How Rudy Cashed In On Catastrophe

[G2099]

"The most valuable commodity the new company had to sell was not management expertise but the aura of America's Mayor--the man whose cool-headed 9/11 leadership had taken on mythic proportions. While Giuliani's first term as mayor brought him renown as a crime fighter who made New York livable again, his second term was a slowly escalating disaster before 9/11. The city, which admired his feisty stubbornness when the enemies were drug dealers and cop killers, had grown tired of a seemingly endless series of political catfights with school chancellors, black neighborhoods, museums, rival politicians and even hot-dog vendors. And, as would become clear later, Giuliani had allowed the city to meet the disaster unprepared in myriad ways, ignoring the well-noted lessons of the first attack on the towers, which occurred less than a year before he became mayor.

Now, with Giuliani traveling the country as a 2008 Republican presidential hopeful, his record both as mayor and afterward is coming under increasing scrutiny. In no area is there more to examine than in the story of Giuliani Partners."

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060925/barrett

[Skidmore]

1. Nation needs to be reminded of his connection to Bernie Kerick, too.

[cspanlovr]

2. 9/ll was the best thing that ever happened to him.

and the rest of his ilk. Makes you sick, doesn't it? But, instant karma's gonna get 'em, smack 'em right on the head...I can feel it.

[Subdivisions]

3. He is the heir to the throne...they've been setting him up as

shrub's successor. He's supposed to be their next puppet president.

[DemInDistress]

4. rudy was re-born out of the ashes from the dead of 911.

he also took control of the Liberty Fund containing tens of millions of dollars donated from thousands of charitable people. Not a bad way to leave office.

still, rudy was a tyrant scumbag who always protected HIS cops irregardless of how they murdered and stole from the people.

my incident with rudy should be a warning to all Americans. I reported police abuse/misconduct to rudy on his radio show. I was subsequently arrested when the NY Daily News ran a front page story "GOTCHA" then 4 days later rudy released damaging info about my dead police record. do the right thing as a citizen while rudy is in office and he takes out the official NYC plunger and rams it up your ass.
I did sue him and later settled out of court. hope one day some diligent reporter throws that up in his face.

[MetaTrope]

5. Isn't this the same Giuliani who bought the Natl Enquirer offices cheap

after they were contaminated with anthrax?