"New Yorkers have a love-hate relationship with him, more hate, though, due to the whole... open closet of skeletons thing. The rest of America saw him as a great leader, but not us."
Um. Depends on who you ask. yeah no one thought he was great leader material. But he was better than Dinkins. Or Koch. And he told reporters to fuck off.
I'm not a New Yorker, but I live close by, and my company's home office is in Manhattan. On Sept 10, 2001, New Yorkers were ANXIOUSLY awaiting the end of his term. Instructions to not let the door hit him where the good Lord split him abounded.
Then 9/11 happened. And Everything Changed (trademarked by the Repub party).
The next week, people started to wonder if a third term wasn't a good idea. Cooler heads prevailed.
He did some good for the city, but he left a lot of bad feeling.
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Date: 2007-04-26 01:48 am (UTC)*pokes more*
"New Yorkers have a love-hate relationship with him, more hate, though, due to the whole... open closet of skeletons thing. The rest of America saw him as a great leader, but not us."
So.... whatev.
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Date: 2007-04-26 01:50 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-04-26 02:00 am (UTC)Then 9/11 happened. And Everything Changed (trademarked by the Repub party).
The next week, people started to wonder if a third term wasn't a good idea. Cooler heads prevailed.
He did some good for the city, but he left a lot of bad feeling.
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Date: 2007-04-26 02:16 am (UTC)