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Smeghead 04:26 pm UTC 09/10/07 |
| In reply to: | Regarding Guiliani - pidunk 12:08 pm UTC 09/10/07 |
| I would never have voted for him... but now I'm rethinking my position. If you are against him he must not be that bad. > > Jim blogged about Guiliani, and I must say that I agree. I > was not living in New York City during his tenure as > Mayor, but I saw his swearing in, because I was there on > one of my visits at the time. I don't recall what year he > was elected. I was a resident of New York City from the > Wagner to Koch years, and regularly walked across the > parking lot of City Hall when I was living at the Pace > University Dormitory just across the street. I liked Koch, > and he has had a good radio show since his leaving office, > called "The Voice Of Reason", and he was the most > uplifting mayor that city had while I was there. John > Lindsay had a certain kind of sophistication about him, > and Beame was the opposite, like a blue collar guy took > the wrong turn and wound up in City Hall. When Beame was > mayor he nearly shut down my school and caused me such > confusion, so I left the threatened school, and avoided > that kind of head-play. > > During Guiliani's televised swearing in ceremony, he had > his son on the podium with him, and the kid upstaged his > father, who didn't try to discipline his son during that > crucial time. I didn't quite know how a mayor could have > let a child do that to him, and it was difficult to > respect Guiliani from that first day on. As his tenure > grew, I found other reasons. Someone told me about a > garbage barge that was floating around New York Harbor > being rejected from landing at this site and that site, > not able to unload its load of garbage, because it was > being said that the landfills were all full. Giuliani's > Garbage barge, became a parody in its own right. He had a > scandal, during office, ho hum, and then when it was time > to leave, what happened, but boom, September 11. Then, > everybody had all the kind things to say about Guiliani, > but after the dust settled, and his halo began to fade, I > noticed that he was as much a grabber of attention as his > little boy was on inauguration day. So I began calling him > Broadway Guiliani, because he started showing up where he > could get exposure and accolades for being the one to > handle the mess of the WTC destruction and losses of those > three thousand lives. > > If Guiliani is on the ballot, I think I'd rather write in > Porky Pig. In the land of the pig, the butcher is king. > > | |
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