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Tilted Cat Head
Administrator
Location: Manhattan, NY
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Originally Posted by loquitur
Giuliani was a pretty good mayor at the time he was first elected. No, willravel, he wasn't a useless piece of shit. His willfulness is exactly what was needed to get some order in a city that was close to falling apart. I live in NYC and I was afraid in 1993 that if Dinkins was re-elected there would be no city left by the end of his second term. Giuliani is a bulldog, which at that particular point in NYC's history is what was needed (NYC is a very very blue place, and the only reason Republican Giuliani was elected is because Dinkins was a total disaster and the city was teetering at the edge of unlivability). But by the middle of his second term he was bored and started doing crazy shit. And I most certainly don't want him to be president - he has noticeable authoritarian and power-grabbing tendencies, and giving him the sort of power that Article II confers on presidents would not be a good thing. I have doubts that he really does believe in things like free speech and dissent. So no, I don't want him to be president - but that doesn't mean he was a useless piece of shit. He was what NYC needed in 1993. He is not what the USA needs now.
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I recall during the election process that I was worried it was going to be a police state. I was worried as he shut down the sex trade with the 60/40 rules it was going to be a prude state. I was worried when he started busting the squeegee guys it was going to be a tough town. I was worried when he started hassling the street vendors that they were going to go away.
No, I didn't like lots of things that he did. But I must say that the city is better over all for all the things he did. I'm at least willing to give him the chance if he got elected. That doesn't mean I'm voting for him, just that I'd be interested to see what he does.
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