USA Today: Giuliani is "half Woody Allen, half Rambo and 100% cerebral"
August 23, 2007 12:53 pm ET
In an August 23 article on former New York City mayor and Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani's recent campaign swing through New Hampshire, USA Today reporter Jill Lawrence wrote: "Suffice it to say Republicans have never had a presidential candidate like this -- half Woody Allen, half Rambo and 100% cerebral."
This is the first time Media Matters for America has documented a news outlet comparing Giuliani to the fictional character John Rambo, the Medal of Honor-winning former Green Beret portrayed by Sylvester Stallone in numerous action films. However, media figures have repeatedly depicted Giuliani as a tough guy:
- On the June 12 edition of MSNBC's Morning Joe, MSNBC host Chris Matthews called Giuliani a "street fighter," adding, "He was there on the curb when 9-11 struck. He had soot on his face."
- On the May 16 edition of MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann, CNBC chief Washington correspondent and Wall Street Journal national political editor John Harwood, comparing Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and Giuliani, claimed: "Rudy Giuliani also has a bit of a claim to combat in a different way, because he was on the ground in 9-11."
- On the May 2 edition of MSNBC's Hardball, Matthews asked Mike DuHaime, campaign manager for Giuliani: "Who would win a street fight ... Rudy Giuliani or [Iranian] President [Mahmoud] Ahmadinejad, who would win that fight?" Matthews said that the fight would take place "over in Queens somewhere ... a dark night, it's about 2 in the morning. Two guys are out behind the building, right?" DuHaime responded, "I am putting my money on Rudy on that one." Matthews added, "If [Giuliani] wins that notion, he is the next president."
- In a May 29 front-page profile of Giuliani -- headlined "To Temper Image, Giuliani Trades Growl for Smile" -- New York Times reporter Michael Powell wrote that Giuliani is a "commanding daddy of a candidate" and "is the father" when compared with other presidential candidates of both parties.
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That adds up to 200% full of crap.
Or this thread is 50% silly, and 50% sillier.
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a g e n d a........by making Giuliani out to be like Woody Allen, or at least half of him. Wow, this is really bad news for the liberal agenda.
I thought the insult was in comparing him to Sylvester.
You could be right, I am confused. Let's see what Tex and Nomobush have to say?
You could be right, I am confused. Let's see what Tex and Nomobush have to say?
Prediction: His explanation will be the length of a novel, mostly off-topic & he'll find a way to blame Bush. Her explanation will be disingenuous, condescending & include the word "delusional"
You also forgot that you will be attacked with venom and talked to in a very condescending tone.
J seriously you've got toughen up sister; your feelings are so easily hurt. If I ran from MMFA every time a poster talked to mean to me or Tommy talked to me in a condescending tone well I would be doing a lot of running; and talk about condescending. Hands down TOMMY IS MMFA`s CONDENSCENSION KING, but I love it when he does those talk to the hand baby posts! I find them pretty funny. Just remember life’s hard MMFA’s not. BTW I’ve noticed that SUELD has stopped posting I certainly hope it wasn’t because of what I said. I hope she/he will come back.
I take it all with a grain of salt, its sad that some however Lynn resort to such vicious personal attacks that was my point.
J
You would have never been able to make it here in the MMFA early days before we were REQUIRED to register with a sign on name. I've was called n-igger, sk-ank, bi-tch, na-ppy headed name a pejorative. I'd flag those posts and move on and talk to the sane people. They didn't run me off or even hurt my feelings for that matter. These were insignificant strangers on a web site. All I'm saying girl is you have to keep things in perspective.
Of course, you're dealing with people who would like to see terrorists let free so they can attack America and make Bush look bad. Naturally you're going to take everything we say with a grain of salt.
I can not stand Bush so I doubt that is the reason.
But we still want to see terrorists let free, for whatever reason. And then we're rude to people who reveal the nature of our anti-American views.
Your sentiments about Bush don't have any relevance to our motivations for wanting to see Americans killed, do they?
Bra, I am not sure what your point is. My record has been established on here. If you want to discuss terror we can do that on a thread related to terror? I was answering Jeters original point and questions from the wonderful Lynn.
The wonderful Lynn? Ok I agree she's wonderful...but what about the wonderful jeter? Boy do I feel unloved :-(
JLyon,
I believe Brabantio is giving you a little jab here because of the opinions you expressed on the Gibson thread last week.
