Earlier this year, as his presidential campaign was just getting off the ground, Rudy Giuliani needed a far-right senator, preferably from the South, who could give his campaign a boost. Such a person could help bolster Giuliani’s conservative bona fides, prove that he could garner institutional support on McCain’s turf, and point to Giuliani’s potential appeal in the region where he’s weakest.<\/p>\n
Just such a person stepped up: Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), the same family-values conservative\/adulterer<\/a> who once argued that an extra-marital affair is grounds for resignation<\/a>. As of yesterday, Vitter was not only Giuliani’s top Senate backer, he was also the regional chairman of Giuliani’s campaign.<\/p>\n Now, is Giuliani responsible for Vitter’s immoral hypocrisy? Of course not. There’s no way one serial adulterer could know about another serial adulterer’s private affairs.<\/p>\n That said, I can’t help but notice that the former NYC mayor has had some remarkably bad luck picking his friends: * Thomas Ravenel<\/a>, the chairman of Giuliani’s presidential campaign in South Carolina, was indicted on cocaine distribution charges.<\/p>\n
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\n* Giuliani inexplicably backed Bernie Kerik<\/a>, and made him the city’s police commissioner, after<\/i> he’d been briefed on Kerik’s organized crime connections<\/a>.<\/p>\n