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A Message to You, Rudy
The same day it was reported that the five families of the New York mafia came within a single vote of putting a hit out on Rudolph Giuliani in 1987, this item appeared in The New York Times:
Mr. Giuliani has declared he will be rooting for the dreaded Boston Red Sox against the Colorado Rockies in the World Series, which began last night. From the Bronx to his childhood haunts in Brooklyn, there was a baffled anger bordering on rage.
"They should burn his seat that he sat in at Yankee Stadium -- how’s that?" said George Patsin, a Brooklyn restaurateur. "They should burn it on TV so I can watch."
Rudy Giuliani: Everyone wants to send him a message. Why, you could almost say... I mean, it brings to mind... it raises... screw the setup, I'm just gonna roll the film:
Anonymo the Anonymous|10.25.07 @ 11:48PM|#
The same day it was reported that the five families of the
New York mafia came within a single vote of putting a hit out on
Rudy Giuliani in 1987
Goddamn bureaucracy.
Kidding, seriously; I would much prefer to see Giuliani rejected by
the public in a free and fair election.
|10.26.07 @ 12:16AM|#
I had been expecting an entire primary season filled with
Rudy-Ska puns, jokes, clips, etc.
Why the delay?
Rhywun|10.26.07 @ 12:36AM|#
Maybe he just prefers the place Boston to Colorado--that's how I root for teams because otherwise I don't give a crap about sports.
Thomas Paine\'s Goiter|10.26.07 @ 12:50AM|#
I agree with mlt. Rudie can't fail, Message to you Rudy. More video clips, especially if they are The Specials.
|10.26.07 @ 1:02AM|#
yep...
http://www.reason.com/blog/show/121976.html
only other rude song I can think of off the top of my head is "Rude
boys outta jail." anybody wanna compile a list of possible future
Rudy related headlines.
Yup|10.26.07 @ 1:06AM|#
That clip brought to mind the Clash's "Rudy Can't Fail."
Hell, all the white guys in that band looked like Clash ripoffs
anyway.
highnumber|10.26.07 @ 1:21AM|#
A
response to this post has been posted. Mostly it's about being
disappointed by Jesse Walker.
For shame, Jesse. For shame.
|10.26.07 @ 8:40AM|#
"So why did they vote not to take him out?"
The enemy that you know is preferable to the enemy that you do not
know.
CB
robc|10.26.07 @ 9:00AM|#
Jeff P,
Nothing arbitrary or irrational about it. The concept of rooting
for your own league/conference is wide spread, but you never root
for your arch-rival. The rule/choice of arch-rival may be arbitrary
and irrational (although usually just arbitrary), but the anger is
very rational. Rudy is violating a well understood rule.
BakedPenguin|10.26.07 @ 9:07AM|#
highnumber - good call. I'd forgotten about that song.
...and mlt, TPG, et al., I sure hope Rudy Can Fail, or we're all
screwed.
|10.26.07 @ 9:11AM|#
Rudi aint a true Yankees fan.
That would be like me rooting for the Steelers, and that aint gonna
happen.
Hates me some Steelers.
Episiarch|10.26.07 @ 9:16AM|#
I figure Rudy didn't care about doing this because NYC will vote Dem automatically anyway. He's throwing in a pre-emptive "fuck you for not voting for a native son over that Alabama bitch".
|10.26.07 @ 9:26AM|#
Saying a man should be set on fire because he supports a sports team in another geographic location is pretty fucking arbitrary and irrational. I don't care how wide spread the concept is, it's still neo-tribal bullshit.
VM|10.26.07 @ 9:34AM|#
Epi - meh. whatevs. close enough. Maybe one more bicuspid one way or the other. But close enough.
BakedPenguin|10.26.07 @ 9:36AM|#
Jeff P, the guy said "the seat he sat in." It was an expression of contempt, not a homocidal fantasy.
T|10.26.07 @ 9:38AM|#
I can think of many, many better reasons for Rudy to be set on
fire, so what's one more arbitrary, irrational, neo-tribal
one?
Not that I am in any way advocating for or suggesting that Rudy be
set on fire. I'm advocating for the Stark Fist of Removal,
personally. Failling that, I'll settle for the fist of any angry
god that cares to step up.
ed|10.26.07 @ 10:04AM|#
Rudy is violating a well understood rule.
A rule amongst fools. Tribalism in professional fandom is still
tribalism. Seeing laBron sport a Yankees cap at the Jake made my
day. Good for him, and screw the hapless Injuns.
|10.26.07 @ 10:06AM|#
scottp,
I understand your Steelers hatred. It has to be tough when:
A: We knocked you out of the playoffs last year, despite having an
8-8 season, and...
B: Snapped the leg of your whiny-boy QB back in 2005.
But really, by now you should be used to being our prison
bitch.
Go Steelers...
|10.26.07 @ 10:14AM|#
There is a long tradition of rooting for the guy's that beat you. It validates the position that you were second best!
|10.26.07 @ 10:23AM|#
J Sub D,
I think what everyone's forgetting is that both the Red Sox and the
Yankees are from the American league, and therefore they both
represent said league in the World Series vs. the National
League.
As you may note above, I am an avowed Steelers fan, but if it was
Cincinnati vs. ____________(NFC Team), I'd pull for
Cincinnati.
