- i got the message that he would invest his churchillian popularity to attack me. - rudy! rudy! get over here, rudy! - i would head up a campaign to to reelect him for a third term. he s the man. - basically, my agenda is the only agenda discussed in the campaign, one way or the other. when you think about it, i mean, that s the core of what the discussion is all about, the agenda that we ve set to the city. - after i had said okay, borough president freddy ferrer made the very smart decision to say no. - we ve done this for centuries in this city, for centuries in this nation, in times of crisis and war. this should be no exception. - this city is bigger than any one individual. we have to move forward with the process. - it is an outrage that he should demand an extension of his time and effectively engage in political extortion. - and so that idea died a quick death.
- he s term limited. his two-term tenure will end december 31st of 2001, so he really only has three more months in office. - what i d like to do is to maintain the unity that exists in the city. - this was the first inkling that giuliani s thirst for power wasn t going to disappear, even in this moment. - a lot of new yorkers are convinced now that the whole place is gonna fall apart if he leaves. and apparently, giuliani thinks so too. - i wish that we could reelect him. but unfortunately, we can t. - one of three men will be the next mayor of new york city, and it s either michael bloomberg, freddy ferrer, or me. i get a phone call. the mayor would like to see you. i was asked to just meet with the mayor alone, just the two of us, no staff. he said, mark, look, it s a hell of a situation. who knows if there could be another attack. i d like to ask something unusual: to stay three months beyond my term,
and time magazine s man of the year. but then, he started to talk about extending his term. - he s term limited. his two-term tenure will end december 31st of 2001, so he really only has three more months in office. - what i d like to do is to maintain the unity that exists in the city. - this was the first inkling that giuliani s thirst for power wasn t going to disappear, even in this moment. - a lot of new yorkers are convinced now that the whole place is gonna fall apart if he leaves. and apparently, giuliani thinks so too. - i wish that we could reelect him. but unfortunately, we can t. - one of three men will be the next mayor of new york city, and it s either michael bloomberg, freddy ferrer, or me. i get a phone call. the mayor would like to see you. i was asked to just meet with the mayor alone, just the two of us, no staff.
i know this is a horrible thing to say but i do nots depl believe thore president loves america. he doesn t love you and he he doesn t love you and he doesn t love me. he wasn t brought up the way you and i were brought up, through love of this country. youace. can almost say it sh unpatriotic. er . remarks. d to certa what rudy giulianis is citing the president as other. it is a dog whistle, whether he wants to claim that racism or not. people create in groups andde . outgroups intickettively. it takes nothing to create that. rudy realized an even more intense version of who he was. - before obama came along, we didn t have any successful radical islamic terrorist attack in the united states. - i didn t have a lot of contact with him during those years,
giuliani, hoped he would be the victor, spent $30 million here. it wasn t a hard fought lost campaign it was anto him. embarrassment. embarrassment. he though president. people thought he was going to be president and he screwed it up.of med screwed it up.of med ia i think that was a huge. disappointment to him. having been so much a figure of attention of fascination ofelevn medi a coverage, i don t think he could bear the thought of losing that. to be but that somehow a was part of s identity. for a politician, you want to be relevant. you want to be able to change people s lives. you want to be able to lead and have millions of americansi m pu follow you. so to not be relevant anymore, that is heartbreaking. er i msonal proud that we cho stay positive. and to run a campaign of ideas.f in atin era of personal attacks, - gi ads, and cynical spin. we ran a campaign that wasn.