[patriciaruth]

The total affected areas were a small area in New York City, Washington and a field in Pennsylvania, not 90,000 square miles. New York still had functioning power, communications and a viable police force.

Exactly.

To compare this to the 9/11 attacks is ludicrous.

However, if Giuliani had been in charge of New Orleans, he'd have carried everyone out on his back if need be before the hurricane hit. Or at least thrown a bucket on the school buses and said "Hit the road!"

And he probably wouldn't have had so many welfare dependents and criminals in any city he ran.

[R. Scott]

Nagin is the antithesis of Giuliani.