than asbestos?? mercury
lead, cadmium, dioxin???????

Why is everyone saying that 1) committing open adultery, 2) marrying your 2nd cousin, 3) divorcing your wife on TV, all done by Mayor Guiliani, are private and personal matters? He was an elected official doing these things. Therefore, just like Bill Clinton, these aren't personal, private matters. He's a public official elected by the populace of NYC. Where were all of these posters when Bill Clinton was being raked over the coals? Hypocrisy? Yes. By these exact people. As a New Yorker during Ghouliani's terms, I can say, flat out that on 9/10/2001 New Yorkers were DONE with Mayor Guiliani. We were just anxious for him to get the hell out of office and spend the rest of his days in a retirement home. Think I'm joking? Ask a New Yorker. Ghouliani's a fraud, a fake, a liar, a cheat, and a crook. End of story.

What is the most reprehensible thing about Rudy? His shameless cashing in on 9/11.

To follow up the 30 second bit, I would create a psssst that actually let the clock run until all the mistakes are fleshed out.

This particular video is pathetic. As distasteful as it may be, most candidates have personal failings and many good ones don't run because of smears like that. Don't waste our time talking about who he married or slept with.

His hatred of gay marriage while deflowering his own is interesting. If you want to juxtapose his hypocrisy on gay issues as you have with abortion, that is relevant. In isolation those failings are personal.

You do a disservice to the credible elements of your Giuliani criticisms--the 9/11 debacle, firefighter radio problem, etc.--by including this cross-dressing/married his cousin crap. Let Giuliani's own record sink his candidacy, and leave out the out-of-context Enquirer-type jabs.

He a flippin' idiot, liar and typical republican!!!!!

the dude is wearing a DRESS?!?!

a cross-dressing commander in chief?!?!??!

give me a break.

from now on it's JUDY RIULIANI.

can somebody put that on a T-shirt over the cross-dressing photo and sell me one?

Right, because the firefighters and their families are all a part of the left wing consipracy theory.

Giuliani will only be a more sympathetic character in the eyes of neo-conservatives, whose times has clearly come and gone.

Whoever created this stuff? It was made because the vast majority of NYC emergency personnel understood that Giuliani made grave mistakes and then rammed "9/11" down the throats of the public.

Jay's comments only pertain to right wing conservatives, which is fine, but it will never fly for those in the middle who will decide the election.

Posted by Jay (1 day ago):

"I was shocked to find this type of offensive material coming from Brave New Films. First of all, this isn't satire, it's just agitprop parading in language and imagery of stereotypes and prejudice. Giuliani isn't threatening enough to warrant creation and dissemination of material which insults so many people, alienates fans of Brave New Films from your messages, threatens your brilliant funding and distribution system and, ironically, makes Giuliani more sympathetic. You should seriously consider asking whoever created and posted this stuff to your otherwise brilliant arena to take a vacation and reconsider what they've done. And, while they're away, you should take all this stuff down and file it under, "Oops!" You don't want somebody to have fuel for a 30 second reel on "Robert Greenwald's Greatest Mistakes"."

Echoed. The tactics employed in this video are disgusting.

I'd rather you not waste time bashing his cross dressing (I am less offended by the drag show than by the sense that you judge him for it. Is drag morally wrong? RE the multiple marriages (and why even mention the 2nd cousin- "kissing cousin" marriages are fine, no?) and adultery (how many of you folks live in glass houses?) references- those are the kind of tactics Fox would employ!

Rudy IS one of the mistakes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmmtMpxsv0M

Well,I'd have to agree with many of the comments that state that this looks like a schmere job that Fox news would put up. I do agree that RG did not handle the 9/11 at all well but I don't agree with the way you presented it. Try again with something like:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3254488777215293198&pr=goog-sl
Now this is interesting. You guys should get together!!!!

If another damned mediahead calls Herr Rudolf "America's Mayor" I'm going to get violent.

But, here's the real question - why was he running a scripted terrorist attack "wargame" in London at the very time and location of the "7/7 London Bombings"? Is it funny that the wargames were "coincidentally" identical to the actual attacks, or is it just disgusting that Herr Rudolf is another "false flag" domestic terrorist with a Presidential medal?

It's time to wake up, People. There's a reason this fascist wants to take your guns away.

FINALLY!! Signs of intellegent life out there regarding the "hero of 9/11", made-for-TV Rudy, the most devestating and costly public hypocrite beyond Dick Cheney!!

FINALLY!!! Signs of intellegent life out there regarding the "hero of 9/11", made-for-TV Rudy, the most devestating public hypocrite beyond Dick Cheney!

I give a crap that he married his 2nd cousin. I give a crap that he dresses in drag. I give a crap that he has been married 3 times - although I find his personal decisions about adultury and family questionable.

My concern is concrete information about his career and the decisions he has made that would affect his leadership of this country. I have a gut feeling that he did not do much, if anything, in regards to 9/11, but is simply riding a popular tide simply for showing up. I want information to back that up or knock it down. I also want concrete information about if, when and how he would get us out of this crazy war, and what his international policy would do to keep us out of wars with the rest of the Muslim world.

Pretty disgusting analysis. One comment said this was supposed to be a humorous first effort. Sounds like Karl Rove's humor.