Giuliani 08

[dissention]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

People mostly do not like him because they feel he sacrificed the homeless in Times Sq. and other places in NYC to get the tourism back up - crime fell drastically (though many argue Rudy G. had nothing to do with that and it just happened sua sponte). He also cut AIDS funding, but it is unclear if that was necessitated by budget contraints as opposed to ill will to the gay communty and Federal Programs allegedly picked up much of that slack - though many went through hell to be sure.

Again, he is no agngel, but there are far worse a la Frist, Lott, Delay, etc.

He also turned a blind eye to corruption in the NYPD and his Broken Windows policy was despicable. Not to mention his adventures with the Brooklyn Museum.