At A Time Like This, Is There Anyone We Need Less Than Rudy Giuliani?

[DonViejo]

Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, whose tenure was marred by law enforcement killings of unarmed African-Americans, took to the national television circuit today to baselessly smear Black Lives Matter protesters as responsible for the killing of five police officers in Dallas.

The Donald Trump surrogate and hardline neoconservative told MSNBC’s Brian Williams, “Police officers in this country feel they have a target on their back. They’ve felt that way for over a year now.”

“And I think the reason there’s a target on police officers’ backs is because of groups like Black Lives Matter that make it seem like all police are against blacks,” Giuliani continued. “They’re not. They’re the ones saving black lives. Black Lives Matter are not saving black lives. It’s the police officers doing it.” In fact, police killings of Black people in 2015 outnumbered lynchings of African-Americans during the worst year of Jim Crow, as verified by Quartz reporter Annalisa Merelli.

Giuliani’s remarks come despite the fact that there has been no proven tie between the Dallas shooting and the Black Lives Matter protesters, who gathered to condemn the back-to-back police killings of African-American men Alton Sterling and Philando Castile.

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[uponit7771]

1. He's openly racist and repeats white supremacist memes. Shows how much racism the MSM puts up with

[yeoman6987]

2. His reputation is Americas mayor and he cleaned up New York as mayor

I am sure that's why they have him on. I don't listen to him except on DU.

[PJMcK]

6. His reputation is undeserved

The idea of Rudy Giuliani as "America's Mayor" was based on his leadership, such as it was, on 9/11/01 and the following weeks. Yet, if he had done his job as New York's mayor, many of the problems on that day wouldn't have happened.

Here are two examples. First, despite the previous bombing of the World Trade Center by bin Laden's followers and despite the recommendations of security professionals, Mr. Giuliani insisted on putting the city's emergency offices in the World Trade Center! They should have been somewhere safe and secure and removed from the target area.

Second, had he done his job as mayor, the emergency services would have had the ability to communicate not only on that day but everyday. The police and firefighters were using different radios whose frequencies were incompatible! This was a failure of his management that resulted in the deaths of many brave people on 9/11. It's also an example of his inability to "herd the cats" of a diverse government and city.

As far as "cleaning up" the city, there are two other points to consider. First, the economic boom that swept the country during his mayoralty was due, in large part, to the economic policies of the Clinton Administration. Mr. Giuliani was a lucky recipient of those good times which encouraged developers and entrepreneurs to build lots of new businesses in the city. Times Square had devolved into a filthy pit and it was going to change no matter who was mayor. There was no way that Disney or many other corporations would move there unless it was cleaned up. In other words, Mr. Giuliani was not the driver of those changes to NYC.

Second, he "cleaned up" the city by empowering his police force and other agencies to push the envelope on the treatment of minorities and the homeless. There are many, many cases of abuse by the NYPD and the Giuliani Administration during that time. Amadou Diallo is the first that comes to mind and there were many other examples.

I understand that you're not praising him, yeoman6987. It's just that every time he gets quoted my skin crawls. He is a despot, a bigot and his attempt to remain in office when his term-limited tenure was over demonstrated his contempt for constitutional democracy.

[FSogol]

12. He put those offices in the WTC since he could hook up with his mistress there.

[Akamai]

18. Yup -- That is my recollection of a major motivating factor for his placement of emergency there.

What a predictable scoundrel! I think if I had high-def tv, I'd see venom spilling over the edges of his mouth and a forked tongue darting over his lips from time to time.

[struggle4progress]

3. "Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last?"

[spanone]

4. well, he probably cashed in on 911 better than anyone!!!

giuliani partners....

http://www.people.com/article/joe-perry-collapses-hollywood-vampires-concert


rudy's worth....$45 million...don't make that being a mayor

http://www.therichest.com/celebnetworth/politician/republican/rudy-giuliani-net-worth/

[dembotoz]

10. grifter 101....take as many trips to the cash register as you possibly can

his 15 minutes has been way toooooo long

like the rock band from days gone by that used to fill big venues who now do county fairs...paycheck is a paycheck

[Lance Bass esquire]

5. Saint Rudy of 911 on race relations does

What OJ Simpson did as a spokesman for domestic violence in the USA...not much.