Jeter sorry you are wonderful also.
Regarding the Gibson thread, I explained that too many times to count, my answer was not accepted by many who wanted to do nothing but attack as my Mom used to say "That Bus has left the terminal".
There was no explanation. "That's not what I meant" in and of itself does not fall into that category.
But if you lie about what you said enough and suck up to enough people, maybe you can hope to gloss over your outrageous insults.
Too true. There was no explanation. When she was called on the lack of explanation, she then insulted other posters and told them that if they couldn't find the place where she had explained it, that wasn't her problem. I looked throughout the whole thread, and there was no explanation telling us how what she had said was misinterpreted or didn't mean what we all thought it meant.
She sure needs to get a tougher skin and get over herself, like Lynn suggests.
On a related topic, that was where Barbantio uncovered Rino Hunter posting as JohnWiz and he and I uncovered CaseySpring posting as SueEld. What a long, strange trip it's been.
More personal attacks today ? My Mother also told me to ignore people who were not good people. You now fall into that category.
I'd be happy if you'd ignore me.
Remember, you're the one who jumped into this conversation to slam me, and that's when Lynn told you to get thicker skin. That's the first thing. I've never made vicious personal attacks. I pointed out that you had made a smear of liberals here by saying (and I'm paraphrasing, just like many others did) that we're terrorist sympathizers. After many, many people pointed out that smear, you said that it had been misinterpreted, but you never even tried to explain what it really meant.
You also forgot that you will be attacked with venom and talked to in a very condescending tone.
I take it all with a grain of salt, its sad that some however Lynn resort to such vicious personal attacks that was my point.
Then, when Barbantio mentioned your smear of all the liberal posters here from the Charles Gibson thread a week or so ago, you feigned ignorance for several posts, and then you claimed that you had done all you could do to resolve that issue, which is a bold-faced lie. You did not do that.
If you want to ignore me, be my guest, but don't expect that I'll ignore it if you behave in a similar way in the future. Posters get held responsible for what they say here. Read Lynn's two posts again please.
I seriously regret sticking up for you when you start posting things like CaseySpring = Sueeld.
Give it a rest already - all of you.
Jeter,
Do you think J was really calling me wondrful. I think she's mad at me again.
Lynn , I would never be mad at you I was serious.
Lynn,
I didn't read JLyon's "Wonderful Lynn" as sarcastic. I think you guys were ok with one another.
I think you're wonderful :-)
I didn't ask a question.
Lynn, sorry "statement".
I'm glad we're OK! I re-read my post and it may have come off sounded a little condescending. (darn that Tommy for giving me that virus) I've had two posters today tell me I was being condescending towards them so I'll have to monitor my tone.
Lynn , you are never condesending. Your opinion and posts are always respected by me.
J, you and I have had this discussion before, some people do not want to be civil. I believe in being civil and respectful even though I disagree. Never let them get to you though. Stick up for yourself!!!!
Thanks Doris, you are my role model ;-)
I am not so sure I am a good role model but that is sweet.
Doris, you're always polite. I think that's very admirable. More posters [including myself] should try more to emulate you :-)
Wow Lynn, "......but I love it when he posts those talk to the hands baby posts!"
If I didn't know better, I would say that is decidedly condescending.
Oh my GOD it's contagious!!!
I feel like I'm having Deja vuTommy will say something snide, Jeter2 will back him and Jlyons/Sueeld/Casey (are you all the same person btw?) will jump on the attack train after Nomobush.
Not to worry, Nomobush can certainly take care of him or herself quite capably and has plenty of track-worthy ammunition in her arsenal. After all, us tracksters are all delusional anyway, so how much harm can we do?
Hey MHK,
I'm an official MMFA *Tipster* now...so you better show me some respect ;-)
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A tip from reader Jeter2 contributed to this item. Thanks, and keep them coming.
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I saw that earlier today Jeter2 and I was very impressed. What do I need to do so you don't turn me into your inside connections at MMFA?
Does flattery work? Your number 2 on my list of favorite "conservative" poster on this site. Right now I kind of have a love/hate thing going for Tommy, but your defiantly in the running.
MHK,
Flattery always works :-)
So does money...
