giuliani and kerik were joined at the hip.
the mayor knew from day one that kerir was not an honest or capable person. yet made him police comissioner. offered him up for homeland securty head,also had him as a bussiness partner. taking $2000,000 in gifts while in office.gave the mayor pause for thought. quess mob conections are more impotant.

a winning republican ticket for 2008

GIULIANI + KERIK

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Ah, peter staff, I can read your comment now. Giuliani has long had suspected/known mob ties. It was the reason he never tried to advance past mayor before. But now, with all of the fame from 9/11, which does NOT include support from the fire department, I guess he has a chance.

There's another issue though. He is somewhat of an uncompromising tyrant rather than a politician.

For example, he implemented many changes to the NYC taxi industry. They were very positive changes. They just had the nasty problem that they cost money. He didn’t allow an increase in the rates to cover the costs. In fact, they went 7 years without an increase.

So, the drivers wanted to protest. They applied for the right to drive a long line of cabs slowly across the Brooklyn Bridge during rush hour. IMHO, this is peaceable assembly. Giuliani might have seen it that way too had it been for a cause with which he agreed. Since it wasn’t, he denied their application and pushed through his changes. I claim this was a violation of the drivers’ constitutional rights.

Of course, now that we don’t really have any constitutional rights anymore, perhaps we as a nation don’t care. I still do though.

Lastly, if anyone cares, the proper NYC nickname for Giuliani (not among his supporters, of course) is “El Duce”.

I need $1,000 now