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Rudy – the Yankee flipper!

Booo! Throw da bum out!

Red coat – turn coat!

Never again can he enter the hallowed
ground of Yankee Stadium!

The curse be upon him and his campiagn, now!

Never trust a goul!

Get a life, uh... I meant a wife, oh
I forgot you already have done that several times!

Your treachery will never be forgotton
by this town!

Cry in your beer, now Rudy every time you hear the song "New York, New York"
the closest you can ever get, now to a Yankee game is you television set.

How sad, how sad... you bad, bad boy,
you had better go to confession now
and ask forgiveness for your infidelities, if you can find a priest
willing to hear them.

You traitor!!!

I don't know which one is worst Rudy's pandering or Hillary can't decide between two teams. Both of them are weasals.

What do you expect from an unethical

and unprincipled old guy ?

Rudy should be banned from Yankee Stadium. Please fire Randy Levine.

Im a big baseball fan ,and i played Baseball,I like the Detroit tigers,so am i going to support the red sox.no i will watch and not support either team may the best team win.you dont do that in BaseBall..flip flopper you lost your Yankee votes YIPPEEEEEEE..you just do not make it known you switched from NYC to Mass.you must have money on em.hes weird.

sorry, meant "Principle"

Yankee fans should ALWAYS cheer against the Red Sox.

Red Sox fans should ALWAYS cheer against the Yankee's. It's the natural world order of things. Just as you'll never see cats and mice partying together, Sox & Yanks fans should never root for the other. Giuliani is a trader and a sell-out! He's willing to sell out his fan-dom and soul for Red Sox fans votes, what a schill (not schilling).

I'm a life-long Yankee fan and always will be, through good & bad. And will always want the worst for the Red Sox as they should for the Bx Bombers.

I'm not republican nor live in NY, but if I was I wouldn't vote for him. What will he flip-flop and sell out on next.

And you Red Sox fans, we Yankee fans have nothing to be jealous of. We have the championships, storied history, greatest historic players. Sox fans are the ones with the inferiority complex and cheer "Yankee's suck" over and over and labeled the Yanks the "evil empire" – grow up. You're good now, congrats, but it took over 80 years to win.

Yank & Sox fans (and New Yorkers & New Englanders) should not vote for Rudy just on principal. First he dogs his 1st wife, now this, what a bum!!

I admire Rudy for telling the truth instead of kissing butt. We need a lot more of that in this country. It doesn't matter one little bit what team he's routing for.

Who really cares? I don't care who a future presidents favorite sports team is, and neither should you.

I can't believe some of you "Bandwagon Yankees" fans saying you are going to root for the Red Sox....A true Yankee fan would NEVER root for the Red Sox regardless of who the National League team is...Now go support your Rudy Fooliani and stop calling yourself "Yankees fans"!

Everyone is reading into this way too much. I can't even believe the I posted a comment, but c'mon, listen to yourselves!! I'm a Sox fan, always have been and always will be. So, who cares what he wants. It's what's GOING TO HAPPEN that matters...

Well the rudest comment by a true politician and no Yankee fan thats for sure!! He just lost N.Y. and most of the Florida transplants from N.Y.

I even know Italian New Yorkers who have now flushed him – What a phony baloney Pol.

Backing Boston are you kidding me!
Is he going to go for the photo opp
during the series wearing a Boston cap!

The man certainly can not be trusted!
What a disappointment!

As a native Bostonian, I would never, ever, ever, ever, ever root, wish luck or even have a decent thought for the New York Yankees. Rudy is a PHONY.

Well, I wonder where he got that statement? Can you say O'Reilly from Faux news? Did you take that vertabim from his comments? Get some original material please

I can't say whether what O'R says is true or not, since he basically recites GOP talking points and shouts down anybody who dares challange him. Maybe Faux news should provide something other that Rupert Murdoch's Fox News/NY Post conservative slant? "Fair and Balanced" is a load of crap and they know it.

Posted By Al, NY NY : October 24, 2007 12:32 pm

He everybody Al from New York has a new and original saying to make fun of the most watched news organization by a mile in cable news, get this, Faux news.

That is an absolute riot, hey I got one, Faux noise as in noise of liberals and Conservatives actually sitting down together and talking about a given subject.

Those biased bastards, how dare they have conservatives on together with liberals on ALL of their shows spewing multiple opinions on multiple topics.

I want my news from one source, that MSNBC is good with that highly watched and unbiased Keith Olbermann, he says one thing and has two "parrots" on that agree with everything he says.

Yep, that's how I like making my decisions, one viewpoint, one thought process and one mindset, like the old days.

Faux news, good stuff.

East Coast Bias!

Rudy FLIP-FLOPS even on the Yankees!

When he is in Cleveland, he will be telling the voters "how disappointed that the Indians did not go all the way!"

There is nothing real about this guy, yet so-called "Conservatives" are selling out to him. Sad.

Please, all republicans vote for Rudy and let him be your nominee. We would love to have a general election between Hillary/Obama/Edwards vs Guliani. We need Guliani and no one else. If Ron Paul is elected, then and then Democrats will loose for sure!

Traitor? That would be Johnny Damon.

He flips teams just like he flip flops on political views. Check out Tom Tancredo for President. He has kept the same views for many years now. God Bless America! http://www.teamtancredo.com

Guiliani is such a flip-flopper!! How dare he change his position after we have endorsed him!

It means you're the king of the Shoc nation. But in this case it also means you'll never be addressed as "Mr. President"

US Electoral Votes; MA – 12, CO – 8. Hmmmmmm?

SHOCKING! I'm shocked. Shocked beyond belief. Incredibly shocking. This is completely shocking.

What does "shocking" mean?

As a Cleveland Indians fan, am I not allowed to root for one team or the other in the World Series? Maybe I'm missing something, but if your team doesn't make it to the series are you not allowed to pick sides? If the World Series was between the Yankees and the Red Sox, then I would hope that the former mayor would support the home team.

As a Yankee fan since birth, I am appalled that a so called "fan" would back the Red Sox. There are certain constants in life: the sun rising each morning, the stars in the sky and the Yankees rooting AGAINST the Red Sox! Check the fan book, Giuliani, it's against our Yankee laws to root for the Red Sox!

this is a total joke – with all the problems we are facing domestically and internationally (with Iraq front & center) WHO CARES what baseball team Giuliani endorses?

more non-news being put out to hide the real issues...

what a flip flopper!

