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...official swearing-in ceremony took place New Year's Eve in Times Square, featuring a smiling Rudy Giuliani, who shook hands and waved as he presided over his final official duty. But while many thoughts may have been with the outgoing mayor, the night belonged to the incoming one - as did the following morning, when Bloomberg paid homage to his predecessor. "Last night in Times Square when Rudy swore me in, he said to me, 'Don't fail our people.' Rudy, I will...
...Predictably, the vast majority of submissions were related to 9/11, but not everyone drew the same conclusion from the event. The two highest vote-getters by far were George W. Bush and New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, who were both praised for "stepping up to the plate" and being "the right man at the right time...
...Rudy Giuliani's performance elicited enthusiasm extending far beyond New York's borders from readers who saw "a modern-day Churchill" ; "a true leader. Calm, cool, and collected" who "soothed the country when we needed it most." Once wary of Rudy's town, Americans "all became New Yorkers that day. He was our mayor." Several opined that "he even outshone our president in that he put his personal safety aside and jumped right in." A number of you recalled the mayor's personal setbacks prior to the event ("Enduring personal disgrace, prostate cancer, a terrorist attack of catastrophic proportion...
...good number of bin Laden entries pointed out that "Bush and Giuliani are being considered only because of what Osama did," while some suggested that "Bush and Osama should share the distinction in confrontational profile. Each would be reduced in stature without the other." One simply said, "Let's face it, no one has rocked this world more in the past 50 years...
...Giuliani himself said once (while in drag) that he was a "Republican dressed as a Democrat dressed as a Republican." While, you, as we know, are a Democrat who dressed up as a Republican because the primary was easier. Never mind. It doesn't matter. Politics and partisan sabotage have not yet rushed back in to New York City, and New Yorkers are still ready to believe that the city can be reborn stronger and better than it was on Sept. 11. All this is in your favor...