Video: A New York state of mind
posted at 12:30 pm on November 21, 2007 by Allahpundit
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Mitt talks family, McCain talks spending, Fred talks immigration, and Rudy keeps on talking about New York. It’s an impressive record, we can all agree, but unless you’ve got Chuck Norris sitting next to you, at some point you’ve got to start hitting the issues, buddy. The field is wide open on health care. Carpe diem.
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Yeah. Pretty lame.
JiangxiDad on November 21, 2007 at 12:34 PM
Great, is he running for Governor or Mayor of New York?
right2bright on November 21, 2007 at 12:34 PM
This may come as a shock to Rudy and Allahpundit but there are a whole lot of Americans who are not impressed in the slightest with New York City, it’s not America’s Mecca, it’s not the be all end all, it’s just another big damned city, period.
doriangrey on November 21, 2007 at 12:34 PM
YOU WANT A PIECE OF ME, SUCKA?
Allahpundit on November 21, 2007 at 12:35 PM
Hah hah hah…I already got a piece of you, and as soon as I find a tooth pick I’ll spit it out… ;)
doriangrey on November 21, 2007 at 12:38 PM
Now, be nice. I like New York City.
All in all, it’s almost as nice as Washington, D.C.
Slublog on November 21, 2007 at 12:40 PM
The World As Seen From New York’s 9th Avenue
bnelson44 on November 21, 2007 at 12:40 PM
Just kick me in the nuts, why don’t you.
Tell me you prefer Chicago. Tell me you prefer L.A. Tell me you prefer Houston, Boston, Miami, Vegas. Any of those are fine.
But you can’t possibly prefer D.C. Dude.
Allahpundit on November 21, 2007 at 12:42 PM
That video’s doing pretty well on YouTube, I hear.
amerpundit on November 21, 2007 at 12:43 PM
How impressed with New York am I?
Hillery, Schumer, Bloomberg, Spitzer, and RUDY! Five peas in a pod, if you ask me.
Flyoverland is not impressed.
AZCON on November 21, 2007 at 12:47 PM
Nah, just kidding. The food is better in New York, and there’s never a lack of things to do. But I will never, ever go into another public park restroom. What I saw in Tompkins Square still haunts my dreams.
Slublog on November 21, 2007 at 12:51 PM
Ahmen.
saiga on November 21, 2007 at 12:55 PM
They don’t make those Salsa commercials mocking New York City for nothing…Made in New York City…get a rope…
doriangrey on November 21, 2007 at 12:58 PM
Rudy’s playing with fire here, the rest of the country is not NYC, and he needs to make it damn clear that he gets that the rest of the country is not NYC, and that he’ll leave them to run things their way.
Bad Candy on November 21, 2007 at 1:04 PM
Maybe he thinks the rest of the country is like New York City, just like San Fran Nan thinks everybody should be like the Bay area of CA.
/Hey Dunlap and Jackie are from TN
LakeRuins on November 21, 2007 at 1:15 PM
NOT! San Francisco has them beat by quite a bit, and Seattle is most likely ahead of them also.
Just another distorted claim by the Rudy campaign.
By the way …
Rudy was ELECTED by those LIBERAL voters. That shouldn’t be discounted. The same voters who voted for Hillary and John Kerry.
Why is that?
Gregor on November 21, 2007 at 1:15 PM
Look, the guy has to run on his record to some extent. I think he’s overdoing it but it’s not beyond the pale to mention NYC’s turnaround.
Allahpundit on November 21, 2007 at 1:15 PM
We need someone who will arrest criminals and stop regulating and playing robinhood with the private property of good honest hardworking men. That guy is Rudy.
dougless on November 21, 2007 at 1:16 PM
If this race comes down to New Yawk Hillary…
And New Yawk Rudi…
It really leaves most Americans with very little to choose between…
With a San Franciso “person” running the House…
And a New Yorker in the White House, the Coasts, who dismiss the rest of the country as unimportant, will be enboldened to further their secular agenda.
