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09/23/09
09/23/09
@MrInBetween:
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Cuomo, however, beats Giuliani head-to-head. So in short, Paterson needs to get lost. What exactly has he been good for, anyway?
09/23/09
H2H pre-campaign doesn't have much meaning, I'd rather see the negatives on Paterson, but you've given me a bit of pause there. That's a big margin. Hmm.
Alright, I'm in for the plan. Let's send the White House Chief of Staff blundering into the fray to officially bless the candidate like a modern-day Boss Tweed. Because it certainly won't come off like a selfish, partisan distraction!
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I think this has nothing to do with Giuliani running against Obama, which no one is scared of under any circumstances. But Rudy's a formidable candidate for governor, and that's what they want to prevent. I don't think Cuomo chases him out, he just has a much better chance to win.
09/23/09
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They're not concerned about the Rudester running against Obama in 2012 - the GOP base will never choose him. But he does have some viability as a candidate for governor of NY.
09/17/09
09/17/09
That's a lot bigger than $36 million, and we all are paying for it. It's great that Cuomo is suing, but let's all remember one thing: it never should have happened in the first place.
08/25/09
And Bloomberg would give him a hearty Hells Naws if Rudy even tries.
Bloomberg > Giuliani in smarts, policy, strategy and balls... yes, take that both ways.
08/25/09
If the Clinton Machine is so powerful, then how come it didn't work against a virtual unknown in the Democratic Primaries?
I bring this up because I have a feeling that, as ridiculous as she is, Palin could potentially be a formidable foe if you partner her "charm" and "appeal" with actual policy and brains. As we all know, Rudy has absolutely no charm or appeal unless he's in drag. Sarah is no mental heavyweight but when Rudy gets right down to it, he can be. He was one of our most ruthless and brilliant Attorney Generals and although a terrible human being, he was a good mayor for the city in a way.
So I'm wondering if the Clinton Machine is as powerful as we give them credit for, or is it just that we admire them but we question their agenda to do the right thing not just the thing that makes them look good which can be mutually exclusive.
08/25/09
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(Welcome aboard)
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As for the party, they can pressure Paterson to step aside, but they don't have the power to make him. And the obvious answer, a job in DC where he can't hurt anyone, would mean Obama appointing a very unpopular governor who is, well, black. Yikes.
I'm sure Cuomo's considerable ego will push him in. But this could get ugly.
08/25/09
08/25/09
He proclaimed himself a friend of police and fireman during 9/11, and then promptly shitted on them when it came time for a new contract. He disparaged NYC across the country when he was running for president. He illegally unsealed files to try to justify a police shooting. And, he is a pompous (e.g. America's Mayor) hypocritical (e.g. twice divorced, twice adulterating Catholic) dirtbag with terrible plastic surgery (hint: very few evil people look better once they get plastic surgery, even though not all people with bad plastic surgery are evil people).
An up-swell of anti-Giuliani sentiment on a public stage and the lost of his two companies is the least he deserves.
08/25/09
08/25/09
Maybe, but some dead horses deserve repeated beatings.
08/25/09
As I wander around the city, I keep bumping into Giuliani -- on the street or in restaurants. He almost glows with a sort of pompous cockiness. The man still believes that his 9-11 induced popularity can translate into something larger. I thought what happened in Florida convinced him that wasn't so, but his vanity pushes him forward.
Of course he will run -- and Cuomo will beat him.
08/25/09
06/07/09
Well, this is a little bit naive to say. The Government very rarely does diplomatic things in broad public view. I think the very singular silence on this issue, and the amount of people in power who are saying nothing at all about it, points to some pretty heavy State Department negotiations happening in some small quiet North Korean back room.
06/07/09
06/07/09
I certainly wouldn't think that this new administration would simply toss these two women to the wolves.