Irony

Nathan Newman nathan at newman.org
Tue Sep 18 15:12:52 PDT 2001


----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Grimes" <cgrimes at rawbw.com>


>Progressives in New York must be really pissed because one of their
>favorite targets was Giuliani who has turned out to be a fairly
>courageous and organized mayor (or at least he looks that way on tv)
>in the middle of a tremendous disaster. Now that has to really hurt.

Not really, a fascist softened emotionally by prostrate cancer may have been exactly what was needed in this crisis. He could try to make the trains run on time, but then get dew-eyed.

Thank god Guiliani was there to rush his ass right to the bomb site to help direct traffice, calm nerves and counsel against hate, while Georgie was off cowering in a bunker in Nebraska (or whereever).

It's kind of a Churchill moment; thank god he was there, and thank god he's leaving office.

-- Nathan Newman



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