Romeo13 on November 21, 2007 at 1:17 PM
Of course, but when you’re a New Yorker, the last thing you can do is overdo it. You know that the stereotype that New Yorkers believe they are the center of the universe is a potent one, and all he does when he overdoes it is reinforce that stereotype.
Bad Candy on November 21, 2007 at 1:20 PM
Unless of course those Law breakers are Illegal Aliens…
And unless that private property includes guns…
Yep, and Rudi is SUCH a fiscal conservative that he helped sue to get the Line Item veto taken from the President…
Im sorry… Rudi is out for Rudi… his actions contradict his words…
Romeo13 on November 21, 2007 at 1:20 PM
Unfortunately, we need a guy who’s going to build a wall, take away business licences from businesses who hire illegals, end free medical and other benefits for illegals, and put an end to all dreams of amnesty.
Oh yeah. And a guy who’s going to honor the 2nd Amendment in ALL cities.
That guy is definitely not Rudy.
Gregor on November 21, 2007 at 1:21 PM
“business licenses”
Rudy turned gun owners in NY City into “criminals.”
Gregor on November 21, 2007 at 1:23 PM
Damn raunchy New Yorkers - you’re all the same…
Rick on November 21, 2007 at 1:25 PM
Is this the thread in which we get to bash big city folk?
Seriously, it is a good ad. Rudy has name recognition and a well earned reputation for leadership in times of crisis. The message that he needs to get out again and again is that he is an incredibly competent executive. What better way to show that you could tame the wild liberal beast that will be Washington than to show that you already tamed the beast that was NYC?
You and I have already seen this schtick until we are blue in the face, but we are not the intended audience. The intended audience are those who only know him as a hero of 9/11. If you want details on the issues such as his health plan, you political wonks can look here. Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty good. I say.
tommylotto on November 21, 2007 at 1:27 PM
He’s not talking to us. This is an ad for all the disinterested might-voters out there who are just now starting to realize that there’s a presidential primary coming up and are trying to figure out who’s running. This is for the ones who are still answering on polls that they’re not familiar with Rudy’s record and where he stands. Most of us who have been paying attention for a long time have already decided. He needs the disengaged ones now, and that’s why this ad is probably quite effective for him at this time.
Now, if he’s still running some variation of this ad at the end of the general election, he’ll have a problem with the public’s perception that all he can do is talk about NY and 9/11.
aero on November 21, 2007 at 1:27 PM
That realization would be a shock to pretty much everyone in the media. To them, New York constitutes half of America, and Los Angeles is the other half.
I’m sure there’s a certain percentage of the population who’re taken in by the whole Biggest City mystique thing. But how deep does that feeling go?
Think about it: Imagine an ex-mayor from, say, St. Louis or Cincinnati running for President on a platform of “turning around” that city, and maybe he did a stalwart job in recovering from a flood or other disaster. OK, New York might be a few times bigger, so it’s only fair that we should all be duly impressed for a few times longer than one minute. But that’s about it.
Personally, I’m even a little bit tired of listening to various governors bragging about their “achievements.” In any given term, half of America’s states and cities are going to be doing better than the other half. What kind of idiot would automatically assume that must always be caused by ONE PERSON? And more to the point, what kind of ego-maniac would try to create a personal image based on that?
If you have some sort of magical policy that will make any city, state or country a better place, then why not talk about THAT instead of trying to take credit for parochial demographic fluctuations?
logis on November 21, 2007 at 1:27 PM
We have GREAT pizza!
JiangxiDad on November 21, 2007 at 1:28 PM
AZCON on November 21, 2007 at 1:28 PM
Do you just copy and paste this stuff? Is it out of the Rudy handbook they give you guys?
Gregor on November 21, 2007 at 1:29 PM
The hard truth is that it’s not so much New Yorkers being myopic and superior as the rest of the country nursing an inferiority complex. We don’t look down on you. Stop holding a grudge about an imaginary offense.
Allahpundit on November 21, 2007 at 1:29 PM
At what point do we post the video of the warm reception some fans at the NY Jets game gave to some women. And they look down their noses at the south. There is a reason the phrase “Southern gentleman” was coined and not New York gentleman.
