anti-giuliani rally

Are you perchance thinking of hosting a rally or fund-raiser for Rudy Giuliani?  Well, as Watertiger pointed out to us in the previous post, you'd better be worth at least a million dollars, or "America's Mayor" just ain't got time for you, peasant!

Greg Sargent is on the case: 

Check out this unbelievable story from the Anamosa Journal-Eureka in Jones County, Iowa, the accuracy of which I've just confirmed by phone with one of the people in it:

OLIN–Last weekend Deb and Jerry VonSprecken of Olin received a call from former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s campaign office asking them if they would be interested in holding a campaign rally on May 4, after she had donated to his campaign.

“We thought it would be an honor and agreed,” said Jerry.

After agreeing to host Rudy's rally, Deb and Jerry Von Sprecken then set about doing a bunch of work to organize the event. They underwent a security check and called a bunch of local friends and acquaintances — and even the local sheriff and fire department — and proudly put the pieces in place for their rally.

But then…

On Tuesday Deb received a call from Giuliani’s Des Moines office and was asked to call New York.

“They wanted to know our assets,” she revealed, and added that she and Jerry have a modest 80 acre farm and raise cattle.

Later she received a call from Tony Delgado at the Des Monies location.

“Tony said, ‘I’m sorry, you aren’t worth a million dollars and he is campaigning on the Death Tax right now.’ then he said they weren’t going to be able to come,” Deb continued.

The Death Tax is a federal version of the Iowa Inheritance Tax.

The VonSpreckens then called Delgado back and told him how upset they were that the event had been cancelled, how much work they had done and that they had been expecting 75-100 people at their farm.

“I invited him into my home,” Deb said of Giuliani, fighting back tears.

I feel bad for Mrs. Von Sprecken, but surely she understands by now that the Republican Party is only for toothless, snake-handling religious fanatics, people who love their gun collections more than they love their children, and the Chosen Few who qualify for Bush's millionaire tax-cuts.  Oily oligarchs like Giuliani see the rest of the people in America (not to mention his ex-wives and kids) as being rather like the homeless guys at the traffic light who rush up to try and clean your windshield.  In other words, "Back off, riffraff!  Stop steaming up my bullet-proof quarter-panels."

Unless Emperor Rudy can count on running into you on the polo pitch or at some swank $5,000-a-plate funder, you're just dirt underfoot, another neck to step on as he makes his grasping, elitist way from imposing a police state in New York City to trying to impose one on the whole country.

No wonder he's the front runner for the GOP nomination.  He's the veritable embodiment of Republican Values.   Place the priorities of millionaires and mega-corporations first, fill all available jobs with your cronies, no matter how corrupt and incompetent they are, and display a breathtaking indifference to real American values like liberty, freedom, and equal justice under the law.  Oh, and make a lot of noise about "family values" while leading a private life that would make Caligula look like a Brownie Scout.

Sigh. 

Dear Republican Party-

This obsession of yours with little weasels is a sickness.  You need to seek help.

I'm telling you this for your own good. 

Sincerely,

T. Rex, Esq.