But just bring the beer for our cyber-parties here on Fridays & you're golden ;-)
Your like the Rambo of MMFA (the younger, smarter, and more attractive version)
Are you sure I couldn't make you a nice Mojito or a Vodka Tonic?
The Rambo of MMFA? Cool. Someone here [can't remember which poster] once told me I was the Maverick of MMFA.
Hey both sound good on a resume ;-)
I've never tried a Mojito...is that made with rum? Anyway I'll try one of those :-)
Rum, Sugar, Lime Juice and Mint
Congratulations Jeter, nice job in giving a tip!!!
Aw shucks...thank you :-)
I thought it was kind of cool myself.
I am the same person as Casey and Sueeld? Thanks for the new information. I did not realze that.
Jlyon/SueEld/Casey
All 3 of you post in a similiar manner and usually agree more often then not. Are you sure your not the same person?
Just asking!
No, but if you want to think that be my guest.
You may be on to something.
The comparison is as valid as the Sue/NotThatGeorge/NomoBush comparisons.
Ding, Ding, Ding!
Roundhouse gets a prize.
MHK and Roundhouse I think you both need to give this a rest, it is not fair when NomoBush is questioned like this and it is not fair about JLyons. Unless you have solid proof it needs to stop. I find JLyons and Nomobush to be valid and good posters.
They're both fine in my book, it does need to put to rest.
I just jumped in to emphasize the smack Nomo has to put up with from posters here.
You, Doris can be counted on to take Jeter, Tommy, SueEld, Casey and Jlyon to task for gratuitously smearing NomoBush as someone they have no evidence of her/him to be? No? Yes?
And you Roundhouse, can be counted on to take Nomobush to task for continuing to gratuitously smear us by labeleing us delusional in nearly every post.
Not as it pertains to you, anyway. Some attributions are apt.
Tommy
Are you asking me to stick up for you now? That's kind of sweet!
Tommy you have an entire pose of people that gang up on the poster in question. Do you really need me or Roundhouse to assist you? I'm just asking you to stick to the merits of the person's posts and to stop with the un-founded accusations. That doesn't harbor a positive environment for conversation.
Nah, I was figuring on some consistency but your hollow defenses of Nomo is only because she agrees with your liberal views, it has nothing to do with any level of discourse on this site.
Glad you and Roundhouse just confirmed what I suspected. And not to worry, I don't really need the backup......really, I don't.
What did you suspect? That I'm not here to defend conservative posters? That I am here to defend liberal posters? Sheer freakin' genius, Tommy.
I would say defending your liberal views, even with all the backup you get here, would have you plenty busy......so no time for much else.
But your double standard admission is admirable, I'll give ya that........
That's hysterical. Double standard? That's hysterical. It's funny if you ignore reality, I have defended or given props to conservative posters who are thoughtful. Jeter and Bruce come to mind, but not you.
I have virtually no respect for you, so it's no double standard, just my standard.
By your standards, I will try and pick up the pieces of my shattered life of no respect, and go on.
(handstand)
You'll live to love again.
I'm a heartbreaker by nature, a ramblin' man. But you'll find true love, Tommy. I know you have a good heart, you deserve love.
We can't get along but that doesn't make us bad people. We're just not compatible.
Good response, and I do give YOU props for it.......nice comeback :)
You ole charmer, you. I can't quit you. And, yes I will respect you in the morning ; )
Ah... yet another one of those MMFA love/hate relationships. Sweet. Maybe you two ought to get a room? ;-)
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I'm not here to defend Nomobush because he/she is a liberal. I already stated that I dislike when people attack one another with un-provable accusations and you guys have been ganging up on this person.
I will make a personal effort to defend Tommy whenever I see someone level an un-fair accusation.... You're my favorite poster on this site, so it's the least I can do.
On a side note.... Nomobush decided to join the idiot fest and accuse CaseySprings of being Sueeld in a serious way. This will be the last time I comment on this issue or defend him/her. .
You get called delusional when you label me falsely.
Only someone with delusions would see all these sinister double agents lurking behind every post, and feel the need to point it out instead of replying to the content of the post. You've either made that choice or you are delusional.
Roundhouse I have before so Yes.
My apologies, Doris.
By the by, it is curious that the very first time I jumped on the baseless accusation train I get called out for it. Especially considering I have seen thread after thread with post after post of nomo=sue go uncontested. I don't read every single post of every single thread, I'm just sayin'....
