Friday, December 14, 2007
Ms. Rudi's Fabulous History
Or how a city boy became so intimately familiar with horseshit, bullshit and chickenshit. McClatchy takes a look at the mayor who does only good and to whom all credit must flow.
Wanna buy a bridge?
In his pursuit of the Republican presidential nomination, Giuliani has unabashedly taken credit for lots of things - New York's economic turnaround, its dramatic reduction in crime, a major drop in the welfare rolls and, yes, even for giving positive mojo to the Yankees as their No. 1 fan.Because when you thought Rudi was boffing his Botox babe Judy in the NYC emergency center, he was actually all over the city personally making all things right so he could run for president one day.
He was apparently even a force of nature: The average amount of snowfall in New York dropped from 35.975 inches a year in Giuliani's first term as mayor to only 17.735 in his second term, according to National Weather Service data compiled by Giuliani's presidential campaign.
"He does take credit for the sunshine and gentle rain that falls on the city," said Paul Light, a professor of public service at New York University. "There's practically nothing good that he hasn't claimed credit for: fresher air, clearer water, cleaner subways."
Wanna buy a bridge?
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