The 9/11 Factor and the Mayor of Staten Island And Queens

[rusty charly]

"America has since learned the trick of the 9/11 factor as we stand in the rubble of the Bush administration's disastrous policies on so many fronts. And yet Giuliani is being considered as a front runner for the 2008 presidential campaign. It's simply appalling.

The truth of Bush was the goat story. The truth of Giuliani was the confused march up Broadway. While a dazed mayor fled the scene incapable for many hours of providing leadership and direction for lack of any plan, the real heroes of 9/11 were already on the job, risking their lives to save their fellow New Yorkers. No fool, within days, Giuliani jumped on every possible photo op, police hat on head or firefighter jacket on his back.

And then, with city services crippled and residents mostly fending for themselves, the harsh truth is that Giuliani focused on protecting the financial interests of major corporations and real estate moguls, not human life. Yes, he brought the business of the city back to life quickly, even though it was at the possible cost of thousands of lives. And some of you may approve of that--putting the economy and stature of Manhattan before the lives of hundreds of thousands of men, women and children. But I feel differently."

http://rjr10036.typepad.com/proceed_at_your_own_risk/2006/11/the_911_factor_.html

[FourScore]

1. Wow! Hats off to this guy!

Finally someone speaks the truth. I still don't understand how in the world people could possibly consider Giuliani a Presidential contender. It just shocks me.

[HamdenRice]

2. Giuliani prefigured the Bush gang's use of 9/11 to suspend Constitution

One important point that the article mentions is that days after 9/11, Giuliani was trying to suspend New York City's constitution (called the City Charter) or have it instantly amended so he could run for a third term, even though he was term limited out. As the article says, even in the midst of grief and shock, and his temporary popularity in the city, the entire city came together to tell him to go fuck himself. Jimmy Breslin famously wrote that Giuliani was "a little man in search of a balcony" -- ie, Mussolini.

That was one of the first things that made me think about 9/11 as something other than a terrorist attack. Giuliani just jumped the gun compared to the ever patient Cheney, but all the other insider criminals eventually followed suit to suspend our normal legal system with 9/11 as the excuse.

[savemefromdumbya]

3. I think it would be a little dangerous for the GOP Rudy to stand

he will go down with the rest of them