Yes as long as Rudy continues to tout his record in NY the more it grates on my nerves. We got it already can we move on.
(I can’t believe I just used that phrase)
LakeRuins on November 21, 2007 at 1:30 PM
I won’t disagree, but the other candidates don’t stand a chance to will. You’re not going to find a president who will do everything YOU wish him to. A social conservative stands no chance of winning. You can have some or nothing.
Guns and walls, abortion, etc, these are issues that will not change via an election and a presidency. Bush was President for 6 years with a majority conservative legislative branch and he couldn’t overturn abortion law.
More importantly, as president he has no say on how guns are treated at a federal level. That was a local law, a law that would be very difficult if not impossible to pass federally (the Supreme court might overturn such locals laws as well). Also, the Great Wall of America can be build regardless of who is president.
dougless on November 21, 2007 at 1:32 PM
How about details such as THIS, THIS, or THIS?
Gregor on November 21, 2007 at 1:33 PM
That’s total nonsense.
Gregor on November 21, 2007 at 1:35 PM
Right on “doriangery” . . . in spite of Rudi it remains a big, dirty city full of crime and corruption.
rplat on November 21, 2007 at 1:37 PM
Constantly reminding the rest of America that we are fly-over country isn’t going to help Rudy. Constantly reminding the rest of us that New Yorkers think New York is the center of the universe isn’t going to help him either.
Allahpundit, I know you are from NYC and love NYC, thats expected. But there are an awful lot of us out here in fly-over country that are getting tired of hearing New York City this and New York City that from Rudy every time he opens his mouth.
The entire world knows Rudy was the mayor of New York City, we also know despite what you New Yorkers think, New York City isn’t the center of the known universe, (yea, I know it’s a shock anyone would not think so).
I don’t live in New York City, and I don’t want to either(I grew up in the sixth largest city in America, and moved out to the countryside because I cant stand big cities). Nor do I want the President of the United States of America to be the mayor of New York City.
I don’t mind if he was the mayor of New York City at one time, but I don’t want him to BE the mayor of New York City, I want him to BE the President of the United States of America. If Rudy can’t grow beyond being the mayor of New York City, then in my opinion he has no business being the POTUS.
doriangrey on November 21, 2007 at 1:38 PM
From the headlines’ “Giving thanks to liberals”, I thought this was a nice and realistic summation, to Rudy’s credit:
Rudy gets mocked for going to the car races in FL, then for claiming to be a NewYorker. Can’t win for nothing…Rudy over Hillary, a million times!
I love to visit New York, especially at this pre Christmas time. Nothing like it in the whole world. Lodged and worked out of Queens for a full week once, and were checked for guns going to the movies. Even that was interesting. It’s an impressive, tough and awe-inspiring place, one the world bows to. It also was Ayn Rand’s most favorite city in the world. NewYorkers were also not as they are mocked to be. Must experience to believe.
I was there also during the Gore/Bush dispute, après beg. Nov. 2000, and the clients were very, very sad, but not all.
Entelechy on November 21, 2007 at 1:38 PM
St. Louis population 353,837
Cincinnati population 332,252
New York City population 8,214,426
Rudy turned around a city the size of St. Louis, Cincinnati and 22 other major cities their size all put together.
What was your point again?
tommylotto on November 21, 2007 at 1:41 PM
Huh? Are you serious? So apparently you feel Supreme Court Justices have nothing to do with the 2nd Amendment, abortion, walls, or pretty much anything? What exactly do you feel the President of the United States does? Give good speeches? I guess Rudy would be good at that.
Bush is not a true conservative, yet he may be responsible for appointing SCOTUS Justices who very well may overturn Roe vs Wade at some point. Your comment is premature.
On a Federal level? We’re talking about the Bill of Rights. We’re talking about a man who IGNORES the Bill of Rights when he feels it will benefit him personally. We’re talking about a man who may be in a position to appoint SCOTUS Justices who will have the opportunity to rule on the 2nd Amendment, which Giuliani happens to disagree with. And this is who you want to appoint those Justices?
