Thomas Ravenel is in the middle (click here)
Giuliani weighs in on Ravenel (click here)
Candidate shocked by woes of S.C. 'star'
..."It's one of those things that's highly personal," he said. "All you can do is hope and pray that his rehabilitation works out."...
I am sure Mr. Giuliani regrets the addiction of such a close colleague, however, in the way he 'handed' the issue 'to a greater power' is lost a valuable opportunity. He lost the opportunity to address the issue of drugs in America. Instead, he sought to 'DISABLE' an issue by avoiding it's context and implications and instead handing it off to God in prayer.
Really?
It is my opinion that this is not only grossly poor judgement on his part, but, also a dangerous venue of political dogma in the USA.
"Here is the Conservative Spin Machine's take" (click here)
Basically, the article 'blames the cops' for being thorough. It points to the drug dealer already in custody and implies 'the goods' were gotten on Ravenel through plea bargain. Probably so. But, so what? Mr. Ravenel has the promise to be a powerful political crony of Guiliani and we already know about how corrupt his NYC administration became. Does anyone remember the name, Kerick? Stun guns? Hello?
Ravenel liked lots of money and one can only wonder given a chance to dip into treasuries and funds not his what actually might happen here. Sorry, I just don't have any sympathy for the reason that Guiliani 'blew it.' He made a mockery of the issue by 'humoring' the public/his electorate with accolades of prayers. I don't believe it is appropriate for any elected official to be 'offering' issue up to prayer when they need to do something about it. Cocaine is no joke. The involvement of a powerful staff member in illegal drugs in no way should be resembling a 'family emergency.' Is Guiliani the father of Mr. Ravenel? I didn't think so.
