達馬托抬出一資格不夠的候選人——百萬富翁勞德——在共和黨初選中與朱利亞尼對抗，完全是為了利用勞德來抹黑朱利亞尼，希望抹黑能收到一些效果。 D'Amato put up an unqualified candidate against Giuliani in the Republican primary, millionaire Ronald Lauder, solely for the purpose of using Lauder as a conduit for throwing mud at Giuliani in the hope that some of it would stick.
