Blue Herald » Giuliani Pulling Out All The Stops

Oct

by Buck • 9:09 am

Why stop at 9/11? Rudy’s pretty good at taking credit for things he doesn’t deserve.

Giuliani sells New York as town he tamed

Republican candidate is at once running against the city and embracing it

CHARLESTON, S.C. - It was a depressed and devastated place: a city shoulder-to’shoulder with welfare recipients, free’spending city officials and greedy lawyers. New York was, in the telling of Rudolph W. Giuliani , a haven of high taxes and high crime, crumbling buildings and filthy streets. It was governed by liberals and dominated by Democratic voters who did not agree with the ideas of Mr. Giuliani but who nonetheless twice elected him mayor.
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“I got elected and re-elected honestly not because the people of New York City agreed with my ideas,” he told an appreciative audience at the York County Republican dinner in Rock Hill, S.C., on Thursday. “They didn-t. They agreed with my results. You agree with my ideas.”

Adan Nagourney, The New York Times

MSNBC.com

But also from that article:

Mr. Giuliani’s description of how grim New York was when he rode into town - and the amount of credit he claims for its revival - would probably draw a skeptical reaction if he made it to many of his former constituents. For one thing, the economic turn-around that he touts was, to a considerable extent, the result of a surging national economy. And many New Yorkers found their city a vibrant and stimulating place to live before Mr. Giuliani took over. Beyond that, Mr. Giuliani, back when he was mayor, seemed more in tune with the views of his constituents than he now says he was: he supported gun control and gay rights, and promoted tolerant policies in the treatment of illegal immigrants.

-Adan Nagourney, The New York Times

Tags: Giuliani, New York City, Republican
Filed: 2008 Presidential Election, Hypocrisy, Rudy Giuliani

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