New York Post-May 9, 2000
THE COMING OUT OF GIULIANI
By Dick Morris
IT has something to do with the pot not being able to call the
kettle black, but Rudy's understandable "friendship" with Judith
Nathan won't hurt his Senate race one bit. Of all people in the
universe, Hillary Clinton cannot say "boo" about it. Hillary
will, very gratefully - and we hope gracefully - say that a
candidate's personal life and his or her spousal relationship is
not fair game in the Senate campaign.
Indeed, the developments of the past few weeks - cancer and love
- seem to be part of a process of "coming out" for Rudy the human
being. Suddenly, the tin man appears to be made of flesh, after
all. And may have a heart to boot!
More to the point, in the Senate battle, is the opening of the
advertising war - the real war - between Rudy and Hillary. It
appears that Rudy Giuliani is willing to do something his
opponent is not - admit to having a last name. The first lady's
ads, which say she is "more than a first lady," refer to her only
as Hillary, a rebranding which reminds one of Kentucky Fried
Chicken becoming KFC. So acute is her desire to distance herself
from her husband that she forgot her last name. Having started in
public life as Hillary Rodham and become Hillary Clinton after
her husband lost the governorship in 1980, she now is just
Hillary.
Her first commercial seeks to answer the question: What has
Hillary done aside from getting married? Her answer is
underwhelming. She cites her good work at the Children's Defense
Fund and her designation as one of America's top lawyers.
Suspiciously, she leaves out the major work of her public career
- the health-care reform debacle - and similarly omits the major
element of her legal career - the scandals at the Rose Law Firm.
Can Hillary really paint a portrait of her background that leaves
out health-care reform and the controversy over the Rose Law
Firm? Can she truly hope that we forgot her maiden - and sole -
foray onto the national stage on her own? Are we to be blind to
the obvious pitfalls in her judgment that the health-care story
indicates?
What of her demand for secrecy in developing the health-care
proposals? What about her desire to centralize control in the
government? How about her cavalier treatment of the patient's
right to choose a doctor? What does her willingness to raise
taxes to pay for her scheme say about her likely performance in
the Senate?
By contrast, Rudy's ad has quite a story to tell. It piles up a
list of his impressive accomplishments as mayor - 341,000 jobs
created, $2.4 billion in taxes cut, 510,000 welfare recipients
off the rolls, and crime still dropping. The contrast between
Rudy's achievements and Hillary's blank slate could not be more
dramatic.
Politicians undoubtedly wonder and worry what will happen if
Donna begins to bristle in public over the mayor's conduct. If
she does object to Rudy's behavior in public, she may overstay
her welcome in our hearts. New Yorkers never really liked Donna
Hanover much to begin with. She seemed too eager to trade on her
husband's job and fame in her own career. When she refused to say
whether she voted for Rudy for mayor, we all squirmed a bit in
our seats.
Indeed, if Donna begins to object in public to her husband's
relationships, she may even become a metaphor for Hillary,
herself. The public will easily recognize where else it has seen
a wife withdraw from her husband's company while she trades on
his name and his power. We will remember another instance in
which a woman played the scorned wife to perfection to amass
public sympathy. We'll recall how that other woman used that
outpouring of concern as a springboard to advance her career.
Donna and Hillary have too much in common for the first lady of
the city to make an issue of her husband's friendships.
For Rudy, the problem has always been different. Giuliani has
always seemed too perfect, too self-satisfied, too aloof, too
Rudy. Now his body and his heart seem vulnerable, open, human.
His personal and medical difficulties catalyze our empathy in a
way his competence and aggression never did. He seems to need us
now, and we feel it. His pain, uncertainty, doubt, and even his
loneliness strike resonant chords in our hearts and souls.
Politicians grow from adversity just like other people do. FDR's
polio, JFK's Addison's Disease, LBJ's heart attack, Reagan's
almost assassination - all made us reach out to men who were
otherwise high and mighty. Their public record reflects that
their reactions to adversity were seminal in their growth and
maturity as political leaders and as men. So it will be with
Rudy.
If, in his illness, pain and worry, he finds an empty Gracie
Mansion too difficult to come home to, especially when the
Yankees aren't playing, we will all understand. Perhaps Donna
will, too.
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