I'd sooner back the Afghani Airline Pilots National Softball Team than the Red Sox. Good One rudy.

Ps. Your pre 9-11 approval rating was 36% Rudy.

And Republicans call Clinton a phoney!

Is Giuliani a stupid or just inexperienced politician?

Rudy's on his back for votes!He doesn't care who he has to screw to get elected.Chris from Conn. and all you other naive Rudy supporters had better wake up to this rat before your working on your back for him.

Forget his baseball allegiance(s). This guy is a dangerous hack–dangerous because of his inconsistency and unpredictability (here is New York, we already have one guy like that–Spitzer)...Gotta go, my wife is on the phone.

Rudy backs the American league representative? Good thing Cleveland didn't win then. The Democrats would have called him unsympathetic to Native Americans. Politics! What a joke until they get their retirement!

What is he doing?! That would be like an elected official from Ann Arbor backing Ohio State in the National Championship. Although what matters most is where one stands on the issues, I'm sure people will latch onto this and use it as a reason not to back him.

He lost my vote a long time ago with the fact that he thinks we should not only be allowed to sanction illegal immigrants, but with the fact that he doesnt believe in gay marriages. I am not gay but I do believe that in this country we should be allowed to choose our happiness and just because it is not the same as the majority of people should not make it wrong. But now he has decided to do soemthing that anyone that calls themselves a true Yankees fan would never do and back Boston. Yeah I hope he doesnt win anything for now on.

As a Pittsburgh Steeler fan, I would back the Browns, Ravens, and/or Bengals if they were in the playoffs and the Steelers weren't.

Yank fans, Get off Rudy's back...

As a lifelong New Yorker I can honestly say I don't care at all about the Yankees or the Mets. I don't care about sports. But I do care about politics, and this is just an example of the opportunism of Mr. Giuliani. It's a tiny example of what America could expect from this lowlife.

only use Tom V please

It should come to no ones surprise that Guiliani is a sleazy politician first and a Yankee fan second.

Who cares who Giuliani is rooting for and what does it have to do with his ability or lack thereof to be President. The World Series is NOT a political issue AND there will be another one before the 2008 elections. Should we start worrrying about who he's rooting for next year? Get with the program Mr & Mrs America.

With all the required info I would like on a candidate in order to decide if I should vote for him to lead the most powerful country in the world... His choice of which team he wants to win the World Series is about the most useless bit of information that a candidtae can possibly provide.

Can the world leader of news CNN explain why this is important?

Jeez, anybody who thinks this story matters to sports, the Yankees, the Red Sox, the Rockies, or anyone else needs to move on to the next story.

A word to all Yankees fans who cheerf against the Red Sox in the Series. Why waste your precious time and energy? When the Yankees are in the Series, I just turn it off.

PS The Rockies came out of nowhere and all of a sudden. Meanwhile, the Sox have had the best record in baseball all season long. Soon the Rockies will return to where they came from...nowhere. Go Sox!

For all of you that have commented that this was "a slow news day", "this isn't real news", "who cares", etc. Obviously, you all do or you wouldn't have read the article nor would you have commented on it. No, it's not headline news but it isn't meant to be; that's why it is in the Political Ticker section not on the front page. This article shows the true Rudy, someone who changes his mind at will in order to win votes. Can you really believe what he has to say (well, probably no more or less than we should believe any politician)?

To think that because we're reading this article, we're not caring about the people in California is ridiculous. You are comparing apples and oranges.

Anyone who is a true Yankees fan or Red Sox fan or true fan of any team, you would understand why Rudy's comments are insulting.

Dear Tom from Deham,

The Yankees last home game this season was on October 8th, Please be more accurate with your jokes. Also everyone knows that the territory Red Sox Nation is akin to The Peoples Temple of California, you drink the KoolAid and lose your better judgment. It's ok Rudy, it could have happened to anyone.

Rudi seems to be a "flip – flopper."

Giuliani's vapid comments are insignificant. We're in the middle of a war and there's a state of emergency in southern California. Baseball is a game, that's it.

Oh, now that was bright ((sigh)). "Always back the team in the Yankees' league..." ?? That's about as skewed logic as Bush's. That's the first similarity I've ever seen between Giuliani (who has a brain) and Bush (who doesn't).

I'm frightened.

I agree with Rudy on this one

I have been a Yankee fan all my life but I respect the Red Sox and their manager and hope they win this year

I'm a Yankees fan, but I can understand that he backs the American League team. Rudy saved my town, that's all I know. My garbage carting rate fell 50% when Rudy quashed the Mob strong hold on waste management. No surprise he was our hero on 9/11.

Seriously, who cares?? How is this news? With so many more important things we should be concerned about, how is it possible that the media believes that this is even remotely news worthy??? This is yet another way to get people to stop focusing on things like the illegal war in iraq, the lack of health care coverage in the US, global warming, etc., and instead focus on insignificant things like this. Don't feed the monster!! WAKE UP!! YOUR WORLD IS FALLING APART! WHEN IT ALL GOES TO HELL WILL YOU THINK BACK TO WHAT TEAM THIS GUY BACKED IN THE WORLD SERIES??

Why can't he just say he's rooting for no one because his team isn't in the World Series? Why come here and pander and look like more of an idiot and a flip-flopper. At least the guy has shown his true colors. It makes you wonder what else he'll say just to get the vote.

Hey look everybody, now he's the Mayor of 9/11 and the Red Sox.

As a Rockies fan all I have to say is you can have this loser Red Sox fans. We don't need a cross-dressing, 9/11 exploiting, bandwagon jumping idiot like Rudy.

I love the people on this blog with the "slow news day?" comments. One short blurb on the political blog (not even a real story, just a blog entry) and apparently this implies that CNN places the same weight on the story as it does on the California fires.

I also like the people who want to blame CNN for Americans' choices on what is and what is not important. Do I think what baseball team a man roots for has any bearing on his ability or competence to govern? No. But Americans don't vote for candidates on their merits. They vote based on polls, rhetoric, vague whims, and the like.

