NY Times piece on Rudy Gullianni -- read it

This New York Times piece is a really good read on Rudy Gulianni -- who could very well be the next President of the U.S. -- and his race-relations problems.

I remember how there was talk of reaaranging the double-term limit on a mayorship so that NYC could re-elect him...this was after the way he handled 9-11. But what that did was overshadow much of the controversy that clouded most of his 8 years in office. Although crime dropped and Times Square commercialized and delapidated neighborhoods gentrified; dude was a Class A prick, specifically with NYC's black population (I think there are like 3 million blacks in NYC). Much of this centered around police tactics, with Diallo's shooting being the most egregious well-remembered.

And Gulianni also has the Bush-sickness of simply not extending olive branches or seeking communication. Bush hasnt met with Congressional Black Caucus since he's been in office. Gullianni regularly rebuffed black leaders requests for face time. I partly understand why these politicians behave that way. Powerful blacks like pile it on Republicans. Groups of blacks can be like angry wives that wanna shove wrongdoing in people's faces, make irrational and ridiculous rquests and belittle/emasculate/triviliaze folks by condescension and accusations. So cowboys like Bush and Gulianni take it straight to the "I'm not even pumpin' wit yall" level; which is kinda gangsta, but wholly faulty for a country with America's history and ongoing problems with race relations.

Anyways...the Times provides a nice chronological look at the race-relations missteps of Guilianni's mayorship and asks some pretty logical questions about how that would translate if this dude was leading the friggin country.

Also, this dude has been divorced, like, 84 times. This means he's either a schmuck in the sack, a poor communicator, belligerent, gay or all of the above. I'm just sayin....