I guess Bush is proving that, correct? And you think a man who said that illegals are the type of people they want in NY City is going to build a wall? You’re dreaming.
Gregor on November 21, 2007 at 1:45 PM
He was talking about the media, and in the media’s case, he’s 100% right. They look at the rest of the country like they were watching Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom. And to some extent there is carryover of that mentality into the leftist dominated population of NYC, that’s undeniable.
There might be some inferiority complex for some, but I’d say that number is small. I could never live in NYC, I like it to visit, but I’d NEVER wanna live there. Most people get enough of New York in media to know they don’t want live like that. Its not necessarily that they dislike NY, its just a matter of different taste.
Bad Candy on November 21, 2007 at 1:45 PM
And oldie but a goodie.
JiangxiDad on November 21, 2007 at 1:47 PM
So true.
- - Eleanor Roosevelt
Entelechy on November 21, 2007 at 1:49 PM
And lemme add, when Rudy keeps returning to “in NYC we did it this way” people hear, “c’mon, be like New Yorkers too.” Problem is, people go, “go ahead Rudy, be a New Yorker, we like New Yorkers, it works for you guys, but it doesn’t work for me, don’t try and make it work for me.”
Bad Candy on November 21, 2007 at 1:52 PM
Wow did i see a post from Allah, that looked like he defended Rudy. is that the first nice thing you have said about him.
ross
kara26 on November 21, 2007 at 1:53 PM
I think you’re exaggerating a bit there; it’s probably more accurate to say “the two” primary voters who don’t know where Rudy Giuliani is from.
Anyway, for the benefit of you and that other guy: Rudy Giuliani (short for “Rudolph Giuliani”) is from New York City; he was the mayor there several years ago.
And he’s been running for President of the United States for MORE THAN A YEAR NOW.
His name recognition was higher than anyone else in the race except for Hillary Clinton back when he started, and by now it’s been pegged for at least the past six months.
I agree that if Giuliani’s still running this same ad in October of next year, that would be even worse. But it’s not really all that terrific a sign that he’s doing it now either.
(And oh, by the way: John Kerry served in Viet Nam. Sorry if you already knew about that one, but I couldn’t take the chance. I’m just afraid that if he finds out about you we’ll have to sit another round of those God damned commercials again too.)
logis on November 21, 2007 at 1:53 PM
The fact that you even have to say that speak volumes…
doriangrey on November 21, 2007 at 1:53 PM
I totally disagree. New Yorkers most definitely have a tendency to have over-inflated egos. There’s nothing imaginary about it.
Gregor on November 21, 2007 at 1:53 PM
Are you following this thread? People are arguing that New York isn’t the center of the world. My point was a response to them, i.e., no one’s saying that it is.
Allahpundit on November 21, 2007 at 1:58 PM
Gregor on November 21, 2007 at 2:01 PM
Ooops.
Of course they do! New Yorkers believe exactly that.
Gregor on November 21, 2007 at 2:01 PM
Geeze, do I even have to do the arithematic for you?
22 times one minute equals 22 minutes. In Rudy Giuliani’s case that was over about eleven months, 29 days, 23 hours and 28 minutes ago. And if the population is 22 times larger, then of course, one person has 22 times less right to claim credit for any demographic fluxuations. So, of course, my point would be that makes it roughly 22 times more necessary for Rudy Giuliani to focus on what policies created his “single-handed” achievement.
And while it wasn’t part of my original point, it appears it’s necessary to again point out one more detail: John Kerry served in Viet Nam.
logis on November 21, 2007 at 2:04 PM
Heh to this whole thread. Great fun. And Rudy definitely seems to have overestimated our concern for New York City out here in the wasteland that is Chicago.
Maybe next time he can save something important and relevant, say Joliet.
Jaibones on November 21, 2007 at 2:08 PM
The Center of the World
Center of the universe may also refer to:
Gregor on November 21, 2007 at 2:09 PM
Please stop, yer killing me… :O
doriangrey on November 21, 2007 at 2:09 PM
So… YOU are claiming that, between the two of us, I am the one is in the media and is myopic about New York City?
