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pidunk 04:44 pm UTC 09/10/07 |
| In reply to: | re: Regarding Guiliani - Smeghead 04:26 pm UTC 09/10/07 |
Yeah, use my objection to back your own boy. Sick. > 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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