Irony

[Christopher Rhoades Dÿkema]

I'm glad Giuliani came through well, because we needed him to. However,
when you think about it definitely is not at all a recommendation for
him that it took terrorism and mass murder to make him behave decently.
Giuliani is the kind of guy who can only experience empathy when he
himself really feels vulnerable. Nothing he's done in this crisis is
inconsistent with the vulgar bully he always has been.

Christopher Rhoades Dÿkema


> Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 21:45:39
> From: "Carl Remick"
> Subject: Re: Irony
>
> >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.
>
> Yes, even I -- a serious Giuliani loather from way back -- must admit that
> he put in a solid performance.  But I predict he'll be back to being a
> world-class asshole in no time.  Plus, I predict that NYC's newfound feeling
> of community will prove evanescent as well, and New Yorkers will be back to
> their old surly selves pronto.  Every time the city undergoes a wave of
> increased security, people get really sick really fast of flashing IDs for
> building guards and get quite vocal in their annoyance.
>
> Carl
> >
>