Rudy's Newlywed Buds Say No-Show Not That Queer

Rudy Giuliani certainly has cultivated a loyal friend in the man who once kept him from a life of mayoral couch surfing during his second divorce, newlywed Howard Koeppel. Instead of enjoying a quiet day of breakfast in bed with new hubby Mark Hsiao, Koeppel defended Giuliani's no-show at the 10-person affair, expressing disappointment but assuring that they're still friends. He told the Post, "I understand why he's doing what he's doing. If he decides to run for governor...he's a Republican, and he's taking a Republican stand." Koeppel had recently told the paper that he understood Giuliani opposed gay marriage for religious reasons, but added that the former mayor told him that if it ever became legal in New York, "he would marry us himself." Both sides have expressed that their time living together was nothing but pleasant. Maybe Rudy had read the wikiHow on being a good houseguest, which states, "With certain differences between your lifestyle and your hosts', remember, it should be possible to reach a tolerant arrangement for a comfortable stay."

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By Billy Parker in News on May 4, 2009 2:58 PM

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NannyState

When Rudy told them he was "bi-curious", they didn't know he was talking about partisanship.

bittinho

Isn't the whole no gay marriage thing based on the argument that the Bible says homosexuality is wrong? Isn't divorce also against the Bible? But Rudy did that 3x. Disloyal hypocrite. Oh, and he married his cousin too but I think the Bible is ok with that.

ANGRYGOD11

"I understand why he's doing what he's doing. If he decides to run for governor...he's a Republican, and he's taking a Republican stand."

Just replace Republican with the word coward.
There should be some NY Republicans wondering why they should vote for a man who betrays his friends and family.

jt10000

Democrats are less hypocritical on "lifestyle issues" because they are more tolerant of diversity private lives about marriage, sexuality, etc.

And just look at the last slates of people running in the primaries for president on the Democrat and Republican sides. Look at the rates of divorce and compare it to the Democrats.

Sommelier

"he's a Republican, and he's taking a Republican stand."

Republicans will never understand that one of the things that is do despicable about them is that they are always willing to have separate public and private views. What a real friend Rudy is: won't come to his friends wedding because he has to take a "republican stand". Such an a__hole, even without the combover!

Politburo

I don't think this is unique to Republicans. There are many principled republicans and hypocritical democrats.

duckumu

there are not "many" principled republicans, there are few -- and the ones that are principled are called RINOs by their own party.

duckumu

there are not "many" principled republicans, there are few -- and the ones that are principled are called RINOs by their own party.

SP

"principled republicans"

That's what I call an oxymoron.

Rocknrope

I don't get it, why in hell did Rudy have to live with these guys for 6 months? Did he not have the scratch to rent out an apartment, or a hotel room?