really? Given that both were criticizing Obama for the failed attack in Detroit, I don't read it that way. Speaking of politics before the national interest, I see the GOP has headed down the scare tactic approach again. The other day, I listened while Newt Gingrich called the Detroit thing a 'near-catastrophe'. Now, I respect the hell out of Gingrich, don't agree often, but he has always shown a keen mind. But, by my use of the word, a catastrophe would be nuking a city the size of Phoenix or Cleveland. Or, maybe torching the liquid gas tanks on the Charles River in Boston. Blowing up a plane is a tragic event, a horrible event, but a catastrophe?ruggbutt wrote:I'm sure they meant successful terrorist attacks.
all New Yorkers of my acquaintance would disagree. Strongly. He was a good talker, but after the fact, little got changed. Crime went down, but turns out, it went down nationwide. He probably contributed to several hundred deaths on 9/11 because of his contributions to a lack of interaction between cops and firemen,As for Guiliani, he did more for New York than the 10 administrations before him.
and the placement of a command center inside the Twin Towers complex, despite a prior bomb attack.
reams of it. I posted a ton of links, back when he was running for President. A google search of his deals with Brooklyn and Jersey mobsters will show what a crock his 'mob-buster' image is. More of a 'mob-changer' as he just favored a different crowd. See: Bernie Kerik and assorted other items on Giuliani's watch and do a seach of NY newspaper archives and you're likely to get a less heroic view of old Rudy. Plus, he's, on the personalAnd what kind of evidence do you have he's a crook?
life level, a complete sleazeball.