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• [1] levinej from nj November 12, 2007 - 07:59AM

  How can the relations between Kerik and Guiliani most effectively be exploited as another illustration to American voters of Guiliani's flaws as a potential US president?

  (apologies if that is off topic for this segment)

  
  
• [2] hjs from 11211 November 12, 2007 - 10:13AM

  the bigger story was Kerik was not qualified for the city jobs Guiliani appointed him to. rudy wanted yes men who were not going to out shine him. similar to bush.

  
  
• [3] Huw from Brooklyn November 12, 2007 - 10:29AM

  Let's just apply the standards that Giuliani and the Republicans generally have advocated since Nixon.

  It's guilt by association. The whiff of scandal is scandal. If you look guilty you are guilty. This is the conservative creed.

  Let's get Giuliani on the air and prod him into one of the outbursts he prides himself on. We'll find out what he really thinks about Kerik.

  
  
• [4] insead from manhattan November 12, 2007 - 11:30AM

  With all due respect, you are approaching this story from the wrong end of the telescope.

  As the earlier commenter makes, Kerik was not qualified. The hypothesis that he was promoted on loyalty, is the obverse of what I believe to be causative. The cause is not Guiliani's lack of judgment.

  What are the facts? Kerik is a self-confessed thug. He was Guiliani's bodyguard and driver. Thus, he was privy to all the cell phone calls and to many or all of Guiliani's indiscretions, including, but not the least, his extended affair with Christine Lategano, his inseparable communications czar.

  Kerik was on a uberfast track career because he had access and purchase on Guiliani. He had the "pictures." Guiliani is the son of a mob enforcer. Perhaps, he felt a kinship with a thug like Kerik. Loyalty to the individual over obedience to the law is critical to enforce mob behavior and is a side effect of Guilani's behavior. Kerik was promoted to make him a safe ally not because he was a suitable candidate.

  
  
• [5] Robert from Bronx November 12, 2007 - 12:49PM

  Mr. Harvey mentioned his recommendation that Interstate not be approved due to its alleged connections with organized crime ('career criminals'). Wouldn't the discovery that they had , in essence, bribed a public official to the tune of about $200,000 be as significant, or more so? Also, based on a quick scan of some old news items, I see Raymond Casey popping up. Is Ray Casey (a) Guiliani's cousin (b) involved in some of the negotiations *and* (c) investigating Kerik ?

  Cripes.