• the_crotch
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    8 months ago

    I know. It was so bad Billy Joel wrote a song about abandoning Manhattan and flooding it. That would have happened without Giuliani though, RICO laws made it possible. Rudy was positioned to give interviews and become the face of the work his office was doing. Same with 9/11, it would have played out exactly the same of anyone else had been mayor at the time. He turned “right time right place” into a career.

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      8 months ago

      The RICO act was around since the early ‘70s. Giuliani was the one who figured out how to leverage it against the mob. Gotta give credit where it’s due. Sure, he’s a lying scumbag now, but that doesn’t change what he once did.

      I’m also not on the same page as you regarding 9/11. Giuliani had some great speeches, but he really stuck it to firefighters and first responders. They didn’t get the health benefit compensation he promised them until 2019 when Congress passed a support bill thanks to Jon Stewart.

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        8 months ago

        I’m also not on the same page as you regarding 9/11. Giuliani had some great speeches, but he really stuck it to firefighters and first responders. Many of them are still going to court today to get health benefit compensation.

        I’m not giving him credit, I’m saying he was in a position to grab it. It didn’t really matter how he handled the situation he was going to look like a hero in the press.