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oberliner

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25. Crime was bad, Dinkins had low approval numbers

Mon May 28, 2018, 05:42 PM

May 2018

Giuliani promised to clean up petty crimes and to aggressively police them. He ran up the vote in Staten Island, Queens (losing the other boroughs). The "law and order" schtick worked well, electorally. Then he took credit for the subsequent drop in crime and "cleaning up" of Times Square.

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Rudy Giuliani was booed at Yankee Stadium on his birthday. [View all] kpete May 2018 OP

Good for them.... CatMor May 2018 #1

Now that is what I call good news. Auntie Bush May 2018 #4

Yes, maybe he'll get the hint but i doubt it. CatMor May 2018 #5

No, he'll laugh at them. He doesn't feel much. defacto7 May 2018 #17

He probably just told himself LoveMyCali May 2018 #60

New York Boos Old Jerk ProudLib72 May 2018 #2

That could not have happened... RockRaven May 2018 #3

Perfect Me. May 2018 #6

Yea!!!!!!!!!!!!! K&R!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t RKP5637 May 2018 #7

Understand this: Rudy loves NOTHING more than the Yankees. no_hypocrisy May 2018 #8

His support of corruption and evil ooky May 2018 #40

It couldn't happen to a nicer man. Chickensoup May 2018 #9

Hell, he's being booed OUTSIDE of Yankee Stadium, too! lastlib May 2018 #33

But Rudy heard praise. Sneederbunk May 2018 #10

He heard "Ruuuuuuuuuuuu" TeamPooka May 2018 #13

Exactly. dawg May 2018 #47

The Yankees boo everyone, including their own players Major Nikon May 2018 #11

Says something about the NY crowd doesn't it One of their own. YOHABLO May 2018 #12

I think it says more about Guiliani. CentralMass May 2018 #14

Senor Giuliani grande merda de touro! quartz007 May 2018 #15

HA! lastlib May 2018 #34

I noticed you like JFK...me too!! quartz007 May 2018 #48

My avatar is actually a pic of Bobby....my political idol lastlib May 2018 #49

Bobby was great but lacked charisma of JFK quartz007 May 2018 #61

poor rudy treestar May 2018 #16

Rudy deserved more, empedocles May 2018 #20

New Yorkers always hated him and the fucking moron. BigmanPigman May 2018 #18

He was elected mayor of NYC twice oberliner May 2018 #22

I never understood why and how SummerSnow May 2018 #24

Crime was bad, Dinkins had low approval numbers oberliner May 2018 #25

I know. My dad couldnt stand him. When my sister was graduating from the SummerSnow May 2018 #27

Did he like Dinkins? oberliner May 2018 #28

David Dinkins was a pretty good NYC mayor, wasn't he? marble falls May 2018 #39

I thought so, but I know not everyone agrees oberliner May 2018 #41

Not really, he said Dinkins just loved to play tennis. SummerSnow May 2018 #46

Yay, Yankees!! davekriss May 2018 #19

Kicked and recommended for the Yankees Fans Uncle Joe May 2018 #21

Trump from Queens, NY and Guiliani from East Flatbush NY. SummerSnow May 2018 #23

I should hope so.. Good ol New Yorkers! Cha May 2018 #26

And then Maggie Habermann of the NYT tweets... irisblue May 2018 #29

Prison Takket May 2018 #31

Traitors should be booed. And in prison. Takket May 2018 #30

OMG this is so awesome! New Yorkers, Yankee fans, you rule! FakeNoose May 2018 #32

Rudy earned the boos the old-fashioned way Achilleaze May 2018 #35

A message to you Rudi jpak May 2018 #36

To be fair: New Yorkers would have booed Rudy even if it hadn't been his birthday. marble falls May 2018 #37

Here's the video of this oberliner May 2018 #38

Lordy, there's a tape! DesertRat May 2018 #43

I have been looking forward to some vid of this. salin May 2018 #44

Ouch. A New Yorker being booed at Yankee Stadium is bound to hurt. Good. nt Honeycombe8 May 2018 #42

From hero to villain. Xolodno May 2018 #45

Excellent! calimary May 2018 #50

Props to those Yankee fans in presence who Jamaal510 May 2018 #51

The video is from 2016 tenderfoot May 2018 #52

Awww ... NanceGreggs May 2018 #53

New Yorkers made me and most of the country very proud beachbum bob May 2018 #54

K&R Gothmog May 2018 #55

Love my home town. 💘 nt ecstatic May 2018 #56

I had a birthday last week -- I'll consider this my official present rocktivity May 2018 #57

Ha ha! demmiblue May 2018 #58

This made my morning!!! BobTheSubgenius May 2018 #59