NY Times CONDEMNS GIULIANI!
Freedom Fighter
a narrow, obsessively secretive, vindictive man who saw no need to limit
police power."
"Mr. Giuliani's arrogance and bad judgement are breathtaking."
"Racial polarization was as much a legacy of his tenure as the rebirth of
Times Square."
"Rudolph Giuliani - first shamelessly turned the horror of 9/11 into a
lucrative business, with a secret client list, then exploited his city's and
the country's nightmare to promote his presidential campaign."
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NY Times Editorial
January 25, 2008
Synopsis:
Why, as a New York-based paper, are we not backing Rudolph Giuliani? Why not
choose the man we endorsed for re-election in 1997 after a first term in
which he supposedly showed that a dirty, dangerous, supposedly ungovernable
city could become clean, safe and orderly? What about the man who some
believe stood fast on Sept. 11, while others, including President Bush, went
AWOL? Such a man is not running for president!
The REAL Mr. Giuliani, whom many New Yorkers came to know and mistrust, is a
narrow, obsessively secretive, vindictive man who saw no need to limit
police power. Racial polarization was as much a legacy of his tenure as the
rebirth of Times Square. Mr. Giuliani's arrogance and bad judgment are
breathtaking. When he claims fiscal prudence, we remember how he ran through
surpluses without a thought to the inevitable downturn and bequeathed huge
deficits to his successor. He fired Police Commissioner William Bratton, the
architect of the drop in crime, because he couldn't share the limelight. He
later gave the job to Bernard Kerik, who has now been indicted on fraud and
corruption charges. The Rudolph Giuliani of 2008 first shamelessly turned
the horror of 9/11 into a lucrative business, with a secret client list,
then exploited his city's and the country's nightmare to promote his
presidential campaign."