To: presidio9
I would not say he was a bum. He would have been reelected mayor if he'd been on the ballot.
2 posted on
02/12/2007 7:41:14 AM PST by
Brilliant
To: Brilliant
Agreed. SOME people hated Giuliani, of course, but even before 9/11 he was famous all over as the guy who helped clean up New York.
3 posted on
02/12/2007 7:42:17 AM PST by
Darkwolf377
(Republican, Bostonian, Bush supporter, atheist, pro-lifer)
To: Brilliant
Rudy's track record was always one of being the storm in the face of calm then being the face of calm in a big storm...
14 posted on
02/12/2007 8:05:31 AM PST by
God luvs America
(When the silent majority speaks the earth trembles!)
To: Brilliant
He would have been reelected mayor if he'd been on the ballot.I disagree. This city was in the midst of some serious Rudy fatigue, tired of his messy personal life.
On 9/10, he was a lame duck looking for a legacy.
15 posted on
02/12/2007 8:05:40 AM PST by
highball
("I never should have switched from scotch to martinis." -- the last words of Humphrey Bogart)
To: Brilliant
He would have been re-elected in November of 2001 by a wide margin, but if the election were held on 9/10/01 he probably would have lost to any of the front-running Democrats.
People forget that New York City had grown pretty tired of him by September of 2001 -- mainly because his most important achievements dated back several years by that point, and they were being overshadowed by other issues at the time.
23 posted on
02/12/2007 8:19:47 AM PST by
Alberta's Child
(Can money pay for all the days I lived awake but half asleep?)
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