[areafiftyone]

Always like Koch when he was mayor of NYC. Never forget seeing him on an escalator while shopping with my mother and she said "Hello Mayor Koch" and he said his famous phrase "How Am I doing?". No big deal but he was always friendly.

[TheBigB]

I'd love to see Zell Miller address the GOP convention. Wonder if it's been discussed?

[smith288]

Dont think I would trust Koch at the Republican convention. His support is welcomed but I dont think he is that influential...Maybe Im wrong. We will be in NY afterall.

[Tacis]

And, is Gore going to be p**sed if he ever finds out that Dean has dropped out!!

[SpinyNorman]

He was sugarcoating it: Al Gore is insane. The loss of the election just pushed him over the edge. Even the 'rats know it: look at the way the Gore endorsement hastened the demise of Dean!!

[Lancey Howard]

I used to enjoy Ed's radio show on WABC out of New York.
I remember him saying, "If you agree with me on 7 out of 10 issues, vote for me. If you agree with me on 10 out of 10 issues, see a psychiatrist." Classic.

[Paradox]

Koch said he disagreed with Bush on just about EVERYTHING, except the War on Terrorism, and Iraq. In his mind, that war trumps EVERYTHING else, and therefore he supports GWB.

I give the guy credit.

[samtheman]

Didn't the algore invent the internet?

[Cicero]

He was a good mayor. A kind-hearted decent man. Sure, he spent too much taxpayer money, but at least he did it because he really believed it would help people, never from a corrupt intention of buying their votes.

I suspect (as have others) that he may be homosexually inclined, but if so he has never talked about it publicly and never made a political issue out of it or tried to trash the traditional values of our American society because he wanted to change them to favor his views.

I don't know how observant a Jew he is, but he strikes me as a man who has learned his basic values from biblical teachings and decent Jewish parents, unlike so many liberals today.

[COUNTrecount]

Classic Koch remark after loosing to David Dinkins..."The people have chosen, now the people must be punished."

And they were.

[BigSkyFreeper]

Saying Al Gore disgusts him is all well and good, but I have news for Mr. Mayor, Al Gore isn't running for President. Al Gore is irrelevant, whether he makes idiotic speeches or not. Someone should ask him what he thinks of the two phony Democrats who are running for President, and perhaps he can tell us what he thinks of the unelectable front runner outpacing the politically viable John Edwards. Ed Koch should tell us what he thinks about his party so screwed up, they're backing the worst of the two between Kerry and Edwards.

[hedgie]

As you may remember, Mayor Koch was defeated by Dave Dinkins in the Democratic primary for his fourth term (a tough defeat).

The next morning he stood outside the entrance to the 77th and Lex subway station that had always been one of his key campaign locations. He shook hands with everyone getting on the subway and thanked them. I told him "thanks for 12 great years" and he responded "Aren't you kind."

A class act...

[1Old Pro]

Koch said he'd be happy to address the convention, but only if he was allowed to point out his differences with Bush on domestic issues.

No thanks, we've heard enough from the pro-gay marriage crowd.

[biblewonk]

This is hugh.

[You Dirty Rats]

Ed supported Gore in 1988, saying that anyone Jewish who supported Jesse Jackson was nuts.

I'd let him speak at the convention. The fact that he has differences with Dubya in domestic policy doesn't matter -- there are Freepers that have differences with Dubya over domestic policy! But he's backing Dubya for President, so I say this: BRING. HIM. ON.

Same goes for Zell Miller. Same goes for anyone else backing Dubya over Kerry (or whatever 'Rat is nominated). We need to win in 2004.

[TommyUdo]

"Koch said he'd be happy to address the convention, but only if he was allowed to point out his differences with Bush on domestic issues."

I've said this before, but an Ed Koch-Rudy Gulliani Bush Campaign Commercial would be Dy-no-mite!

Is anyone awake at the RNC?

[Hank Rearden]

Hannity's flogging another dead-obvious lame book, huh?

There's a shock.

[Diogenesis]

He always has Tehran and the Zombie vote.

[jmstein7]

BUMP!

[ambrose]

Ed Koch is a down the line bleeding heart liberal who happens to side with his own country in the war against the Islamofascists.

A Democrat who isn't a traitor. What a novel concept, eh?

[dfwgator]

Koch is more Republican than the current "Republican" Mayor of NYC.