Obviously “the firefighters” — actually, their union leadership — could have a real impact on people’s opinions of Rudy. That doesn’t make them right.
Have I ever urged that we take Rudy’s, or his supporters’, let alone Oprah’s, word for anything? No.
Mr. Riches isn’t union leadership. He’s just a member.
You suggest he’s wrong about about Rudy, implying that, as Oprah says, he’s the “hero of 9-11” and “America’s mayor”.
Well, the guys on the ground that day don’t agree. Just like some of the Sswift boat vets don’t agree with the Navy that Kerry is a hero.
Just because the firefighters are members of a union that backed Rudy and Bush twice each doesn’t make them liberals or wrong.