Other than that it must be said that this MMFA community is just about the finest collective of partcipants on the web and it is my personal wish that I could hold myself to a higher standard of discourse than I have exhibited in recent weeks.
I went after Tommy on this thread over a silly provocation, that showed poor character on my part. I've trashed Jeter over silliness, again poor character. Also I've defended unsavory posters for partisan reasons.
This thread is essentially dead, I hope this message gets read, but here's the short and long of it: I apologize to all of you for being such a wanker.
Nice message. You're not a wanker
Hey I haven't called NoMoBush "Sue" or "NoMoSue" in 48 hours. It's harder than trying to quit smoking ;-)
If she plays nice, I'm should we would too. It takes 2 to tango.
She's got a nasty streak...So I make no promises.
If you have in the past handed out admonishments equally to all posters on the topic, you have my apologies.
Doris,
With all due respect, I think you should save your "lecture" for the constant stream of Sue accusations that come from Jlyon, SueEld, Casey, Tommy, and Jeter.
I've never seen you chime in on this issue up till now and you've certainly never done it when the posters listed above have attacked Nomobush.I've asked the people in question to stop and they haven't..... I find these accusations ridiculous and was attempting to make a point (which apparently this was lost on you) about how it isn't cool when someone else is doing it to you.
I have asked them to stop, on numerous occasions. I have been very consistent in this.
I think we agree on this issue so lets just leave it at that shall we?
Me too because they always have something insightful to say!
Yes, and in a national poll conducted by Frank Luntz it was found that 78% of the population want our next president to be like Rambo and the other 22% want him to be like Woody Allen, so USA Today just covered all their bases.
If you believe Frank Luntz, that is.
Is comparing him to Woody Allen & Rambo supposed to be something positive? Am I missing something here?
I'd think the Democrats would be loving this.
The "Rambo" comparison was definitely made as a negative in this blog post:
Rudi Giuliani apparently thinks our next president ought to conduct America's foreign policy in the same manner he navigated the end of his last marriage...an in your face flaunting of one's ability to do what one chooses regardless of how it might be perceived and who might get hurt in the process. Perhaps I'm being too harsh...after all...he does have more experience than most.
Never let it be said that Teddy Roosevelt had anything on Rudi Giuliani. The esteemed former mayor turned modern day Rambo apparently believes one should not only carry a big stick...but one ought to loudly and clearly shout out who is scheduled to receive the next clubbing. Perhaps he and Dick Cheney could enjoy spending vacation time together clubbing baby seals?
http://www.thoughttheater.com/2007/08/rootin_tootin_rudi_rassles_foreign_policy.php
Well there you go. Being described as "Rambo" is hardly a compliment.
And Woody Allen? Geez that guy is just plain annoying.
So I've got to wonder why this would be a positive?
And...I've just got to ask:
WHY IS THIS HERE?
I think this piece is supposed to be lauditory... 100% cerebral? Please... It's like calling Bush a 'rancher' or 'cowboy'.
But, I agree... the comparisons are a bit weird
...sorry 'laudatory'... I can't spel.
I could live with the Woody Allen thing; it's the Rambo part that gives me great concern. Giuliani is another phony pretending to be the greatest terrorist fighter of all time. A better description of Giuliani would be that he's a good motivational speaker THE END! Seriously my cousin who is a manager with Verizon telecommunication was forced on a managerial retreat to listen to him he was the key speaker at the retreat. BTW I certainly don’t think this thread is silly as you and Tommy certainly do. For some reason the media seems to love to cast Republican leaders as this lovable but STRONG quirky characters and they do love a quirky character they make for real good press but terrible leaders. Quirky indeed many of them are just plain nuts!
Didn't Woody Allen dump his wife and marry his adopted kid?
Comparing Rudy to Rambo in a news article is silly?
Keep drinking that Kool-Aid Tomster.
What has Guiliiani ever done to prove he was tough? He happened to be the Mayor on 9/11. And wasn't he out of office shortly thereafter? Maybe the mayor of Pearl Harbor should have ran in '42 against FDR. I just don't get it. The guy is using the most tragic event in US history as a catapult to the Presidency. That is disgusting in my view and his only hope chance and that explains the fraud. Say 9/11 occured in Boston or LA. This guy would be a joke runnign for president. But I guess when you walk north thanking God GW is president, you are for some reason a tough SOB. Again, what did Guiliani do to prepare his forces for a possible terror attack? Where did he put the city's Emergency Operations Center and how effective was it on 9/11 or since? What has he done since 9/11 besides profit from the disaster and campaign for Republicans as they exploit the tragedy of 9/11. Guilliani is a fraud and I hope he wins the Rep nomination because it will be a cakewalk for whoever takes the Dem nomination.
