[calcowgirl]

Your statement is filled with ridiculous allegations. For starters, much of the nationwide decline in crime was because of what happened in NY.

Let me get this straight. Because of what Rudy and Bratton did in NYC, it then caused crime to decline nationwide? So Rudy now should get credit for the nationwide reduction in crime, too?

[KeithCu]

So Rudy now should get credit for the nationwide reduction in crime, too?

Giuliani: In fact, during a debate between President Clinton and Bob Dole, President Clinton talked about the crime decline in in America, and Senator Dole made the point that were it not for the decline in New York, the statistics in America would not have led to a decline in crime.

[Liz]

Because of what Rudy and Bratton did in NYC, it then caused crime to decline nationwide.......

Snort---I guess that's why Giuliani up and threw Bratton out of NYC---it got so clean (/sarc).

As Rooty's hand-picked appointee, Bratton's only "crime" in NYC was standing in egomaniacal Rooty's spotlight. Bratton got the credit for reducing crime, got lionized by the media and was on the beautiful people's party A-list. Rooty was incensed and unceremoniously dumped Bratton.

BEST OF ENEMIES: Mayor Giuliani and William Bratton at a press conference
in 1996 as Rudy announced Bratton's "resignation" as police commissioner.

RUDY: "Get outta here Bratton---nobody but nobody steals Giuliani's limelight."

BRATTON: "If I ever stop smiling, I'm gonna kill this SOB."