Based on the suspect quality of the arguments made by many of the commenters on this post, it seems like that the undereducation at the root of our poor collective judgment is alive and well.

Rudy Giuliani is the Kevin Millar of American Politics.

Go throw out the first pitch and give a stump speech on the FOX pre-game show, Rude! You'll still be on a team that's not going to win!

Unbelievable! I have always wondered why the Firefighters in NYC hate Giuliani so much. Now it's all coming into focus!

Forty-six million Americans without healthcare, 11 million undocumented immigrants in the country, half the state of California on fire and 4,000+ American soldiers dead in Iraq, and Rudy Giuliani's pick to win the World Series is what everyone's talking about? To make matters worse, his opponents have used hizzoner's sudden love for the Sox to paint him a flip-flopper. The lot of these candidates, Democrats and Republicans, are acting like juveniles. What does it say about the state of this nation's political system when student council candidates act and speak with more maturity than presidential hopefuls? As Ross Perot once said, "That's just sad."

The current moron occupying the office had votes cast/stolen for him in 2000 and 2004 because he looked good in a cowboy hat and would be more fun to have a beer with than Al Gore. Look what a great choice that was, uh! Now people will vote based on what baseball team a candidate roots for? How about we vote for a candidate that wants to end this illegal war, or wants to end suffering at home, or wants to provide health care to children, or who believes in stem cell research to cure debilitating diseases, or who wants to rid the country of the albatross of a debt created by this cowboy hat wearing, beer drinking moron. Whadda think?

What is wrong with him backing the Boston, it is closer to home than Colorado, get over the Yankees lost. It is just a game.

Rudy is an idiot. He "was" beloved in NYC, and now this ? As part of Yankee Nation, you simply cant make this statment. If Rudy dares ever show is face in the Shrine in the Bronx again, he will get booed mercilessly. Go F yourself Rudy...F the Scum Sawx. Go Rockies !!

There is political poandering and unforgiveable sin. Giuliani's support of the red sox falls into the latter category. No true yankees fan would ever support the red sox. His whole character, if not in question before, should be now.

Seriously? This is what CNN calls news? Makes me almost want to go back to Fox News. Almost.

Don, I think 'Mark' was being completely serious and is just from so far out in the sticks that he's never heard the word 'alien' applied to someone from another country.
My home county fills up with legal aliens every summer; nice people mostly, but they can't drive worth okra. By next month they'll all be back home again, and next year they'll be back. I think flying saucers are bringing them.

Rudy (or should I say, Judas),

You just lost my vote!

Signed,

Irate Yankee Fan.

SO WHAT! HE'S FOR AN AMERICAN LEAGUE TEAM, HEAVEN HELP HIM IF HE SAID HE WAS FOR THE COLORADO ROCKIES. REPORT ON SOMETHING THAT REALLY MATTERS, LIKE WHAT BRITNEY SPEARS IS DOING TODAY!!!

Anybody over the age of 12 who cares deeply about the result of any pro sporting event, more than 5 minutes after it's over, needs to have his or her head examined. I don't mind at all that Giuliani is rooting for the Red Sox, it means zilch to me.

This just shows all of America what a two faced, flip flopping a-hole Giuliani really is. Don't forget, on Sept. 10, 2001 Giuliani could never have been elected DOG-Catcher in NYC he was hated so much. No true, blue-blodded Yankee fan would EVER even consider rooting for the F-in Sawx.

And this deserves a headline why? Who cares who he roots for. I have seen him at Shea Stadium rooting for The Mets.

What does this have to do with him running for President? I have seen Senator Clinton wearing a Yankee Hat, but she says she is a Cubs fan. Again Who Cares?

To each and every person, including those in the media who think this is a story...

Get a life. ZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzz

Get over it New York! I am from Philadelphia and always back the National League team when the Phillies lose out, which is most of the time.

There are a lot of people out here that don't care one itsy bit about sports.....and certainly won't elect a president based on a baseball team.

Giuliani has just some more vote from his home state (NY) voters.

Is he a stupid politician or an inexperienced politician? I guess both.

Why Giuliani Was Booed At Yankee Stadium
by davefromqueens
Wed Oct 10, 2007 at 07:55:30 AM PDT
Talk about blowback.

For years, George Steinbreener and right wing nutcases running the New York Yankees have subtly and overtly attempted to turn a nonpolitical sporting event such as watching a baseball game at Yankees stadium into a 1930s style German propaganda event to promote right wing politicians, right wing views on religion, and right wing views on Iraq. It's no longer take me out to the ballgame and as a Yankee fan, I find it disgusting.

The most frequent use of mixing politics and baseball at Yankee stadium is Steinbrenner's promotion of right wing extremist Rudy Giuliani. Giuliani gets a front row, unimpeded view of Yankee games because these seats are given to him by Steinbrenner. Then Yankee stadium officials and the networks try to plaster Rudy Giuliani's face all over the big screen and the television. This amounts to millions of dollars of free advertising, something quite beneficial when you are running for President.

But Steinbrenner overplayed his hand. Giuliani got roundly booed at Yankee Stadium and this will play out on the campaign trail.

davefromqueens's diary :: ::
From this day forward, EVERY person running against Rudy Giuliani can point out how most people at Yankee Stadium resoundedly booed Rudy Giuliani. If you are Joe Six Pack or Jane Housewife going about your daily life in Missouri, you are smart enough to realize that if the people at Yankee Stadium are booing Rudy Giuliani, they must know something that the media isn't telling you. After 3 more seconds of thought, Joe Six Pack and Jane Housewife make the connection that Rudy Giuliani is not a 9/11 Hero but that he did some awful things regarding 9/11. And even if Joe Six Pack or Jane Housewife agree with Rudy Giuliani 95% of the time, Giuliani just lost their vote, even if he attains the general nomination and faces Hillary Clinton.

The people of New York City booed Rudy Giuliani because they know what a scumbag he truly is. Giuliani couldn't get elected dogcatcher in New York City today unless the only other candidate running was named Michael Vick.

