Reply #33: I'm no fan of Rudy, but give him his due. [View All]

[Bake]

Yes, he did "just show up." He "did his job." But he did it under the most extraordinary circumstances imaginable. And that day, and the days that followed, when no one else was even showing up, leadership-wise, he did a good job.

Was he a lousy mayor? Maybe. Is he a HERO? No. The NYPD and NYFD and Port Authority cops, the ones who dug out the bodies, went into the buildings themselves -- they're the heroes.

But give Rudy his due on this one. It doesn't mean he's made of presidential timber. Are we here on DU so completely unable to see ANY good in the other side, ever, that we can't give him his due for what he did on 9/11? I'm not. And I despise Pukes as much as anybody.

Bake