Minnestota Giuliani Campaign Official Repeatedly Uses the N-Word

Republican presidential front-runner Rudy Giuliani is determined to run a "Southern strategy" ... even in the Midwest. The campaign's newly-hired Minnesota law enforcement strategist was fired from a top state position due to his fondness for the word "nigger."

TPM Election Central reports the newly-appointed campaign official with the colorful history is Richard Stanek, the Sheriff of Hennepin County, Minnesotta—the same county whose district attorney is prosecuting the Larry Craig bathroom incident. Stanek was formerly the state public safety commissioner but was forced out in 2004 after it was revealed he admitted calling several black motorists "nigger" in a 1992 police brutality suit. In other words, a perfect match for Giuliani.

Asked under oath in 1992 if he had ever used the word "nigger," he said he had "several times." ... In the deposition, he also admitted telling a racist joke and making negative comments about people because of their race.

Under deposition, the conservative sheriff describes his liberal usage of the racial slur:

Q: You indicated before you have used the word nigger before?
A: Uh-huh.

Q: Have you used the word ... before on any other occasion other than discussing this case?
A: Yes.

Q: Excluding the ones that had to do with this case how many times?
A: Several.

Q: Have you used that term when you were not quoting what somebody else said but merely expressing your own thoughts or words?
A: Yes.

One would imagine the Bernard Kerik experience would have forced Giuliani to become more efficient at vetting hires. It has not. The former federal prosecutors' presidential campaign is steered by juggernaut of thugs, racists, closeted gay sexual harassers and extortionists. drug dealers, and, in a delicious twist of irony, the father of the drug dealer is also a racist. It's almost operatic.

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Comments

[Luther]

*yawn* this comes as no surprise, Rudy has in all likelihood used it frequently himself as his disdain for blacks is obvious and documented, but, you are right, they have to make sure that the Southern whites know that they are kindred spirits with blacks, and, not only Southerners, GOP voters as a whole. That is the main plank of their party, hatred of blacks, that hatred is even stronger than their hatred and vilification of gays.

But, good job keeping this out in the open, I wonder if Fixed News will mention it? Or, any of the other news outlets that are pandering to good old boy wannabe Rudy?

[derrick]

>>This is yet another way they are skirting the real issue, these alleged Christians, that are facing the black community.

Absolutely. This comes s no surprise because Giuliani ran with a shady crowd in NYC.

Thanks for staying on Giuliani's case.

[greg g]

Rudy Giuliani has never been strong on race relations. That was the central component of his platform in New York

[Tony R]

Much of the mainstream media has given Giuliani a free pass on his divisive racist rhetoric.

[anon]

They only give him a pass because they are not confronted with his recoird. New York media have always been critical of the mayor.

[ATL Kid]

Giuliani doesn't get a free pass here, that's all I can say.

[carl]

Giuliani = loser

[West Side Poz]

He is going for the redneck vote, all right.

[Myra]

Rudy and his close advisors are all the same, bigots, he is just like most children of immigrants, shares a huge disdain for blacks. You see it with him, you see it with Alito on the Supreme Court, so, nothing out of their usual way of surrounding themselves with kindred spirits.

And to think there were some gays who thought he was the cat's meow on gay issues, now they see just what he is, a fake for a vote.

The true test would be to see if he has ANY blacks as close advisors, and not those same 2 or 3 token "conservative" pundits on TV.

[Franklyn Smith]

"And to think there were some gays who thought he was the cat's meow on gay issues, now they see just what he is, a fake for a vote."

How true, how true. I'd like to see the Log Cabin Republicans spin their way out of this one. They are so delusional into believing Giuliani is some huge friend to the community.