The people of New York City know about Giuliani's command center, the defective firefighter radio equipment, Bernard third grade detective Kerik, his phony crime statistics, his lousy education policies, his tax increases on the middle class combined with tax cuts and welfare for the top 1%, Thomas Von Essen, Judy Nathan, his defense of Abner Louima's torturers, his attempt to close down a museum over one painting, his mistreatment of Donna Hanover and their two children, Amadou Diallo, Patrick Dorismond, his halting of rescue and recovery at 9/11 on behalf of a contractor, his 2004 GOP Convention speech, his cheerleading of Bush, his silence about Osama Bin Laden, his exploitation of the 9/11 tragedy, his avaricious attempts to profit from the tragedy, his raiding of the widow's victim funds for his cronies, his business links to many of the same groups that he calls terrorists, etc...

The people most affected by 9/11 (in terms of numbers) are the people of New York City (and our surrounding suburbs). The pain of that horrific day still lives inside of me as it does most New Yorkers. If you ever want to see righteous anger, all you have to do is be a politician (Democratic or Republican) who would exploit this tragedy for personal purposes while giving a big FU to the city of New York. (Example – I and many others REFUSED to vote for Mark Green when he ran an exploitive commercial of 9/11 just weeks after the tragedy. This issue goes way beyond party labels.)

Rudy Giuliani is that exploitive politician ten times over. It's why he got booed louder than any person at Yankee Stadium since Ed Whitson.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/10/10/105530/63

He just lost my vote, seriously. Stick to your guns Rudy, and stick to your Yanks. Prayers go out to SoCal.....

Who really cares? Both the Red Sox and Yanks stink anyway.

It's true though...these people in California are homeless and people are talking about this crap. Unreal!

Unbelievable. Obviously, if the Yanks were in the series Guliani would be behind them. It's a freakin' baseball game – why is everyone making such a big deal about this? Can't anyone find any real news???

Maybe Rudy just knows when to root for the better team. I'm a die-hard Sox fan, my dad has been a Yankees fan his entire life. While he is originally from MA, my dad has lived in CO since 1984 and will NEVER root for a CO sports team. My dad hopes Boston whips the Rockies. So YES, there are true Yankee fans out there who are managing to squeak out "Go Red Sox!".

A liberal backs a team from Massachusetts?

C'mon – - we are all NOT liberals here!

Proud conservative – GO RED SOX!!!!!!!!!!

Posted By Kimberly – Foxboro, MA. : October 24, 2007 12:29 pm

Make that two of us Kimberly and just like you, totally proud of NOT voting these losers in year after year that have ruined this state and they have made it UNAFFORDABLE.

It's just baseball. Not a tragedy, travesty, or anything that will change the world. Get over it!

We are note surprised he'ld abandon NY the first chance he could...he knows he will lost NY's electoral votes to the Dem. nominee in the general election...and hence the WH.

Who cares? This has nothing to do w/ the election! This kind of info should be in the sports section, not the political ticker. How are we, the American people, supposed to become educated on candidates' positions when all we hear about is how much money someone, what color tie they are wearing, or what team they're rooting for? Read through this...there's nothing to help any of us decide who could best lead the country. Is it any wonder why our "elected leader" for the past 7 years is an idiot? It really has become a game, hasn't it?

Mark J, Chicago IL

I know liberals such as yourself want to use the terms "undocumented" or "illegal immigrant" but that is not the truth. They are illegal aliens. #1 Undocumented implies something happened during the process and is somehow America is at fault. And since these criminials did not bother using the legal immigration process, they do not have the right to call themselves "immigrants" illegal or otherwise. Would you instead prefer we instead use the word "Unlawful Trespassers?" I have 4 brothers and I am not asked to pay for their education, healthcare, and offer other free services to them but you expect me to pay for all the world's brothers & sisters who want to come here and live off the backs of tax payers.

As a Yankee fan I'm very disappointed in him. He's lost my vote!

Gee.....the North American Series (I hate to say "World series" because the US and Canada are the only ones playing the game at "that level" anyways)
There are only 2 teams playing, The Red Sox and whoever else......I don't follow baseball anyways. But a person needs to choose between 2 teams to cheer for. Boston is close to NYC anyways. The Yankees are out of it, right? Leave the man alone and allow him to cheer for whoever he wants.

Hey Artie Lange said the same thing the other day. Can't be a much bigger Yankee fan than Artie.

Some people just hate the NL. Truthfully its a weaker league anyway.

And I'll take all the support I can get.

Although, I would root for Al Qaeda if the Yankees were playing them in the World Series!

Dear Rudy,

The Mets are a National League franchise.

Love,
Willard

He's got an 'al-Qaeda' baseball cap, too!

You cant be a true Yankee fan and support the Red Sox! I would be more impressed if he said he wanted any team team to win over the Red Sox! TRUE BLUE!

NAFTA Superhighway has Giuliani as key player

http://www dot renewamerica.us/columns/grassi/070504

At the center of negotiations for multiple legs of the Superhighway Corridor throughout Texas, is none other than Rudolph Giuliani's law firm which landed the Comprehensive Development Agreement for a widening of Interstate-35, now referred to as the TTC-35, in addition to the Master Development Plans for State Highways 121 and 130 among other legs of the TTC. All negotiations for Cintra were and are presently handled by the law firm, Bracewell & Giuliani, LLP, of which Republican Presidential candidate, Rudolph Giuliani, has been a senior executive partner since March 2005. His law firm is the exclusive legal counsel for Cintra. Bracewell & Giuliani is comprised of 400 attorneys, based in Houston, TX with offices in New York City, Washington, D.C., London and Kazakhstan

Cintra joined with San Antonio, TX-based Zachry Construction Corp. to help land the contracts, in which Zachry owns a 20% interest. The Cintra-Zachry proposal for TTC-35 includes a private investment of up to $6 billion in upfront payments for the complete construction, design and operation of a 316-mile toll road between Dallas and San Antonio, giving Cintra the right to set tolls and keep toll road profits for a period of 50 years, as it will for each road it has contracted.

The NAFTA Superhighway and its corridors will run from Southwestern Mexico through Laredo, Austin and Dallas, TX, into Kansas City, KA, serving as an inland customs port. The corridor will split in Kansas with one leg going to Winnipeg, Canada through Omaha, NE. The other leg goes to Toronto, Canada through Des Moines, IA, Chicago, IL and Detroit, MI.

What does this kind of news have to do with our country's future and Politics besides the media trying to make one canidate more popular than the other through sports.