[rpannier]

14. I'm going with this

Rudi Ghouliani has done as much for race relations as Jim Jones did for Kool-aid

[Lance Bass esquire]

27. Good one! n/t

[unblock]

7. i think it's great that he's making himself visible in the media

he's emblematic of the problem.

it helps to have him visibly denying reality and objecting to common sense.

[tonyt53]

8. Right before the attacks on 9/11, he could not have been elected dog catcher in NYC.

They wanted him gone.

[MynameisBlarney]

9. LOL

That's a tough question.

[rurallib]

11. Gingrich and Palin come to mind

that trio could make one hell of a three stooges group

[rpannier]

15. I'd rather have Gingrich

At least he has moments of lucidity and his career doesn't revolve around one single event
Guliani spends his entire time talking about how he was Mayor of NY on 9/11
He reminds me of Al Bundy talking about his 4 touchdowns in one high school football game
Only Al was more entertaining

[dhill926]

13. no...he's the political version...

of the herpes virus...

[PatSeg]

16. He has to have an excuse

to be on camera. Saying something he knows is controversial will give him the media attention he craves.

[niyad]

17. you mean that ghouliani is still breathing? amazing.

[yurbud]

21. PIC: He's immortal--until he's hit by a stake or direct sunlight

[yurbud]

19. translation: he's running hard for Trump VP

[4lbs]

20. Oh, that guy?

The NYC Mayor that:

1.) Tried to take credit for NYC's drop in crime rate during his tenure, but was actually started by Democratic Mayor David Dinkins?

Dinkins hired 7000 more NYC police officers during his tenure and in the last 2 years of Dinkins' tenure, crime was already falling. Giuliani just benefitted from the actions that were taken by Dinkins.


2.) Married his second cousin, as his first wife.

He claimed he didn't know she was related to him until they were divorced. Her brother says otherwise.

3.) Cheated on his first wife, and ended up marrying his mistress, as his second wife after his divorce from his first wife.

4.) Cheated on his second wife, and ended up marrying his mistress, as his third wife after his divorce from his second wife.

The affair happened while he was NYC mayor and he used his NYC security detail to help him obscure it.


Yay, Rudy. Nice, family values guy.

No wonder he gets along so well with Drumpf.

[DinahMoeHum]

22. Methinks Fruity Rudy is bucking for the VP slot. . .

. . .behind TrumpleThinSkin.

But seriously, though. Fuck that fool. With a broomstick.

[Gabi Hayes]

24. he was the front runner back in whatever, until he exposed himself to the nation

as the demented, unlikeable, crooked pissbucket that he is. you can't survive on the national stage with a demeanor such as he has. much like, I hope, is what's happening with doncon. how can ANYbody not instantly loathe that baboo...I mean orange-utan?

nobody does it better, except, maybe Colbert's character:

http://www.cc.com/video-clips/3erp4q/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-gall-of-rudy

''You're NOT the mayor of 911!''

[George II]

23. He is a despicable human being. That's all I can say.

[Gabi Hayes]

25. ya know, in answer to the OP question, that would be a very short list.

Trump
Cheney
Mrs. Cheney
Rumsfeld
John Bolton: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/08/donald-trump-john-bolton-iraq-war
Christie
Bush's mommy
Gowdy/Chaffetz/Ryan/Turtleboy

there could be many, many more, but those are the worst I can think of, even though some of them haven't been heard from for awhile. forever wouldn't be long enough, though. the list excludes media creeps; if it didn't, I'd be typing til Wednesday.

[calimary]

26. Gee, they've "felt that way for over a year now"?

Wow. Over a year now?

Sheesh - how many Blacks have felt that way ALL THEIR LIVES??? How many Blacks have felt that way, for generations?

[napkinz]

28. Ben Mankiewicz: "Rudy Giuliani Is A Racist"

[Skittles]

29. he is a disgrace