That seems bad enough by itself, but I suppose this must also mean that *I* am the one who’s an atheist as well.
Man, that sucks. My parents are NOT going to be happy to hear any of this.
logis on November 21, 2007 at 2:10 PM
Are you kidding me? When I lived in NYC when I was asked where I was from I would get “Oh, thats a state?”…I loved NYC and would not mind living there again but there many New Yorkers who have superiority complexes.
EnochCain on November 21, 2007 at 2:13 PM
…before diem carpes you.
flipflop on November 21, 2007 at 2:16 PM
Try looking at that on the brightside (yes, that is a poke at atheists) at least you were fortunate enough to have a New Yorker point it out to you, otherwise you might never have found it out…
doriangrey on November 21, 2007 at 2:17 PM
Sigh…diem has already carpes the carp out of me…
doriangrey on November 21, 2007 at 2:19 PM
That’s not fair. NYC school textbooks never said nuttin bout
NEW Mexico.
JiangxiDad on November 21, 2007 at 2:20 PM
Oh oh. Michelle’s got some trash on Romney.
Gregor on November 21, 2007 at 2:24 PM
This commercial makes me want to go out and buy a Lexis.
georgej on November 21, 2007 at 2:30 PM
Mitt’s commercials make we want to buy lawn furniture.
JiangxiDad on November 21, 2007 at 2:33 PM
Um… do you even watch the clips that you post here? The one above is a Giuliani campaign commercial. And it’s not about Lebanon, Kansas (which, technically, is the center of the United States.)
Everyone has to be from somewhere. Unfortunately, there are some people who tend to make an incredibly big deal out of that moronically obvious fact. As it turns out, they are mostly from New York, California, Texas and (for some reason) Ireland.
This may seem incredibly hard to accept, but trust me: the fact that everyone else in the world finds that endlessly irritating is not OUR fault.
I don’t recall Ronald Reagan running a Presidential campaign based on how wonderful California was. Without going back and checking, I’m sure its economy must have increased while he was in office. (After all, the half of America’s governors and mayors who preside over relative economic downturn usually don’t end up on the national ticket.)
If anything, Reagan did a pretty good job of accepting his constituent’s accomplishments for what they were, and constantly re-iterating his own political philosophy for what it was. That is because, unlike many people from California (and New York for that matter) Ronald Reagan had something called “class.”
logis on November 21, 2007 at 2:36 PM
From the first paragraph in Rudy’s Wikipedia article:
JiangxiDad on November 21, 2007 at 2:44 PM
If it weren’t for his imagration and abortion stances Rudy would be my guy. I liked him before 9-11 for the way he handled ’so called’ art exhibits that were to be displayed in public museums. And later for how he handled Arafat.
- The Cat
MirCat on November 21, 2007 at 2:48 PM
Wow, that’s a whole lotta nonsense crammed into one sentence and one sentence fragment. The point I made is that the population of NYC is the size of St. Louis, Cincinnati and 22 other cities combined. So, the magic number would be 1+1+22=24, not 22. In any event, if I read your rambling right, it is your position that since NYC is so large, Rudy deserve less (not more) credit. I guess that would make, in your mind, the mayor of Luckenbach, TX (pop. 3) the perfect proving ground for a President.
And what the heck are “demographic fluctuations”? Are you one of the freakonomic types that credit abortion for the drop in the crime rate?
Also, Rudy never claimed to have turned around NYC single handed, those are your imaginary quotes not his. However, he was the head muckity-muck. He took the heat when things went bad, he gets the credit when they go good. By the way check this out to learn some things about the effect of Rudy’s policies on NYC.
tommylotto on November 21, 2007 at 3:06 PM
I’ve said it before… Rudy is/was a very good prosecutor. Got elected to mayor of NYC and ran it like a prosecutor. The shape our country is in it wouldn’t be a bad thing at all to have a prosecutor as a president. Not my pick but better than most.
