I Guess It's Not "Gotcha" Journalism

Newsweek takes a look at Rudy Giuliani:

"Growing Up Giuliani: Rudy Giuliani was raised to understand that fine, blurry line between saint and sinner. The making of his moral code."

It seems that we're supposed to regard his pattern of corrupt associations as evidence of his sophisticated moral vision.

Comments

Are you sure they just didn't rent Mean Streets and pretend that Rudy is Charlie (Harvey Keitel) and Bernard Kerik was Johnny Boy (Robert De Niro)?

Posted by norbizness | November 26, 2007 9:23 AM

Moral Code:
(1) Helps My Personal Interests: SAINT
(2) Obstructs My Personal Interests: SINNER

Don't need MicroSoft to code for that.

Posted by El Cid | November 26, 2007 9:26 AM

Can a line really be "fine" and "blurry" at the same time? Thin and blurry, sure. But fine?

Posted by rufustfyrfly | November 26, 2007 10:54 AM

Rudy's father was a boxer handicapped by near-sightedness? How well do you have to see to box? I'm blind as a bat without glasses and have no trouble seeing my target at boxing range, even if I can't make out facial features. Hitting it is another matter, because I suck, but that's not a vision problem. And when I get tagged by incoming punches, it's because I couldn't see and react to them in time, not because they were blurry.

Posted by CJColucci | November 26, 2007 11:44 AM

I'm blind as a bat without glasses and have no trouble seeing my target at boxing range, even if I can't make out facial features.

Two words, dude: contact lenses. Trust me on this--it will make a difference.

Posted by James Gary | November 26, 2007 11:55 AM