Giuliani's Firm is Ready for Bailout Business

Much like John McCain, Rudy Giuliani, who accompanied the presidential candidate on a campaign plane earlier today, is very interested in what happens with the government's bailout plan. That's because his law firm, Bracewell & Giuliani, is letting potential clients know it can best steer them--with its new Task Force-- to deal with the bailout. From the press release:

The Task Force will focus in particular on legislation, regulatory actions, enforcement matters and strategic communications to assist market participants in their efforts to navigate one of the most significant governmental actions in the history of the U.S. economy.

Commenting on the formation of the Bracewell Task Force, senior partner Rudy Giuliani said, "Our team of former government officials and experienced attorneys in the fields of legislation, enforcement and finance are equipped to guide institutions in this quickly evolving and complex environment." Mr. Giuliani noted that the Bracewell Task Force includes a former Comptroller of the Currency, a former Assistant Secretary of Legislative Affairs of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, former members of Congress from both political parties, former federal prosecutors, and former SEC enforcement attorneys.

And, OMG, there will be a blog: "the Task Force is establishing a blog to relay critical real-time information on the development of policy related to the legislation, regulation and enforcement priorities, and will also be providing periodic updates directly to interested clients."

The Democrats criticized the firm's "crass opportunism," telling the Daily News saying it "raises serious questions about whether John McCain is comfortable with one of his most visible campaign surrogates trying to cash in on what Alan Greenspan called a once-in-a-century economic crisis." While the McCain campaign declined to comment, the Republican National Committee said the Dems were being hypocritical, "noting that Team Obama sent out a fund-raising letter last week that attempted to exploit the current financial mess."

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By Jen Chung in News on September 26, 2008 6:14 PM

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NannyState

Cheers, dooWOP, those were some of the kindest, most gracious words for Rudy that I've heard in years.

PKinNYC

I had no idea McCain was with Kathy Griffin

PKinNYC

laughing all the way to the bank...Guiliani is a piece of shit...and clearly McCain is too.

aspiringrapper

As a mayor, an ass. As a husband & father, a sleeze. As a businessman, an opportunistic douche.

GuestShow

whitey's workin to make dis country better u ingrates

GuestShow

what u want with Giuli?

whitey's gotta work,

he dont like sittin on da porch wit a 40 in his right and a 25 in his left

unregistered_wiseguy

Well, Dodd and Obama got theirs; time for Rudy to get his.

FelixtheCat & Christine Quinn'

also McCain's plastic surgery is scary

Gwinny

Jesus Christ, those two women are scary-ass poster children for Plastic Surgery Gone Awry.

Amanda Harletsch

FREE LUNCH: HOW THE RICH and THE REPUBLICANS GET PUBLIC MONEY, NO TAXES, AND PASS YOU THE BILL!

FelixtheCat & Christine Quinn'

Ban NYC horse drawn carriages.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1H7Fervqwo

Qraymond

Ides of March, I used to work for ACORN back in the day, so kindly STFU. It's an excellent organization that (among other things) does a lot of work in low income communities to defend them against the very predatory lenders that got us into this situation.

Is it just me, or does Rudy's face and neck make him appear somewhat like a vulture?

sinisterteashop

Attorney General Mukasey's son is one of the partners in Bracewell Giuliani. Our beloved former Mayor has been siphoning money out of the Justice Department into his projects for some time now. Check out his firms connections to the Border Security bills he's been pushing for the past three years.

ides_of_march

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5tZc8oH--o

moonbeam

Guiliani a "crass opportunist"? Gee, who would have thought. *eye roll*

tingo

No, Ides - Obama is just the lessor of two evils. Much lesser, but it's still the same old story.

And how long till some bored 16 year old kids hacks that blog, I wonder?

ides_of_march

Another reason I'm against the bail-out; it's going to be eaten up by every opportunistic lawyer, stockbroker, middleman and politician.

If you think it's just the GOP special interests stuffing their faces at the taxpayer buffet, don't be fooled, some of Obama's pet organizations like ACORN (voter fraud a speciality) are also getting ready to line their pockets big time. But the democrat zombies don't want to hear about that.