This is heartbreaking: it Rudy Giuliani can’t pay off his campaign debts (you know, from the campaign that spent $50 million for one delegate), so he is shaking down other Republican candidates for money:

Mr. Giuliani’s aides have told the National Republican Congressional Committee and Congressional candidates that if he makes an appearance, he wants the candidates to help him get rid of his presidential campaign debt.

The unusual request underscores the financial predicament Mr. Giuliani finds himself in, after he ended his presidential bid this year with roughly $3.6 million in campaign debt. Traditionally, prominent party figures help lower-tier candidates by headlining fund-raising events in return for good will and future political alliances, but do not receive funds themselves.

Is it wrong to enjoy the continuing collapse of the Republican party and its symbols of excess? Clearly not. It might be wrong that I am enjoying it this much, though. :)

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Don is from Shelby, MT (Go Coyotes!) and has lived in Montana his whole life. He teaches English and Debate in Helena, MT, and does most of his writing far too late at night.

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cnnr June 14, 2008 at 3:50 pm

I can never understand why these rich megalomaniacs can’t pay off their own campaign debt.

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Pogie June 14, 2008 at 6:37 pm

I suspect his Saudi friends will bail him out.

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Lakeesha Banks February 3, 2012 at 2:17 pm

Fun article, I genuinely enjoyed studying it, keep doing the good work.

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