From The Associated Press, 9/25/07:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070925/ap_po/giuliani_house_party

Giuliani party seeks $9.11 per person

By LIBBY QUAID, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON -

A spokeswoman for Rudy Giuliani says it is unfortunate that a
supporter throwing a party that aims to raise $9.11 per person for the
Republican's presidential campaign is asking for that amount.

Abraham Sofaer is having a fundraiser at his Palo Alto, Calif., home
on Wednesday, when Giuliani backers across the country are
participating in the campaign's national house party night.

But Sofaer said he had nothing to do with the "$9.11 for Rudy" theme.

"There are some young people who came up with it," Sofaer said when
reached by telephone Monday evening.

He referred other questions to Giuliani's campaign.

"I'm just providing support for him. He's an old friend of mine,"
Sofaer said of Giuliani.

Sofaer was a State Department adviser under President Reagan and is a
fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution.

Federal election data indicates Sofaer has given nearly $50,000 to
Republican causes and candidates, including Giuliani, since 1995.

Giuliani spokeswoman Maria Comella said:

"These are two volunteers who acted independently of and without the
knowledge of the campaign. Their decision to ask individuals for that
amount was an unfortunate choice."

According to the invitation, "$9.11 for Rudy" is an "independent,
non-denominational grass-roots campaign to raise $10,000 in small
increments to show how many individual, everyday Americans support
'America's Mayor.'"

Giuliani was mayor of New York during the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

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"America's Mayor?" So?.... Pathetic.

Harry