It furthers the conservative agenda by giving credence to the Republican meme that Giuliani is some kind of wondrous hero, given to more bravery than one would have expected from any other sane, capable mayor of NYC.
Begin sarcasm.
He's a tough guy who claimed that his lungs were in as much danger as those people who spent weeks in the danger zone. He's a hero who tried to hold up WTC 7 with his emergency ops offices.
End sarcasm.
He doesn't deserve the association with a tough, heroic, devil-may-care guy like Rambo.
Oh but that's only half the makeup here........how exactly does the Woody Allen comparison further that ever-so-nasty conservative agenda we hear so much about here?
I wait breathlessly.
please start breathing again.
The only real comparison between G$ and Woody Allen would be the number of failed relationships they both have. I'm not seeing that as a positive.
It doesn't. Who said that everything out of their mouths had to be derogatory?
You seem to miss this every time you are confronted with it. People who can't learn from their previous errors shouldn't criticize people when they point out those errors repeatedly!
The analogy to Woody Allen is irrelevant. Did you even read MMfA's stuff? Do they call out the Woody Allen part, or do they concentrate on the part about Rambo, the part that furthers the conservative agenda?
Get back to us when you know what you're talking about. We'll wait.
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I think that makes him "Spunge-Rudy Square Head."
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Fast work, and a little scary.
Seriously, half-baked says it all.
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This is only politicking by mmfa...Lawrence provided an opinion and it certainly is not about conservative misinformation.
This is a weak effort for a self-proclaimed media watchdog...but par for the course for a pandering political article.
Ahh, hold on. Opinions that are not supported by slanted liberal "facts" are not allowed.
But seriously...
If this was an article and not an editorial, then the reporter is showing extreme bias in trying to portray Rudy in a positive fashion.
Now, if it were a quote from someone, then that should be fine, but if the Woody Allen/Rambo comment came directly out of the reporter's head, then MMFA did right in reporting it.
My question is, Which Woody? The somewhat brilliant filmmaker Woody or the Marry-My-Stepdaughter Woody?
Or maybe the reporter is just inept and may have wanted to refer to the Woody character from the "Toy Story" movies. That would make better sense. Either way, she a horrible editor.
Crap... we need an edit function...
"Either way she has a horrible editor"
This was an article about the campaign of Rudy in NH...the comments were not out of line.
Did you read the article?
Would it have been less offensive to paint a negative picture?
It's all about opinion. In the opinion of mmfa, the Woody/Rambo reference was more important than the authors statement about what Rudy thinks of democrats:
- He casts potential Democratic rivals as socialist sympathizers -
mmfa comes off looking like Woody in this one.
Which Rambo is he partially composed of? The rogue government operative who can single handedly take down the Vietnamese and then the Russian Army or the delusional PSD suffering one who shot the living crap out of a small town?
I'm going with choice B.
I'm pretty sure that rudy giuliani is a joke.
And as for the USA Today characterization of him as "half Woody Allen, half Rambo, and 100% cerebral*", I think maybe that was meant as a joke too... as a characterization of rudy, it wasn't necessarily meant as anything flattering or even positive; it was in fact prefaced only by "Republicans have never had a presidential candidate like this", which doesn't imply he's a good candidate, just a unique one is all.
If indeed we thought being "half Woody Allen, half Rambo, and 100% cerebral*" was a good thing in a presidential candidate, then wouldn't we be doing even better, if instead of rudy we actually got Woody Allen on the Republican ticket?
And seeing as "Rambo" is fictional, at least got Sylvester Stallone to either play the part, or recommend a real person who's just like "Rambo"?
And as far as factoring in the "100% cerebral*" part, well if that didn't already describe Woody Allen and Sylvester Stallone (or his designate) then who would we add to the ticket somehow, that somehow satisfies the "100% cerebral*" requirement?
Hmmm... let's think... Oh screw it!
