I got to see Rudy up close and personal as a member of the NYPD. The hatred of him in the ranks and among the brass was overwhelming. I was always struck with the fact that when I went to another part of the country and said I was a NY cop people always brought up Rudy and always thought we loved him. I would disabuse them of that notion. This was the boob who put a corrupt high school dropout with no police supervisory experience in charge of the largest police department in the country. This is a department with people in the managerial ranks with 30+ years of experience and advanced degrees from places like Harvard. Kerik was Rudy’s former driver and his stooge. These were his main qualifications.
While I was sucking down putrid air at Ground Zero Rudy’s boy was alleged to be getting it on with his honey thirty floors above me in a suite that was supposed to be used by rescue personnel.
Guiliani’s personal life was also a disgrace. John Gotti was a thug and a criminal but you think he would ever dream of shaming his wife and children by carrying on openly with another woman. No wonder his children have nothing to do with him.
That was a large concern of mine that his personal life would’ve been enough to have caused him to lose the Presidential race were he the nominee (since the media would’ve hammered him for his three marriages, amongst other things). Of course, were he a Democrat, they would’ve ignored it.
How many NY City cops are conservatives? And no I am not trying to be sarcastic. ;>)