Rudy Giuliani, a Racist With Real Power

[donsu]

http://counterpunch.org/marsh04142007.html


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Rudoph Giuliani has a history very similar to Don Imus, on whose show he was sometimes a guest, and more pertinently, to the last disgraced NYC talk show mouth, Bob Grant, an even more unapologetic racist. Rudy appeared quite frequently on Grant's show before Bob got bounced off WABC for celebrating the death of Clinton's African-American commerce secretary, Ron Brown, on the air. I'd say Rudy's considerably worse than either Imus or Grant, though.

Grant used to refer regularly on his show to Mayor David Dinkins, Giuliani's immediate predecessor, as "the washroom attendant," and got away with it. But Giuliani empowered the racism of the New York Police Department in a special way. Giuliani used Grant's bigot rhetoric to help make himself mayor. In the midst of his 1992 campaign against Dinkins, Rudy cheerfully appeared at a demonstration (which came closer to the description "riot") of NYPD officers on the steps of City Hall. The cops were outraged that Dinkins had proposed a police review board run by civilians. Sure enough, one of the angry cops referred to Dinkins as "The Washroom Attendant." Giuliani stepped to the mic, and said nothing about the slur. So he didn't actually say the words but his unreserved support for the cops was endorsement enough.

During Rudy Giuliani's terms as mayor, Amadou Diallo was murdered with 41 shots from gun-crazy cops.

While Rudy Giuliani was mayor, Abner Louima was raped with a broomstick by Rudy's police.

During his mayoralty, Rudy Giuliani slashed the budget of the Civilian Complaint Review Board that was established over his protests. In its first five years, during all of which Giuliani was mayor, the CCRB received 20,000 complaints-4,000 a year. One cop lost his job-until the Louima rape. Then several went to jail. And having learned its lesson, the system allowed the Diallo cops to be tried upstate, instead of by a jury of New York City citizens.

After the Louima rape, Giuliani characterized as "shameful" his opponents efforts to publicize and politicize it.
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and Rudy does not love women he just loves to fuck them

[MH1]

1. Just keep in mind that Counterpuke is an unreliable source

You may agree with what they say here, but they attack Democrats at least as much as they do republicans, and urged people to vote against Kerry in the 2004 election.

[donsu]

2. counterpunch naysayers are so tiresome

so don't read the article or comment

[MH1]

3. It's like posting from FreeRepublic, that's all. n/t

[donsu]

5. baloney - the day counterpunch is like Freerepublic hell will freeze

nt

[MadBadger]

4. I dont see the racism

maybe you can point it out. I wouldnt call everybody whoever appeared on Imus a racist, so I cant lump Guilliani in with that. Second, he demonstrated with the NYPD, are you meaning to tell me that they AlL are racists? Now, I dont care for Guilliani one bit, but you can't accuse him of being a racist, when he hasnt actual said or done anything that is racist.

[donsu]

6. you must not be looking where the article pointed

nt

[MadBadger]

7. Im just reading

what you posted.

[brainy]

8. March Madness '07 shows, including hideous SLINGBLADE 'jokes'

Guiliani would NEVER, NEVER, NEVER tolerate
1. disgusting 'jokes' about appalling sex crimes, or
2. musical interlude edits combining the beautiful song by Lucinda Williams, ARE YOU ALL RIGHT, with a spoken 'faux news report' detailing the discovery of a 'dead, naked and bound body' believed to be that of 'a high school prom queen.'

There are many, many other similar examples of unacceptable references.

No comparison.