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I've lived in New York City my whole life.
Rudy is a self-absorbed megalomaniac loser, and we're happy to be rid of him. By the time 9/10/01 rolled around, Rudy couldn't have been elected dogcatcher, much less re-elected mayor, because he was a thin-skinned, divisive guy in a bad toupee. I honestly believe that he was happy about what happened the next day, because if it hadn't happened, he would have been forgotten long ago, as footnote in New York City history.
I guess not many people know that, as he stood on top of 2500 of my dead friends and neighbors, he was looking across the way at the smoking ruin of 7 WTC, which arguably fell because Rudy decided to build his executive emergency bunker there and load it up with fuel. So, if he's going to claim to be "America's mayor" after 9/11, I suppose it's fair to ask why he made such stupid decisions after an attack on the same buildings in 1993.
Unlike our current mayor, who actually rolls up his sleeves and gets to work, Rudy spent most of his time talking about himself and not getting anything done, other than turning the city into an armed and divided camp. It's the same geographic place now, but people are much happier now that Rudy is gone and we've got Bloomberg.
I'm gleefully looking forward to Rudy's coming political implosion, because it couldn't happen to a worse human being.