Griz on November 21, 2007 at 3:14 PM
DC and NYC in the same sentence? that is so disgusting…… and I’m from Philly!! I like NYC…….. somebody help me, I need therapy!
MNDavenotPC on November 21, 2007 at 3:18 PM
Is that suppose to somehow disqualify Harold’s son from ever becoming President? Psst, Obama’s dad was born in Africa!!!!
tommylotto on November 21, 2007 at 3:22 PM
No we can’t. Not at all.
And of all the places I have ever lived or visited over the decades New Yawk City is the last place I would ever want to live.
MB4 on November 21, 2007 at 3:33 PM
I lived in the D.C. area (Alexandria/Arlington, VA) for seven years and it is, at least was, pretty nice. NYC - a $it hole from what I saw.
MB4 on November 21, 2007 at 3:37 PM
Most of the rest of the country does not even give a frack about New York or New Yorkers, except for them being the main victims of 9/11. That’s about it, just sympathy.
MB4 on November 21, 2007 at 3:43 PM
I am a westerner, so between NY and the south, I have no “dog in this fight”, but I have lived in the south, Oklahoma, Missouri and Georgia and have been to NYC several times and I would take the south over NYC 24×7x365. Not even a contest.
MB4 on November 21, 2007 at 3:49 PM
Not sure what part of NYC you were in but where I was it was great.
EnochCain on November 21, 2007 at 3:53 PM
I want Rudolfo to be El Presidente of some third world country. That is what his background best qualifies him for after all.
OK, I am beginning to get into the Thanksgiving mood now.
Thank you God that I do not live in dirty, in more ways than one, New Yawk City.
MB4 on November 21, 2007 at 3:55 PM
i don’t buy it.
i don’t trust him.
madmonkphotog on November 21, 2007 at 3:56 PM
The first time I was in NYC was on a weekend pass from Fort Dix. I couldn’t wait to get back there (Ft. Dix). NYC was like some third world $it hole. I was there a few times years later, up from the D.C. area, and what I saw then was not as bad, but still pretty damn dirty. If cleanliness is next to godlyness, they are doomed.
MB4 on November 21, 2007 at 4:01 PM
No, but it should shed some sort of doubt on Rudy’s relationship with the Mafia. Seeing as how his father helped enforce some of their ‘justice’, the Mafia would probably like to see him as both Mayor and President. They can claim one of their guys as president.
I don’t know, is America ready for a Mafia president? Would that be progress? Would that be a good thing?
ThackerAgency on November 21, 2007 at 4:08 PM
LOL! The fact that his family has mafia ties?
Hell yes! I don’t want this liberal, illegal-alien a$$ kissing, gun grabbing scumbag anywhere near the White House.
Gregor on November 21, 2007 at 4:10 PM
And if you don’t think Rudy still has mafia ties …
Think again.
Gregor on November 21, 2007 at 4:16 PM
Hehe. You left out Mexico. Btw I thought everyone from everywhere did this (I rarely travel).
aengus on November 21, 2007 at 4:22 PM
Oh the irony. It is just too rich.
MB4 on November 21, 2007 at 4:22 PM
Yep. It’s really not that difficult to see that the man is a total fraud. It’s unbelievable actually, that some actually believe him.
Gregor on November 21, 2007 at 4:24 PM
Go ahead, believe some hack from the Village Voice said about Rudy’s dad. Whatever. The only Mafia ties that Rudy has are these:
And last I checked, they didn’t let guys with names like “Sheldon Adelson” into the mafia even if they owned a casino. At best he might be “a friend of ours” but never “one of us.” And the last I checked, the Sands is a legal respectable business establishment. It is not as if Rudy was flying around in a jet owned by a drug dealer.
tommylotto on November 21, 2007 at 4:32 PM
Gee, I have no idea what triggered “Your comment is awaiting moderation” for my post at November 21, 2007 at 4:32 PM.
tommylotto on November 21, 2007 at 4:36 PM
ROFL! Precious.
