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I don't think his opinion of the diet is what's really at issue here, although an argument over that is probably what this thread will degenerate into rather soon. The issue is that the highest ranking elected official in New York City attacked a dead constituent of his out of sheer holier-than-thou meanness, and that is way, way, WAY out of line.

Politicians don't get where they are by being nice guys -- they tend to be hard-nosed SOBs. Do you remember when Giuliani released Patrick Dorismond's criminal record?

RUDY ADMITS 'MISTAKE' ON DORISMOND

In the days after the shooting — in which the unarmed Dorismond was gunned down by cops in a Manhattan drug sting gone awry — Giuliani ordered the release of Dorismond's sealed police records, including his juvenile file, and described him as no "altar boy" on national TV.

Not one of his finer moments, but his intentions -- defending the NYPD -- were noble. He knows how to play hardball and often steps on lots of toes.

Yeah, I remember the Dorismond thing. But at least there Rudy had a legitimate reason for doing it, even if he should have known better. What Bloomie did was just a random slap in the face of a law-abiding citizen now unable to defend himself, as well as essentially being a false allegation that Bloomberg's own underlings were part of an illegal conspiracy to cover up a cause of death.

I know politics is a nasty game, but this had no political motive. It was just Mike being an ass, and he seems to be spending more and more time each day working on being an ass than on being mayor. Having such a jerk as mayor would be bad enough during the best of times; it's far more detrimental today.

Bloomberg must go. If that means voting for a RAT when the time comes, so be it. It's not even about politics or policies any more; Bloomberg is bad for New York, and he'd be bad for New York even if his policies were indistinguishable from Ronald Reagan's. His nasty personality and personal hangups are overshadowing everything else now.