It is nice to see that Rudy has seen the errors of his ways and come over from the "Evil Empire" to the good guys!!

I don't pay attention to baseball, as I personally find the sport boring. But I'm a big football fan, and I know how rivalries work. Boo to Giuliani.

"He said that, as an American League fan, he always backs the team from the Yankees’ league."

Really Rudy? And if you were still in office in NYC, and the Mets hadn't collapsed this year and were now in the Series with Boston, you would still be backing the Sox? Really Rudy?

OOPS, I MEANT RED SOX, NOT "RED SOCKS",sorry, do not want to appear
STUPID!

So did Giuliani support Boston a few years ago when Boston won the World Series? Oops...it wasn't an election year for him, was it? But he needs New Hampshire now. Pathetic.

Next spring, when Rudy shows up at Yankee stadium, I hope the YES network remembers this betrayal and does not show him on TV falsely supporting the Yankees. YES needs to treat Rudy like a nude streaker...never on camera and an embarassment to Yankees baseball.

He just lost my vote, For shame Rudy.

this from "therealist"
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This is news to CNN. Evidently Lieutenant Murphy is not ready for primetime on CNN. Or is it the other way around??

Please stop insulting the American people by saying you are behind the troops when you ignore their heroism. CNN can't get enough of negative war zone stories. They run them all day long. And you ignore, ignore a Medal of Honor winner? Awful.

On their primetime broadcast last night, CNN just said no to Lieutenant Michael Murphy and his proud family. And then run this post as the lead the next morning. There is no excuse.

Posted By therealist : October 24, 2007 11:08 am
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Well, I wonder where he got that statement? Can you say O'Reilly from Faux news? Did you take that vertabim from his comments? Get some original material please

I can't say whether what O'R says is true or not, since he basically recites GOP talking points and shouts down anybody who dares challange him. Maybe Faux news should provide something other that Rupert Murdoch's Fox News/NY Post conservative slant? "Fair and Balanced" is a load of crap and they know it.

Back to the topic about Ghoul and his baseball picks, who the h- cares?

I wonder if we have enough food for the future? In reality, food is the most important thing, not DVDs, sports, or cars. We'll all die without food. I wonder how much food supply we have?

Giuliani married his cousin – that'll earn him "style points" in the South, where it's a tradition to "keep it in the family!"

A liberal backs a team from Massachusetts?

C'mon – - we are all NOT liberals here!

Proud conservative – GO RED SOX!!!!!!!!!!

I hate to tell ya, Ryan Indianapolis, but Rudy Giuliani is a monkeyboy republican like you. LETS GO RED SOX!

His support of the Yankees was Rudy's one endearing quality. Can't trust any politician – especially one who isn't even loyal enough to root against his "favorite" team's top rival.

I suppose it isn't all that shocking considering the way he treated the NYC fire fighters after 9/11.

A true baseball fan would root for the Rockies because they represent what is right with baseball. The Yankees and Red Sox and their respective payroll represent what is wrong with baseball and why few outside of the big spending markets are even following the game anymore.

What a waste of time, there are more important things happening in this world, than
Rudy picking the Red Socks!
What is the big deal you lefties are really pathetic, shows how stupid you are

That's crap, Rudy! You NEVER, EVER cheer for the Red Sox! If the Red Sox played the Taliban, I'd cheer for the Taliban! Rudy, get it together and leave Boston before you start asking for chow-dah! Go Rockies! Go ANYONE who plays the Red Sox!

Of course Giuliani backs the Sed Sox... they comprise a larger constituency than Rockies fans.
It's all about the votes, baby!

Maybe he'll back a Democrat, too. Who knows where this might go?

I hope Rudy enjoys being the President of the Red Sox fan club because he will never get my vote.I hope he never sets foot in the White House.
GO ROCKIES!!!!

This blog is a joke but Go Rockies!!! By the way, Mr. Guliani, Colorado is trending BLUE And I hope YOU lose big-time in Colorado if you are the Republican nominee!!

Boo Giuliani and the Red Sox Nation.

This guy would sell his mother to get the top job,let alone his kids..lol

ANYBODY from New York knows this is nothing but pure political pandering. A Yankee fan wouldn't root for the Red Sox if they were playing al Qaeda in the World Series!!!!

A MAN THAT CHEATS ON HIS WIFE, CHEATS ON HIS BASEBALL TEAM, WILL CHEAT ON HIS COUNTRY !!!!!

AMERCIAS "MAYOR" SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF HIMSELF.

BAN HIM FROM NEW YORK, BAN HIM FROM YANKEE STADIUM.

DISGRACEFUL DISGRACEFUL BEHAVIOR.

Mark,
The word 'alien' does not mean a monster from another planet. It means someone who is not from here. I am from Texas. If I visited Montana, I'd be an alien there.

I know that, and I graduated from the public schools. Everyone should know that.

I can see the reasons why some people might think that this is not the news worth telling but i would have to disagree. Giuliani is one of the few republicans who has the chance of winning the bid for the white house so anything he says publicly is worth listening to because it might reveal his true(er) character. These kind of statements are consistent with his debate speeches and public appearances. His views seem to change from one week to another but its hard to follow and pick up on them. This is not about sports but about him and his character. No true yankees fan (as he claimed he is) would cheer for Red Sox .

I read this blog because I thought it was a joke. After all, can anyone REALLY care what politician supports which baseball corporation's profits? Of course, I've never understood why anyone wants to watch a bunch of undereducated millionaires fleece the suckers in the audience, but I've come to accept it.

Has anyone ever recorded a baseball game and then cut out the parts where the ball wasn't in play? I doubt if the final cut would run for more than ten minutes.

You guys need to find something to do.

So much for all those shots of him in Yankee Stadium during the playoffs all these years post 9/11, eh?

No Yankee fan in their right mind would back Boston in the World Series. The rivalry goes back a long time and is beyond the AL. I would expect the same from Boston fans.

Go Rockies! (By default)

Peter, Easton PA "Illegal ALIEN"???? Being an american who been out to many countries, thats exactly kinda of mindset people dont appreciate all we do.

ALIEN, god sake, we are brothers from different countries, not species from different planets.

