Interesting article on the various conflicts of interest between Rudy Giuliani, Fox News, and Saudi Arabia.

Turns out that Giuliani’s PR firm not only got a lot of money from News Corp, but also represents the government of Saudi Arabia. I don’t buy into conspiracy theories, so I don’t think anyone at Fox consciously created the Giuliani-Paul confrontation. But you’d think such an obvious conflict would have been disclosed.

As for Saudi Arabia, seems odd that a man who got paid to help improve the image of the country that produced 16 of the 19 September 11 hijackers, and that continues to fund, foster, and protect hateful anti-west, anti-liberal propaganda within its borders, would have the gall to lecture Ron Paul about his war on terror bona fides. Someone needs to ask Giuliani about his representation of the Saudi government in the next debate.

Like Gene (see below), I lost a hell of a lot of respect for Giuliani after that exchange. I always knew he was a bastard on civil liberties issues. But I thought he at least had some integrity.

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