Giuliani was tonight\'s 3rd \'Worst Person in the World\' for Rudy\'s claim that he cut or eliminated taxes 23 times as mayor of NYC. The problem is 4 of those the tax cut was initiated by others, one he counts twice, an at least one of the cuts was actually one that passed but mayor Giuliani opposed and tried to prevent. \

The Republican Party was founded by abolitionists in 1854 and the first Republican President, Abraham Lincoln was elected in 1860. The Radical Republicans were an influential faction of the Republican party during the American Civil War and Reconstruction eras, 1860-1877. They took a hard line against the Confederacy during the war and opposed Lincoln\'s \

Rudy Giuliani defends his claim of 23 tax cuts to a reporter who obviously reported otherwise