Ok, for all of those out there stating that this tid-bit should be covered in the Sports sections of America, you are wrong. BIG TIME WRONG. Baseball is widely agreed upon as the National Past-Time, and for baseball fans in New York, there's nothing more concretely jointed than politics and the sport. If they weren't joined at the hip, then Joe DiMaggio's marriage to Marilyn Monroe, who then went on to perform her Happy Birthday for President Kennedy, would never have been the scandal it was. But I digress.

The problem here is that, since his first day as mayor, Giuliani was always seen wearing the Yankee pinstripes-pictures of his son and him sitting by the Yankee dugout are as commonplace in NYC as a Starbucks on every corner. For him to abandon the Yankees in favor of the Red Sox is the proverbial stab to the back-to New Yorkers, it's worse than Brutus slaying Caesar in Rome.

A lot of New Yorkers do not like Giuliani, and when the media named him 'America's Mayor' after the 9/11 Attacks, it was tinged with bitterness. His support of the Red Sox now only solidifes the disingenuous Giuliani for what he really is- nothing more than an infomercial salesman pitching a product.

As a Yankee fan, and someone who has lived in the Metro-NY area from birth, I would never vote for Giuliani. It's not because he's rooting for the enemy, no-it's because, in doing so, he's sacrificed his roots, his heritage, his character, for the White House.

I don't want to vote for a guy (or gal) who sacrifices their beliefs for the presidency, who panders to varying societies, associations, groups, etc. just to buck some votes.

Rudy Giuliani sold his soul to the devil in cheering on the Sox, and he lost much more than he could have bargained for. Some say, 'It's just baseball,' but here, in New York, baseball is more than a game. It's life, it's the power that fuels the subways and it's been the People's Game since before any of these candidates were born.

Giuliani just struck out, big time.

I am now rolling in my grave....

NO Yankee fan would EVER root for the Red Sox, only a phoney like Rudy!!!

Until now this Bronx boy was torn betwenn the two evils: do I vote for the NY native Giuliani who promotes tax policies that hurt NY, or the outsider Clinton who swept in like a carpetbagger? My dilemma is over- if Mother Theresa herself rooted for the hated BoSox, I would have to vote against her. So long, Rudy, and don't let the screen door hit you on the way out.

Before the emotional metal of honor ceremony, Lieutenant Murphy's parents met with Bush and gave him a gold dog tag in tribute to their son.

Dan Murphy said, "What we were most touched by was that the president immediately put that on underneath his shirt, and when he made the presentation of the Medal of Honor, he wore that against his chest."

Now that's a great president.., and definitely not a man that finds death amuzing. CNN on the other hand must, as they seem to glorify only those types of reports from the war fronts.

LOL He definitely has no chance of winning New York if he wins the nomination now....He's a turncoat!

Wasn't Giuliani the same guy who made fun of Hillary on her team choices during the last Republican debate????

Hey Rudy, the kettle is calling you.....

I think it is ridiculous that he is being referred to as a traitor. Give me a break. He has every right to determine which team he wants to back and if it is a rival in the AL then that is the way it is. Lighten up! There are other bigger issues on the political forefront then worrying about what team wins the world series.

To Colorado Republicans:

If you really love your state, then don't go for Rudy if he wins the primary. Have your own opinion and don't fall into that FOX-Rush trap.

This is why Ruddy should be pres. He's smart enough to not let his OWN personal feelings get in the way of making a clear and obvious pick for a winner. I'm a die hard Yankees Fan, but even I have to addmit the clear advantage the BoSox have over the Rockies in every part of the game.

Maybe he's another believer turned monkey. Monkeys don't believe in anything. What difference does it make who a Monkey backs? Not politics, simply science: inbreds have no faith, love or honor – monkey see monkey do.

Well, he lost my vote! Come on! You call yourself a fan. You can be afan of the sport and love the game but a Yankees "fan", Giuliani, would NEVER back Boston, NEVER! Go YANKEES!

This is meaningless and not worthy of being on a "news" ticker.

Guiliani is not moderate, folks. He may have a few old NY liberal skeletons he can't shake (else he be pegged with the dreaded flip-flop), but he's a nightmare for the anti- Imperialism crowd...he wants more war, more fear, and the Neocons are coelescing around his camp, bigtime. And we all know how badly they want to fulfill their promise of the new Middle East. If you want more fear, more war (um, Iran) and more rampant anti-Americanism worldwide, then go with this guy. He is NOT liberal where it matters. He's our worst nightmare. That, and he looks like dracula sort of.

Why do some comments here reflect a disdain for this Political Ticker as NEWS? It's not trying to be the "Front Page," folks. It's the Political Ticker, and it seems to track all things campaign: great, small, in between. How could you compare the coverage of this to the coverage of the fire's in Cali. Go to the front page of the CNN website to see that. You come here knowing it's the Ticker. Don't complain about its irrelevance. It's annoying.

Why is anyone shocked? Giuliani has made it clear for years that he'd throw his mother on a bonfire if he thought it would get him a few more votes.

Rudy is Pro Abortion and Pro Life
Pro Gay marriages and against it
And a Yankee Fan and a Red Sox Fan.
Will he be Pro Hillary (She is a NY Senator) if he does not win the Republican nomination

as a true Yanks fan I cheer for two teams. the Yanks, and whoever is playing against the socks. doesn't really matter though i don't like Rudy anyway

It's Giuliani. Everyone should already know he's full of sh@#! He cozied up to Ralph Reed who just might be the most dangerous and corrupt supposed Christian in this country. As a Yankee fan who cares who Giuliani roots for. It will be a very sad day if he is chosen to run our country.

Rudy switches his team just like he has switched his wives. Not surprising at all! At least Hillary is sticking to the same husband. But, whatever Rudy does, either switching his positions, wives, teams, or affiliations, its okey with the republicans. They do not have mind of their own. Whatever, Carl Rove, Bush, or Fox tells them to do, they will follow like sheep.

He may have gained some votes in Boston but he has lost thousands in NY!
New York fans always support the team that is playing Boston, not the other way around. Disgusted.

This is news to CNN. Evidently Lieutenant Murphy is not ready for primetime on CNN. Or is it the other way around??

Please stop insulting the American people by saying you are behind the troops when you ignore their heroism. CNN can't get enough of negative war zone stories. They run them all day long. And you ignore, ignore a Medal of Honor winner? Awful.

