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Monday, February 26, 2007 12:00 AM

A kinder, gentler Giuliani

"America's mayor" cracks jokes about the weather and smiles warmly as his audience sips wine and smears butter on French rolls.
Julia Dahl

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  • Monday, February 26, 2007 01:54 PM

    The Spanish have a term for that.

    Cara dura - literally, "hard face".

    The closest approximation in English is the expression "Butter wouldn't melt in his mouth". It conotes a person who can, with complete confidence and utter lack of self-reflection, turn around and assert something that's in total contradiction to his earlier stances. Chutzpah without honor. Balls without integrity. In other words, a hypocrite.

    —Serai

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