Good answer, Blackirish. As well, NYC’s economy is exceeded only by 6 or 7 states.
I heard Rudy on FNC a few weeks ago and in 60 seconds he articulated why the president is right about Iraq and why the Democrats are wrong better than anyone I’ve heard in 5 years.
He said something like: “Since when has a national party suggested giving the enemy a timetable for our withdrawal from the battlefield? It’s unheard of and unprecedented.”
And in what way does being the mayor of a large economy make him strong on the war on terror? His city was hit by terrorist attacks at least 3 times in the last 15 years, once right before he took office, and twice afterwards. One time he refused to acknowledge it was terrorism, and instead used the attack to take people's guns away.
And before the 9/11 attack, he refused to move his terrorism command center out of the buildings most likely to be targetted by the attack.
And 8 years after the buildings came close to being taken down by bombs, He had not ensured that there was a plan in place to evacuate both buildings if either of them were struck by terrorists, a simple act which might have minimized loss of life in the 2nd building, which was hit much later than the first.
But Rudy wasn't any more in tune with terrorism on 9/11 than the rest of us, he didn't recognize the threat until the 2nd plane, like the rest of us.
The MEDIA made him the face of 9/11, not because of anything special he did, but because, as blackirish noted, he happened to be there because he attacked his city, since it was still a ripe target 8 years after their failed attack.
I looked it up out of curiosity: New York City's GDP (457M) is exceeded only by California (1622M), Texas (989M), Florida (673M), Illinois (560M), the rest of New York State (501M), and Pennsylvania (489M).