Let's just say rudy fits that billing! Let's just say that the USA Today is dead-on, and it's true, Republicans have never had a presidential candidate like rudy...
...they've never quite had a joke as funny as rudy, running for their nomination.
*100% cerebral: What in the heck could that possibly even mean? I'm sorry, but I shall forever reserve the right to be in some part sensate, as in "seeing" and "hearing" and "feeling"... as well as some part (actually mostly) emotive, as in "caring" and "concerned" and even "loving"... all in addition to being a human body, moving about in all sorts of pleasant ways... What the heck can "100% cerebral" even mean?
It sounds like it describes Joe Lieberman; and look at what a worthless sort he is!
...but he would make as good or if not a better Republican candidate than rudy; he would be just as unique.
Everyone laughs, but Giuliani is truly frightening. In his own words:
"Freedom is about authority. Freedom is about the willingness of every single human being to cede to lawful authority a great deal of discretion about what you do."
"You have free speech so I can be heard."
Now parse those sentences. "Freedom is about authority." "You have free speech so I can be heard." Think about what kind of man would believe such things.
I feared that the media would give Rudy the same mindless adoration they gave Bush in 2000, and so far I haven't been disappointed. The firefighters hate him, but they've been dismissed as partisan liars, even though they're telling the truth. Now we get crap like "half Woody Allen, half Rambo, 100% cerebral"? WTF does that even mean?
Giuliani is more authoritarian, more aggressive, and more corrupt than Bush and Cheney. He embodies the worst of the GOP--which pretty much guarantees he'll be the nominee.
That's the Rambo part I assume.
It's the Woody Allen part that stumps me, because Rudy is the last person on Earth who could be described as either witty or self-deprecating.
I think the author was actually comparing the two extremes - the tough macho Rambo, with the not so tough softer Woody Allen.
Either way, it's placement here, at all, is at best fodder for jokes.
Sorry Tommy, I asked them to delete my post since it had an open tag which was screwing up the thread. So here we are again:
I think the author was actually comparing the two extremes - the tough macho Rambo, with the not so tough softer Woody Allen.
As usual your ability to state the perfectly obvious as if it were some kind of deep revelation never ceases to astound me. Once again you have rendered me stunned and speechless with your insight. How do you do it, sir?
I understand perfectly well what the author of the piece is trying to do. But thanks for correcting a misapprehension which I was not, in fact, laboring under.
You accused me of being bent out of shape at this stupid analogy. Typically, you focus on the narrow issue at hand and ignore the bigger picture.
You're right in that it's one stupid analogy. But it signifies a trend in how the media will approach Giuliani, which is to say totally uncritically. So far the media has ignored the firefighters who denounce him for his lack of emergency preparedness and exposing them to toxic air during the 9/11 cleanup.
They also ignored Rudy's essay on foreign policy where he says we could have won in Vietnam, if we hadn't pulled out. And we need a much bigger military and lots of black ops guys to do our dirty work, plus a an impenetrable missile defense system. And we need to attack Iran, as well as anyone else who might look at us funny. Still think the Rambo comparison is just a joke?
Calling Bush someone "you'd want to have a beer with" was just as dumb as "half Woody, half Rambo". But it helped to get him elected. And if you'll pardon my saying so--that's no joke.
If the media continues to lionize Giuliani, and if Hillary is his opponent, Rudy has a good shot at getting elected president. That will be the end of the republic as we know it.
But hey, it's one stupid comparison, why get worked up about it?
The half of Guiliani that's like Woody Allen, would that be the part that married his cousin?
According to Drew Westen (no relation) in The Political Brain, Our major drives come from wishes, fears and values. How does a combination Woody Allen, and Sylvester Stallone who is 100% cerebral answer our wishes, fears, and/or values. The image of a funny, perceptive, physically strong, hard thinker is positive for a leader. Does this accuratly describe Julie? How would you test the correctness of this description?
Why is this here? As I answered a day or two ago, everything has to be somewhere. Thats why space exsists, so things can be somewhere.
Does Rudy scream like Rambo?
Guliani? Cerebral? Those two words mentioned together puts me in a state of total bewilderment. What reference point is that jounralist using to define "cerebral"? Able to read a third-grade primer? Knows the difference between blue and green? I contemplate the nature of the space/time relationship and the possibility that black holes are just tightly compressed quark stars....Guiliani cerebral? I don't think so. He's not even close.