Goodness gracious great balls of fire!

Guiliani and Peruggi were second cousins.

In which state is that incest?

And in a piece about Coulter, too...

...wasn't she 14 years old too.

Let's wait and slam Guiliani after he wins the primary.    ....because I still think McCain is the bigger threat.

Come on.  For one thing, the scandal with Jerry Lee was that she was 13 - not that she was his cousin.  And Giuliani married his SECOND cousin, which is legal in every single state in the union, and is not all that uncommon.  Heck, FIRST cousin marriage is legal in about half the states, and is pretty normal in most of the rest of the world.

So, why exactly is this front-paged?

But it is still gross.

In any case, I think the bigger scandal is that Guiliani claims to not have known that his first wife was his second cousin until they had been married 14 years.  He's either lying or an idiot.  What ignoramus doesn't know that the grandchildren of his grandparents siblings are his second cousins.  Guiliani family reunions must have doubled as singles mixers.

to Jerry Lee Lewis, to compare him to Rudy Giuliani.

The Killer deserves better at our hands.

FDR and Eleanor were cousins.

I posted the following on DailyKos:

I concur with the great majority of the posts: Giuliani has long had a tendency to self-destruct, and his notorious temper (the loosest of loose cannons)will manifest itself early on.

Still, the mainstream media, desperate to retain Republican White House rule, will do all that is possible to eviscerate the former NYC Mayor's Democratic rivals.  And the establishment shall do this while attempting to cover Mr. Giuliani's notorious (by anybody's standards) philandering and business deals (also by anybody's standards), to say nothing of that assuredly disqualifying temper (the last character trait needed when dealing with allies from whom we have become long isolated).

And this is the very same establishment that trumpeted the impeachment of President Clinton when he would not come clean about his sex life while under oath, after years in which a Ken Starr witch hunt had turned up otherwise nothing.  Under such an investigation, or even one half as thorough, Mr. Giuliani would indeed have a meltdown.

The United States is already suffering from far too many years of reactionary leadership, stemming from the bone-headed policies of an addlepated (but media adored) film star turned president, Ronald Reagan, at whose altar Mr. Giuliani worships.

Thus, the GOP current Presidential crop is currently centered on a bizarre, vacillating Mormon (former Governor Romney), a dazed and confused geriatric (Senator McCain) and a family estranged, thrice-married dictatorial big-city boss (Mr. Giuliani) in love with the delusional imagery created of him following 9/11.

Were it not for a recent history of outright stolen election ballots, a skewered Right-wing Supreme Court, a media long entrenched with the authoritarian noblesse oblige of the GOP, one would hope to believe that against such a motley crew even a half-rational Democratic candidate would prevail.

There is nothing wrong with marrying a cousin -- even a first cousin -- it was done all the time in previous centuries. Biologists will tell you that there is enough biological diversity between first cousins as to avoid birth defects.

The only reason I know all this, btw, is because I'm a student of nineteenth century English literature. These types of marriages occur constantly in those works. And art is a reflection of the society that creates it, dontcha' know.

This being said, Giuliani is a twisted, goose-stepping moron, whose policies are to the right of Jeffery Dahmer.

I hate Giuliani for so many legitimate reasons. For me, marrying his second cousin isn't something I care about.

And wasn't Jerry Lee Lewis's cousin thirteen-years old at the time they married? The scandal was the fact that she was a minor, not that she was his second cousin.

A little FYI to go with your morning coffee.

This is the dumbest thing I've seen on the front page here.

First - I will introduce myself. I am an out of work Soldier of the United States Army turned militant Politico by a few close friends. I am new to this blog and would appreaciate a warm welcome from all.

Back to the reply at hand -

Let's not forget that Egyptian Pharaohs almost always wed their own sisters. I wouldn't compare Mr. Crime Fighter himself to an Egyptian Pharaoh, but I can see where a self indulged idealistic power centric political figure could decline to procreate with someone outside of his hierarchical family line. "Keep it in the family" faired very well with powerful families of ancient days.  

Who is he to abide by the taboos of a nation full of people far below him? For his love is justified and a caring love - nonetheless it is still not "right" and he will lose points when this is exploited by yours truly. Does the Catholic Church condone "kissing cousins"?

As far as your outcry over Annie C and her quest for self pleasuring echoes of hatred throughout the hallways of K Street; well I think your remarks are fueled by a dab of jealousy entwined with a similar lust for prominent notice from those around you. Oh, don't cry my dear friend for you have gained yet another fan today - me.
 

For those who defended cousin marriage, or felt the mention of Guiliani's marriage was in poor taste or tactically wrong, part of the point is the ick of raising the question about Guiliani, and how when some, like Coulter, make news when they attack, no matter their importance or background.

Jerry Lee married his freaking 13 year old cousin while staying in her family's house as a guest. Big difference! I thought this was a parody but then your reponses to some MYDDers seem too serious.

You can get Guiliani on a lot of things. Jerry Lee Lewis is no longer an outcast by the way.

Now if you meant this entry simply as a parody of Coulter or just to give the REpubs a taste of their own medicine, that is different. But it is silly to give this diary front page status as another MYDDer mentioned.

And if you are going to embrace the diversity of immigrants like most Democrats will, marriages to second cousins is not exactly a rare thing in a lot of middle eastern and some asian countries.

What exactly is the point of this?  When you have to constantly harp at people for not getting your irony, it's usually a sign your irony wasn't very good.

Also, Krispy Kremes are delicious and are good for our democracy.

Glenn's point, and it's a good one, is that why is Anne Coulter held to a different standard?

let's suppose for a second that Rudy was a Democratic front runner? what sort of thing might Anne say about him being married to his second cousin? I think we all know the answer to that. Hell, Rush would be playing BANJO MUSIC every time he mentioned the man's name.

Look in your heart Skywalker, and you will know this to be true.

I heartily condemn the attacks on Giuliani for marrying a second-cousin and lying about knowing that she was his cousin.  We should all condemn such attacks vociferously and righteously until everyone knows that attacking Giuliani for marrying a cousin and then lying about knowing that she was his cousin to further his political career has no place in the New Politics we are intent on creating.  Whether a presidential candidate married his cousin and then lied about knowing that she was his cousin, or performed contemptibly as a husband and father. . .such things totally irrelevant and I see it as my duty to point this out relentlessly and thoroughly at every turn.