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New York wonders as Giuliani gains support

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Posted by Fred 2007-03-10 01:07|| || Front Page|| [11130 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 a Democrat who calls Giuliani the "most divisive elected official in modern history."
Ha! did you forget about Bill and his harpy?

Posted by JerseyMike 2007-03-10 07:29|| 2007-03-10 07:29|| Front Page Top

#2 I'm originally from NYC. I remember Rudy's early years; he'd done some tricky things as a prosecutor, though nothing you've haven't seen on L&O.

He made lots of enemies as mayor, but a NYC mayor who makes no enemies isn't doing anything at all. In fact, the mayors who try to please everyone are worse than useless; see Dinkins for a perfect example.

About the jaywalkers, bite me. That was designed to stop harassment from the “squeegee men” who would extort money from drivers.

Frankly, we need a President with a mean streak.

Posted by Eric Jablow">Eric Jablow 2007-03-10 07:59|| 2007-03-10 07:59|| Front Page Top

#3 Add in Condi Rice's experience with Defense & National Security and I think we could have a winner.

Posted by Skidmark 2007-03-10 08:06|| 2007-03-10 08:06|| Front Page Top

#4 "He was mean-spirited, he was harsh, but I'm not sure that hurts him on the Republican national stage,"

Unlike, say, Hillary Clinton, who is known for her sweet disposition and willingness to compromise.

said former city councilman Stephen DiBrienza, a Democrat who calls Giuliani the "most divisive elected official in modern history."

Anyone else take this as code for "if you think we've treated Bush poorly, just wait until you elect Giuliani"?

Posted by Rob Crawford">Rob Crawford 2007-03-10 09:14|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2007-03-10 09:14|| Front Page Top

#5 As a former New Yorker, I can understand why the Dems are worried.

During his re-election campaign, a liberal Democrat was asked why she was supporting Giuliani instead of her own party. She answered:

"He may be a son of a bitch, but he's our son of a bitch"

Expect Rudy to take lots of voters away from the Dems.
Al

Posted by Frozen Al 2007-03-10 12:23|| 2007-03-10 12:23|| Front Page Top

#6 Before Rudy the streets of NYC were like those of Mogadishu, there was nothing anyone could do -- at least that's what they said. The previous mayor, Dinkins was an enabler who looked at the chaos and pronounced it a "magnificent mosaic" -- as if giving it a pretty name would help. Then came Rudy: he had all those bad things: "combative," "hot temper," "arrogance," "abuse of process," blah blah blah -- and he beat the mob, the dems, the thugs and the machine. Then he beat cancer. Watch out America, if we're not careful, we may wind up w/a real president again.

Posted by regular joe 2007-03-10 13:24|| 2007-03-10 13:24|| Front Page Top

#7 "if you think we've treated Bush poorly, just wait until you elect Giuliani"?

RC, and like Bush, I'd bet Rudy even more so could just say "bring it on!"

Posted by BA 2007-03-10 15:36|| 2007-03-10 15:36|| Front Page Top

#8 former city councilman Stephen DiBrienza

yeah, I bet Rudy's really concerned with getting this guy's support.

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2007-03-10 15:46|| 2007-03-10 15:46|| Front Page Top

#9 Even before 9/11 Giuliani was a hero to New Yorkers like myself for taking a stand for law and order, rejuvenating the economy by trimming gov't expenditures and taxes, playing hardball in negotiations with the almighty unions, and denying racists like Al Sharpton and Sonny Carson political power by not kowtowing to them or meeting with them.

Believe me, we could do a LOT worse than having someone like Rudy as president.

Posted by Croling Ebbease3251 2007-03-10 15:50|| 2007-03-10 15:50|| Front Page Top

#10 We know the donks hate Rudy because they are scared shitless. The press also hates him because they have no sway with him. My only problem is not with Rudy, but with the situation. We need Rudy to come to us with a fig leaf, as it were. Instead, as this is playing out, he may win by a landslide withour even spelling out a 'contract with real Americans', like closing the borders, war on terror, war against Islam, fix the broken judiciary, no new taxes, death for treason, fight to win ROE, domestic drilling, etc.

Posted by wxjames 2007-03-10 21:43|| 2007-03-10 21:43|| Front Page Top

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