Fuck you Nicole Belle.

Rudy the Dictator

nathanrudy at DailyKos reminds us of our "pre-9/11 thinking".

But the horrors struck our nation in New York, Pennsylvania and Washington DC and things changed. Obviously, one of the major changes was that the primary for New York City Mayor was scuttled and had to be postponed.[..]

But in the following days we got to see the real Giuliani. It's easier to be heroic in front of cameras while people are afraid. Strongmen for all time have been able to do that, gathering the fears of the people together into a small place and whipping them up into a frenzy of passion that lifts the strongman to greater power.

Giuliani knew that, and tried to benefit. On September 26, 2001 - two weeks after the worst attack on our mainland since the Civil War - Giuliani proposed that he be able to hold on to his office for three more months. [..]

There was no law that supported such an extension, no tradition that offered it, no constitutional power that allowed it. Giuliani simply thought that the law of his city, state and nation should be aborted for his own personal glory.

Let me say that again: Rudy Giuliani used the most horrific moment of the last fifty years to try to maintain power for himself..

This article is full of shit. West coast touchy feely bullshit article. This fucking person was probably not in NYC during the 9/11 attacks and probably never lived in NYC. Sure Giuliani was a bit of a racist and had his down fall, but if you take a poll of New Yorkers if we should have had elections on September 26 instead of delaying like we did I think we all know the answer.

There wasn't even any fact finding, just someone's stupid opinion.

Nicole Belle is full of shit and once I find her e-mail address I'm going to give her a piece of my mind. Stupid fuck up. 12345678910

Now that I'm calm, some liberals and conspiracy nuts scare me. It is great that we have the freedom to say and believe what we want, but where is the middle ground? Can I calmly e-mail Ms. Belle and could we have an honest debate? I hope I could converse with her. Is this a black & white issue?

I think John McCain said it best: "Recognize that presidents don't lose wars and parties don't lose wars. Nations lose wars and the consequences are felt by the nation." Are we so concerned about getting our view across that we are not willing to "win" a war. We are more concerned proving that "I am right and you are wrong" that we lose sight of the true goal. That goal is to prevent Iraq and Afghanistan becoming terror states. In Afghanistan's case, to prevent it from happing again. Iraq is well on the way and yet less and less people care, but more and more people care about Darfur... We have a problem with focus.