Rudy's Campaign Chair Busted for Coke

Thomas RavenelMeet Thomas Ravenel. He's South Carolina's Treasurer, a rising political star, the state chairman of Rudolf Giuliani's campaign for president (until yesterday), and friendly neighborhood coke distributor. We're not talking soda, either.

The millionaire is accused of buying less than 500 grams of the drug to share with other people in late 2005, U.S. attorney Reggie Lloyd said. Ravenel, 44, is charged with distribution of cocaine, which carries a maximum of 20 years in prison.

What is it with Giuliani's friends? First Bernard Kerik, now Ravenel. The silver lining to all of this, however, is that we now have a brilliant new simile to add to the English vernacular: He's like a coke fiend in the treasurer's office!

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