I had a bumpersticker that said “Gotti ‘96” during that election year!
1. He hated the IRS
2. Was good at war
3. Liked guns
I remember when Rudy first became Mayor of New York. The first thing he did was clean the mob out of the Fulton Fish Market. The Fulton Fish Market had been a Mob run operation for generations, and everybody accepted that as colorful local lore, until Giuliani came along. He closed the market and re-bid all the contracts, and the Mob is still out of the business. Of course, the Fish Market has been moved to the Bronx, as well.
If I knew Rudy would do the same thing to the Government of New Jersey, he would have my vote and the votes of my ten closest dead relatives!
Hard to see why Gotti would have needed anyone else’s vote to do that. But irrespective, Giuliani had a lot of guts to take on the mob.
The thing that people may not remember is that Rudy grew up in Brooklyn, down on Water Street. He grew up with a lot of the wiseguys but took a different path.
Gee golly whillikers, I thought it was only the Boston FBI that was dirty...
Wonder why we are hearing this story now?
Rooty is tough on crime.
So what?
One of the big rules of the mafia families is to never “hit” a federal agent, prosecutor, or judge. They knew that if they ever did so, the the gig was up, with the U.S. government coming down upon them with all the force that it could muster. The mobsters knew this and so did the feds. It was part of the game.
Hardly a “bombshell”, at least to anyone remotely familiar with New York City and Giuliani’s tenure as prosecutor. It would be much more surprising to learn that the mob bosses had NOT seriously considered trying to have him taken out.
had pissed off Tony Soprano?On first reading of the heading, I thought this was a ‘help wanted’ piece, then realized it was a ‘historical’ reference, LOL! :-)
I don’t want to vote for Rudy, but not THAT bad, giggle. ;-)
Rudy did an incredible job on the Mob and cleaning up NY. Gotta give him his due.
Pray for W and Our Troops
Reminds me very much of a campaigning promise that started out with, "Read my lips......". Rudy will appoint judges that are confimable as determined by his advisers. They will all be RINOS! He is not going to fight for any confirmations through the dim controlled judiciary/Congress. He will want a 2nd term and will figure squishy appointments will aid him in that goal.
No one can take away Rudy’s crime fighting credentials. They are solid. The man really turned NYC around.
But I won’t give him a vote for President. He would make an excellent AG however.
Interesting how the Post drags this old story out the day after Rudy’s horrific blunder of rooting for the Red Sox (a cynical ploy to help him in NH). How convenient!
Oh, well I guess I'll vote for him now.
Good grief.
Keeping somewhat in line with this, would it be wrong for me to say I wanted the finale for the Sopranos to end with all of them getting gunned down?
I dislike mobsters that much.
Even Lizzie Borden wants to whack Guilani.
Can we get a recount?
/jk
Where the hell do they get these nicknames?