Guiliani and his militant style? What people forget is that before 9/11 he was hated, villified... If he did not like art that was too riske, he'd shut it down. Yes, he handled 9/11 with class, care, and compassion, but he was a VERY unpopular mayor before then. Remember his run for the Senate -- against Hllary -- by the way? He realized he was going to be trounced, so he pulled out of the race half-way through the campaign. (And, by the way, his girlfriend was living with him in the Mayor's mansion... while he was still married!)
sorry juan, but you're waaaaaay off base.
A VAST majority of NY'ers, and by NY'ers I mean people that actually live in NYC or one of the boroughs liked Rudy. For cryin' out loud the guy threw the mob out of the fulton fish market and they only burned down 1 building! Before Rudy, you couldn't go west of 7th ave in midtown without the fear of being mugged, robbed, beaten, accosted by hookers, druggies, drug dealers, you name it... during his term in office and post-term Rudy, now you can go from river to river and be safe. Oh, and he passed laws outlawing ANY strip clubs and sex shops anywhere near a school. he also cleaned up 42nd street and got rid of a majority of the sex shops.
The art thing? are you serious? A city owned gallery in brooklyn was displaying a depiction of the Virgin Mary made with cow shit and he shut it down, and rightly so! If that were a Jewish display the entire city would have been in an uproar and hassidim would have marched through every borough arm in arm for weeks. The newest group to bash is Catholics and Rudy stood up for his beliefs. yeah, wouldn't want that in a leader, someone who has conviction.. nahhh...
Dropped out of the race with Hillary because he thought he was goign to be beaten? Check your facts, he had prostate cancer...
Sorry Juan, I know that we disagree on some things, but with all due respect, you're WAY off base here.
NYC is a much safer, cleaner and nice place to live because of Giuliani. Dinkins was by far the worst NYC mayor in the last 30 years and it took 2-3 years of clean up by Rudy to get the stink off the city after dinkins left.