Not like that'll ever happen though ;)
|10.26.07 @ 10:29AM|#
VM: Nope, Bengal fan, as painful as it is to say
sometimes.
No sympathy here. Think Detroit Lions. We only have sympathy for
Cubs fans. And not much at that.
|10.26.07 @ 10:56AM|#
B: Snapped the leg of your whiny-boy QB back in
2005.
Whiny boy? Carson Palmer may be a lot of things, but "whiny" aint
one of em. He even said after the game that he held no animosity
toward Kimo.
Other than that, the rest of your taunts are just typical,
obnoxious, Stooler fan bullshit.
The Personifications of Arbitr|10.26.07 @ 11:45AM|#
Yes, YES! Continue mocking each other, sports fans! Your foolishness nourishes us!
VM|10.26.07 @ 12:52PM|#
Detroit really is painful. It's the football equivalent of the
Edsel.
And you shouldn't have any sympathy for the
Cubbies fans. For the treatment of Steve Bartman, they deserve
heartbreak.
(Steve did nothing wrong, and it's embarrassing how he was treated.
The fucking gov even got in on the act)
Brewers fans can sympathize.
|10.26.07 @ 1:28PM|#
I wonder what Brady's QB rating would be if he played a game
where the Bengals and Steelers both had their defenses on the field
at the same time?
90?
92?
|10.26.07 @ 1:31PM|#
[blockquote]Seeing laBron sport a Yankees cap at the Jake made
my day. Good for him, and screw the hapless
Injuns.[/blockquote]
What? This is news to me. Well, f*** you and f*** LeBron and f***
his stupid Y****** hat. Basketball is a real yawner of a sport,
anyway.
The Indians rule. My word is final.
|10.26.07 @ 1:32PM|#
Seeing laBron sport a Yankees cap at the Jake made my day. Good for him, and screw the hapless Injuns.
What? This is news to me. Well, f*** you and f*** LeBron and f***
his stupid Y****** hat. Basketball is a real yawner of a sport,
anyway.
The Indians rule. My word is final.
|10.26.07 @ 1:33PM|#
When the Red Sox went down 3:1, I was all ready to root for the
Cleveland YankeeBeaters.
Go 'Beaters!
|10.26.07 @ 1:37PM|#
Detroit really is painful. It's the football equivalent of
the Edsel.
When we had Barry Sanders it was an Edsel with a 427 CID V8. Alas,
still an Edsel.
VM|10.26.07 @ 1:38PM|#
BATIN??????
GO! BATIN!!!!!!!!!!
Choke Chief Wahoo the chicken!
JSub - indeed!
|10.26.07 @ 1:41PM|#
I wonder what Brady's QB rating would be if he played a game
where the Bengals and Steelers both had their defenses on the field
at the same time?
And every team in the NFL had 5 chances to draft him (6th round
pick). Think any talent scouts/GMs got fired over that?
|10.26.07 @ 1:45PM|#
Yeah, 'Beaters! :)
He once told Diane Sawyer he was fairly certain that God himself was rooting for the [Yankees].
Jeez, crazypants! Judging by this factoid, you'd think it would be
more apropros for Giuiliani to be rooting for the Rockies, god's
self-chosen team.
|10.26.07 @ 3:01PM|#
Wouldn't it be ironic if Giuliani loses in the primary becauses
he was truthful about this one thing, and thus failed to carry New
York state?
Assuming this was honesty, and not some carefully planned political
calculus to pick up votes in Boston while still carrying New
York.
Saw Romney on TV a few months back being asked which sports team he
supported for an upcoming game, and he managed to convey the
message that, gosh, both teams were great, just great.
|10.26.07 @ 3:28PM|#
Wouldn't it be ironic if Giuliani loses in the primary
becauses he was truthful about this one thing, and thus failed to
carry New York state?
According to this Quinnipiac poll,
Clinton is leading Giuliani 52- 41 in the match up in New York.
BakedPenguin|10.26.07 @ 3:55PM|#
When the Red Sox went down 3:1, I was all ready to root for
the Cleveland YankeeBeaters.
I was, too. And in my lifetime, I've been dumped by two girls who
were Injun fans (smacky, you don't ever have to worry about me
hitting on you). But then, I'm arbitrary and irrational.
|10.26.07 @ 9:00PM|#
Hey big government Rudy. You aren't the kind of Republican we like here in Colorado anyway.
|10.27.07 @ 2:32AM|#
Rudy wasn't doing this for Massachusetts, he was doing it for
NH, which is firmly a Red Sox state. The problem is, no halfway
knowledgable Sox fan would fall for it because they'd root for any
team over the Yankees.
It's just like how no self-respecting Dodger fan would root for the
Giants and vice versa.
|10.27.07 @ 2:07PM|#
Pro Libertate,
Right now, fear the 'Skins. If that very impressive defense can put
consistent pressure on Brady and slow down the game, it could be a
real ballgame. And the Pats' ground attack is riddled with
injuries.
I'm not kidding, this could be their one loss.
Don Shula|10.27.07 @ 3:23PM|#
Cialis for everyone!!!!
Hay! Csonka! Wake up! It might be time to party! Sharpen the
dentures! We're eatin' steak! We're gonna party like it's
March
14th
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