Ars Politica: October 2007 Archives
An interesting MSNBC.com article about why Giuliani is the front runner, and why he might be the GOP's best choice -- quoting thus:
It was a depressed and devastated place: a city shoulder-to-shoulder with welfare recipients, free-spending city officials and greedy lawyers. New York was, in the telling of Rudolph W. Giuliani , a haven of high taxes and high crime, crumbling buildings and filthy streets. It was governed by liberals and dominated by Democratic voters who did not agree with the ideas of Mr. Giuliani but who nonetheless twice elected him mayor.
The article continues with a pointed reference to the failed liberal Democratic Party fiscal policies of the '60's, '70's, & '80's:
Trading a paperclip for a . . . house?
Kyle calls this a "trade-up," and he's written a book about his experience: One Red Paperclip: Or How an Ordinary Man Achieved His Dream with the Help of a Simple Office Supply.
