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Brawlbany: Rudy Giuliani's Take

Monday, June 29, 2009

Former mayor and presidential candidate Rudolph Giuliani discusses his call for a constitutional convention--and other state matters.

Read Rudolph Giuliani's New York Times op ed piece, "Putting New York Back Together"


Comments

  • [1] Jason from Midtown June 29, 2009 - 10:32AM

    Just what this fiasco needs... Guiliani's wisdom.

    Could Rudy take his $1,000 Yankee seats and just go away. Please.


  • [2] Jeff Putterman from Queens June 29, 2009 - 10:38AM

    Brian,

    Ask Mr. Giuliani if I am correct to believe he is guilty of criminally negligent homicide, for not providing our firefighters with radios that worked properly in the WTC towers.

    He had 8 years to do so. He chose to award a sweetheart, no bid deal, to Motorola for radios that did not work.

    So while our policemen heard the call to leave the second tower, our firefighters were still climbing up the stairs when the tower collapsed.

    Rudy is guilty of homicide. And he profiteered on the very graves of some of the bravest new yorkers ever to serve our city.

    Please, Brian, do not let this lowlife stutter his way through your show with his baloney.

    Please.


  • [3] Michael from Brooklyn June 29, 2009 - 10:40AM

    Brian,

    Please spare us having to listen to Rudy's take on our dysfunctional state government. Does anyone remember those eight years of "Rudy Rule" where he bullied everyone from minority communities to the Brooklyn Museam with his "my way or the highway" governing style as Mayor. How would he deal with Dean Skellos, Raul Espada, etc.? I shudder at thinking about that.


  • [4] Even Christy Whitman June 29, 2009 - 10:44AM

    Lacks gravitas


  • [5] Jeff Putterman from Queens June 29, 2009 - 10:45AM

    Brian,

    View this and stop coddling criminals like Giuliani on your show.

    I am a member and you work for me.

    Start working.

    Please.


  • [6] Jeff Putterman from Queens June 29, 2009 - 10:47AM

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXCi2MGsCg8

    Sorry, I am so worked up I forgot to post the link.

    This video is called

    "The Real Rudy (Giuliani) - FDNY Radios, Death by Motorola."

    He is a criminal who dances on the graves of our bravest, for profit.

    And you coddle him? Shame on you Brian. Shame. Shame. Shame.


  • [7] SuzanneNYC from Upper West Side June 29, 2009 - 10:50AM

    Anyone ready to bet on how long it will take him to reference 9/11? Surely it has something to do with the current situation in Albany.


  • [8] Jeff Putterman from Queens June 29, 2009 - 10:50AM

    Brian,

    If you want to allow Rudy to campaign for governor on your show, please don't do it with my money.

    I won't renew my membership to WNYC until you grow a set, Brian.

    Good day.


  • [9] stuart June 29, 2009 - 10:52AM

    ask Rudy for his opinion on mayoral control of the schools. Bloomberg allowed tons of new housing to be built, but no new additional public school buildings. He thought that these expensive apartments would house families who could afford to send their kids to private school. With the downturn in the economy, these families are scrambling to move into neighborhoods with more desirable public elementary schools, which create waiting lists for kindergarten. What would Rudy have done?


  • [10] Frogman from Manhattan June 29, 2009 - 10:56AM

    Mayor Guiliani is a smart guy, sounds great, but is a liar. 50 - 60 % of income going to taxes is the biggest liar statement I've heard in a long time.


  • [11] Frogman from Manhattan June 29, 2009 - 10:58AM

    Liar liar, he wanted three terms so badly...what is he talking about...see liar liar...gosh I can't believe it.


  • [12] Michael from Rockville Centre, June 29, 2009 - 10:59AM

    Rudy,please go away,your so irrelevant.


  • [13] jtt from jackson heights June 29, 2009 - 11:02AM

    he'll decide to run after cuomo.

    he wants an easy race against patterson, but is far to thin skinned to face cuomo.


  • [14] cnh from NYC June 29, 2009 - 11:06AM

    The one thing that would drive me out of NY fastest is the thought of Rudy Giuliani as Governor. This lying two faced SOB thinks the first amendment means what he wants it to mean and we New Yorkers paid the legal fees for his multiple failed attempts to assert limits on it. He cleaned up Times Square while bilking taxpayers for the security detail for his mistress. He's in favor of term limits but he tried to game the system to "extend" his term in the wake of 9/11. How many times do voters have to say no to this ego manic?


  • [15] Jason from Midtown June 29, 2009 - 11:08AM

    also, could you ask him why he is writing an op-ed piece for the ELITIST new york times? how will his supporters feel that he is going on a show that promotes community organizing and activism?


  • [16] SuzanneNYC from Upper West Side June 29, 2009 - 11:32AM

    Maybe we need to hear Giuliani periodically to remind us how disingenuous, hypocritical, and dangerous he really is. It's pointless to express dissatisfaction by threatening to withhold financial support from WNYC. You have more clout as a member.


  • [17] MR. COMB OVER June 29, 2009 - 12:49PM

    I COMPLETED YOU, TAKE ME BACK!


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