On their primetime broadcast last night, CNN just said no to Lieutenant Michael Murphy and his proud family. And then run this post as the lead the next morning. There is no excuse.

Politician. Turncoat. Hoser.
Here's what's wrong with American politics in a microcosm: whenever its convenient, old allegiances and stands on principle (hah! an oxymoron, there) are unceremoniously dumped, so that someone can sidle up to a "winner."
McCain should have learned this long ago, too.
Glad to see all those photo-ops with Torre and the Yanks in Times Square and Yankee Stadium were so meaningful and heartfelt.
Next you'll see him endorse the Patriots over the Giants, Jets, Bills, Knicks, Rangers, and Islanders.
They'd put you on Mt. Rushmore Rudy, but there isn't room for two more faces.
America laughs at "America's mayor." Go away, before you cause further embarrassment...

I am so glad every other Social and Economic problem has been solved. Now we can finally turn to picking them apart by which team they will root for.
What Social Security problems?
What Health Care affordablity problem?
What offshoring problem?
What illegal alien problem?

I've heard MANY Yanks fans say they're pulling for the Sox to win (even Artie Lange, the biggest Yankee homer out there)....I think its more of the 'root for the AL' type of thing now with Yank fans

Just don't come to Colorado and expect open arms pal. This is enough to not get my vote.

During any given Yankees game since 9/11, a video of Giuliani, wearing a Yanks cap, is played, with him saying, "Let's go Yankees!"

This video must never be played in the Bronx again!

(As a Yanks fan, I say let's go ROCKIES!)

This isn't news and shame on CNN for even wasting time with this. Americans are really becoming the most ignorant people. We are basing election decisions on marital status, religeous beliefs or lack thereof, gender, age and now what sports team they prefer? How about just sticking to the important factors in this decision such as Rudy's unpopularity in NCY prior to 9-11 or his unending exploitation of the tragedy for his own personal and financial gain? or how about how both the NYC Fire Dept & Police Dept do not support him? Here's a thought. how about this time we DON'T vote for the guy we'd like to have a beer with and watch the game. How about we vote for a smart and capable person regardless of gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, etc..etc...

Well its not like he is gonna be president anyway. Plus whats the big deal? moving from being a fan of the evil empire to being a fan of the evil empire jr?

Soooo, does this mean we should vote for Rudy?

Hmmm...

Her Rudy, what the difference between a Fenway frank and a Yankee dog.....

You can still buy a Fenway frank in October.

We don't want you to root for us, you put in a good word for Torre and what good did that do?

They should have kept him and as a Sox fan I am glad they didn't.

How many hats does Hillary own, as I believe she has announced her allegiance to the Yankees, Mets and the Cubs etc, etc, etc.

originally i'm from colorado but have been a die hard yankee fan all my life. i wouldn't root for the red sox if they were playing a minor league team and i was being paid to watch. speaking of minor leagues that's ole rudy's campaign. waffle on that.

Don't do us any favors Gouliani, stay a Yankee's Fan. Oh ya, Ron Paul!!!!

I have been trying to defend Giuliani for a while because I like him. But this is really beyond any defense and makes me have to search for a better candidate.

No Yankees fan would EVER put a Red Sox Cap on, and vice versa. There is no justifiable reason for wearing the cap of rival team – even if that team is going for the World Series. It's not your team. If Rudy can't even stick to his ball team, I don't feel confident that he'll stick by his country. Two different issues, yes, but the same man in question at the heart of it.

Fellow Americans, it's time to find a new candidate. Rudy wanted to toss his hat into the ring, well, he tossed it all right.

It's a sad day when voters' support for a presidential candidate hinges on what sports team they root for rather than their policies.

Not a fan of Rudy (or any of the Republican candidates), but still silly.

Slow news day?

Amazing how this piece of non-news garbage has not only been placed in the wrong section (it should be in sports) but it has been moved up near the newest stories, if you pay attention, from an older spot. CNN intends to get squeeze the most reaction from this tactic, but it only reveals their poor production judgment and loose journalistic integrities.

Huh? Folks....as Republicans...if we don't run Giuliani...then we will be running one of many right wing candidates....and the world doesn't need the right...nor does it need the left...(or a socialist) -

So who is Hillary Clinton rooting for and will NY be upset when she weasels out of that?

Wait, she wants the Cubs to win, right?

Well, America. Noew you know why a vast majority of New Yorkers don't like Giuliani and never did. We had to put up with him for 8 years. Don't make the same mistake we did.

Wow, Guiliani flip flops on everything! Democrat turned republican, illegal immigrant supporter to not, and now Yankee fan to Red Sox fan?! Please, no real Yankee fan would root for the Sox or vice versa.

"He's the only moderate republican out there.
Posted By bob b : October 24, 2007 9:38 am"

He is NOT a moderate republican, STU-PID!!! HE is a EXTREME Liberal fli-flopping republican. Consider Mitt Romney, a REAL RED SOX fan!!!

Hey Matt from Chicago – let me guess, that bitterness comes only from a Cubs fan? Yes, and lest we forget, Mrs. Clinton hasn't been free of her fair share of sports indecisiveness. I've seen her on a few occasions wear a Yankees hat, then a Mets hat. That's heretical on a level far worse than the Yankees and Red Sox. hahaha

I would never back an "American League Fan" for president. Anyone who prefers AL ball clearly does not like to make tough decisions. Though considering the number of times he changes his wives/love interests depending on his life situation, he may be able to juggle a Bullpen. zing.

Being a Red Sox fan, this is stunning. It's practically in my DNA that I will never root for the Yankees under any circumstances. With Yankee fans, I'd imagine it's the same. He's simply swaying the voters in Massachusettes.

No real Yankee fan will root for Boston, thats like a Giant Fan rooting for the Deadskins or Dallas, Jet fan rooting for the Patriots, Met fan rooting for the Braves or Phillies. Just isn't done!

It would be good to have Giuliani as the Republican candidate. They would finally have someone not controlled by the religious right. They have totally fouled the world up. He's pro gay rigths pro choice and pro amnesty. He's the only moderate republican out there.

Women and their soap operas!
Men and their baseball teams!
I do not understand these obsessions.
At least watching soap operas keeps the women out of bars.