Gregor on November 21, 2007 at 4:39 PM
the key is NOT the fact that the Sands is a legal enterprise… its that he used the law to confiscate “gambleing devices” in New York, and now uses a Casino owners jet.
Don’t you smell the hypocracy?
This is my major issue with Rudi… he says one thing, then does another…. his actions are all about whats best for Rudi and New York… not about what Constitutional, or RIGHT.
He has no moral compass… its about power. Not ethics (or his pal Berny wouldn’t be in trouble), not philosophy (which changes with which office he’s running for), not Constitutionality (hes used the courts to try to circumvent the 2nd amendment), not fiscal responsibility (he cut taxes in New York, but then sued to get rid of the Line Item Veto because his state was going to loss some FEDERAL money).
Rudi is all about Rudi IMO… and I don’t trust him.
Romeo13 on November 21, 2007 at 4:55 PM
Did Tommy just show his hand? Is this what I am to be thankful for this Thanksgiving? Did tommylotto just say he was a part of ‘la cosa nostra’? Is that how he knows so much about Rudy’s lack of involvement in the Mafia?
Did Tommy just impeach his own praise of Rudy by admitting affiliation with the Mafia? Is that why tommylotto is so ‘pro-Rudy’? Oh what a very thankful Thanksgiving present indeed.
Not that there’s anything wrong with being in the Mafia.
ThackerAgency on November 21, 2007 at 4:56 PM
With the ending shot of the Capitol, it looks like he is running for Congress.
simon on November 21, 2007 at 5:03 PM
Speaking of which …
Is Giuliani pathological?
Gregor on November 21, 2007 at 5:04 PM
November 9, 2007 (LPAC)–Rudy Giuliani’s former bodyguard Bernard Kerik, whom Rudy raised to Police Commissioner and pushed for U.S. Homeland Security czar, was indicted yesterday on 14 counts of tax fraud, obstruction of justice, and lying to government officials checking his background.
In his 2002 autobiography, The Lost Son, Kerik described his amazement in 1994 that then-New York City Mayor Giuliani was appointing him a high prison official. Giuliani led Kerik to a dimly lighted room where the Mayor’s top aides were assembled.
Peter Powers, Rudy’s first deputy mayor, kissed Kerik on the cheek. Powers had been Rudy’s friend from their boyhood days, when Rudy’s father Harold was a violent enforcer for mob loan-sharking. Kerik wrote, “Next was Randy Mastro, the mayor’s chief of staff. He did the same. In this dark sitting room, one by one, the mayor’s closest staff members came forward and kissed me…. I know the mayor is as big a fan of The Godfather as I am, and I wonder if he noticed how much becoming part of his team resembled becoming part of a Mafia family.
“I was being made.
I was now a part of the Giuliani family, getting the endorsement of the other family members, the other capos.”
MB4 on November 21, 2007 at 5:16 PM
How much you wanna bet that section was written by Judith Regan, and where’s the blood on the burning mass card and the oath of omertà.
tommylotto on November 21, 2007 at 6:16 PM
Them’s fighting words (from you the self-declared atheist :)
All who rant against AP’s intolerance - take note - he didn’t even react to this.
Entelechy on November 21, 2007 at 6:44 PM
Ironic that tommylotto would suggest that the source of information can render it invalid. All tommylotto’s material comes from the Giuliani campaign itself. How often to they give you guys new talking points down at campaign headquarters?
Gregor on November 21, 2007 at 6:58 PM
He probably knows that it is dirty, so I am probably safe. That’s probably not one of the things that he likes about the place. What he likes about it, I do not know, but it’s lack of cleanliness is probably not among those things.
My operating theory continues to be that tommylotto is really Rudolfo’s madre.
Although I suppose that tommylotto could be one of his lesser capos.
Maybe both.
MB4 on November 21, 2007 at 7:26 PM
Right. And Manhattanites don’t look down their noses at the outer boroughs.
BTW the best NY style pizza is in Jersey.
No, I’m not telling you where.
Stephen M on November 21, 2007 at 9:31 PM
He looked like a gremlin.
Black Adam on November 21, 2007 at 9:50 PM
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