As people start to notice the extent to which Rudy Giuliani has exaggerated his mayoral record, his campaign is scouring the list of his former deputy mayors and commissioners to find someone — anyone — who’ll swear that, honestly, Rudy changed everything. The New York Daily News has the story:
In an internal memo obtained by The News, aides invited former City Hall denizens to attend a Sept. 17 meeting in Times Square to discuss videotaping pro-Giuliani segments – and to recruit others to the cause.
“Essentially we need people who can attest to what the city was like before RWG became mayor and what it was like to live during the N.Y.C. renaissance,” reads the e-mail.
The authors make clear they won’t be too choosy.
“Any surrogate you can think of on any conceivable issue will be of value,” they said, adding that useful types might include “other administration officials, community and civic leaders, small business owners, CEOs, current and former elected officials and average New Yorkers.”
You mean New Yorkers aren’t clamoring to proclaim their love for Rudy? How odd.
(h/t: Gothamist)
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[...] during his mayoralty, things get a lot murkier. A couple months ago his campaign was forced to go trolling for compliments — any compliments — from ex-City Hall staffers. Now, as NYC firefighters prepare to [...]
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i wonder how many new yorkers would prefer to go back to new york pre-giuliani? hmmm…. anyone who wants 2500 murders a year, 1 million welfare cases, and smut and drugs on every corner raise your hands…
Left by matt
September 11, 2007 at 8:23pm