Does this mean the Yankees will vote for Mitt Romney?

He probably wasn't going to win New York or Massachusetts so that's a wash....but Colorado IS a red state and for awhile it was close in the polls back in 2004 before the PResident moved ahead and put it away. It IS a state that's trending blue so politically it may have been better if Mayor G was rooting for the Rockies. In that context even better if he was rooting for the Indians.

ZZZzzzzz...

This is a piece of non-news garbage. Baseball? Keep it to the sports section. The decision to put this into the political ticker is perfectly illustrative of CNN's poor production judgment.

Can't we all just get along? For the children.

Well, that's the clincher. The only negative against Rudy was his pick of baseball teams. Now that's gone. Go Red Sox! Go Rudy!

Like his wives, Giuliani is a completely different person today then he was in the past.

Well, that is news. Guiliani is rooting for the Red Sox?!?! I've never known a Red Sox fan to root for the Yankees in a World Series simply because they are from the American League. For instance, I know many Red Sox fans who rooted for the Marlins–a National League team–in 2003 against the Yankees.

In other words, either there is no fierce rivalry between the Yankees and Red Sox, and fans from both sides support the American League team in a World Series regardless, or Giuliani is just plandering to New Hampshire and Red Sox Nation voters.

I think the answer is pretty evident.

flip flopper Giuliani even changes sides on baseball, imagine his social stances.

As a New York Yankee fan who grew up watching my mayor at all of the home Yankee games in the Bronx, Rudy is a disappointment today. He always seemed to be so avid about the Yankees. Not today... His flip-flop tells everyone that he is just trying to get everyone in New England to warm up to him, even if he says otherwise.

Watch out all of you Rudy supporters; his flip-flop today could be preceding a whole bunch of more significant flip-flops in this race.

WHAT A FLIP FLOPPER! FIRST THE YANKEES AND NOW THE RED SOX!? This is without a doubt his defining moment in the campaign!

Of course I'm joking because this is such a non-issue, but the sad thing is stupid things like this sometimes do define a candidate.

That is really dissapointing. A real Yankee fan would never support the Boston. This just shows how fake this man is. This is a political motivated move because he knows there are a lot more Boston fans than Rockies fans out there.

His not a real Yankee fan just as his not a real Republican. Go Yanks!!!

Wow. I'm, like, totally surprised man... Here's a guy who used to tout his record of supporting abortion rights, illegal immigration amnesty, gay marriage and gun control and now touts his "conservative record", and we're supposed to be surprised that he's a got no real New York Yankee loyalty?

Throw him to the lions.

Indians spanked the Yanks

Well, he said he was honest.

Like Bush, every time I see this these two, I want to reach for my wallet to make sure it's still there and then I want to take a shower, both are slime-balls, but then again, I feel that way about most republicans, I mean, look at how many of them got busted for some type of crime over the past couple of years and this is suppose to be the party of the Christian right, kinda makes ya want to throw up and question Christianity. No wonder there's so many atheist today, they know to many so called Christians or should I say "hipocrites."

Only an idiot would put money on Boston in the World Series. Colorado is going to teach all you east coaster's a thing or two about the strength of the REAL America...the one that doesn't exist east of the Mississippi anymore.

Why should we care if one self-serving millionare perfers one particular group of self-serving millionares over
another group of self-serving millionares, while all three try to squeeze every last dime out of the country and its people...oh wait thats what politics is generally about

Support firefighters and teachers, not people who make absurd gobs of money playing a schoolyard game (and still cry for more...and then theres that whole illegal drugs thing...)and, sigh, yes, I know "its a business...free market..yadda yadda.." save your breath...)

or maybe Giuliani is the most fake, calculating, politician there ever was. I'm surprised he didn't manage to push a 9/11 reference in there, now theres a first.

Told you, he's a commy!

CNN! please get some more interesting stuff, Guliani is way too ugly.

He is a Red Sox weeany! Turncoat. He will lose both races.

As A Yankee fan and a Rudy backer, I can let this one slide.

While I'm rooting for Colorado myself (to the extent that I care, which is negligible) I feel similarly about rooting for the American League 9 times out of 10.

Boston is a great city. If I'd grown up there, I'd probably root for the Sox myself. It's cool.

BIG DEAL! What's wrong with Rudy being a Yankees fan but not being able to pick the Red Sox to win the World Series? Maybe based on his own assessments of the strengths and weaknesses of both teams, he determined that Sox was the better bet.

Mr Giuliani is just being coherent as a Yankee fan. Let's face it: in their inner souls Yankees love the Sox; they just can't stop picking them (Ruth, Boogs, Clemens, Damon).
By the way, Mr Giuliani, now definitely you have my vote.

HE'S WORSE THAN A FLIP-FLOPPER...HE'S THE R'S FRONT RUNNER..

What a moron!

What's the difference between a Yankee dog and a Fenway frank?

You can buy a Fenway Frank in October..........

His endorsement of Torre didn't work out to well did it (though the should have kept him)?

Hope it's not a pattern of bad luck here with the exception being the elections of course, sorry Chris from CT.

Should be a good series, Colorado is as hot as Obamas's wife (hee, hee).

oh sad. I am from colorado and we are going to win! Sorry you cant enjoy the wonderful celebration afterward Mr. G.

GO ROCKIES! (and broncos)

I like our next president – think he will do a great job! Giuliani 08!

As a Red Sox fan all I can say is God save us all. If Rudy is on our side can stupidity and ruinination be far behind?

Could he pander anymore! Could he change his positions just to get votes anymore! He's sickening!

The Cali fires are covered on the front pages of CNN, not on the political ticker.

A Liberal backs a team from Massachusetts .. is this really news?

Go Rockies!

I've never known a Yanks fan to back the Red Sox for any reason, particularly just because they're in the same league. He's a flip flopper.

What a coincidence – He's suddenly a Red Sox fan.

If he was speaking in Denver who do you think he'd be rooting for?

This is pandering 101. He passed the test.

What an unprincipled, pandering phony. As a true Yankees fan, I always root against the Red Sox no matter what. Geez, this guy changes the teams he roots for almost as easily as he changes wives!

Is this a slow... let me rephase... Is this a no-news day? I am sure those poor folk in Cali would beg to differ!