- but when he was a prosecutor he was smart, he was tough, he was creative. - he was a perfect match for new york city. he was a perfect match for a tabloid culture. and he was brash and he was, you know, he was a self-promoter. - rudolph giuliani, thank you for being with us. - thank you. - and in new york city s race for mayor, democrat david dinkins is leading in the polls over republican rudolph giuliani. - all of a sudden, david dinkins comes along, riding the wave of, you know, he was gonna be the first black mayor. and that was at a time when that had a real kind of emotional resonance, both within new york and nationally. - it was a historic day for new york and a triumphant moment for the biggest black population of any american city. - quiet! quiet! - rudy very quickly seems to have made the decision to embrace the sort of racism that a lot of his party believed in. - white power! - i saw god out on the block today
he was a perfect match for a tabloid culture. and he was brash and he was, you know, he was a self-promoter. - rudolph giuliani, thank you for being with us. - thank you. - and in new york city s race for mayor, democrat david dinkins is leading in the polls over republican rudolph giuliani. - all of a sudden, david dinkins comes along, riding the wave of, you know, he was gonna be the first black mayor. and that was at a time when that had a real kind of emotional resonance, both within new york and nationally. - it was a historic day for new york and a triumphant moment for the biggest black population of any american city. - quiet! quiet! - rudy very quickly seems to have made the decision to embrace the sort of racism that a lot of his party believed in. - white power! - i saw god out on the block today he was darker than the preachers say with a teardrop tattooed on his face
and rudy was very much cut from that cloth and made no bones about it. - but when he was a prosecutor he was smart, he was tough, he was creative. - he was a perfect match for new york city. he was a perfect match for a tabloid culture. and he was brash and he was, you know, he was a self-promoter. - rudolph giuliani, thank you for being with us. - thank you. - and in new york city s race for mayor, democrat david dinkins is leading in the polls over republican rudolph giuliani. - all of a sudden, david dinkins comes along, riding the wave of, you know, he was gonna be the first black mayor. and that was at a time when that had a real kind of emotional resonance, both within new york and nationally. - it was a historic day for new york and a triumphant moment for the biggest black population of any american city. - quiet! quiet! - rudy very quickly seems to have made the decision to embrace the sort of racism that a lot of his party believed in.
- democrats, as you recall, have pussyfooted around this issue for a long time. - and in new york city s race for mayor, democrat david dinkins is leading in the polls over republican rudolph giuliani. - all of a sudden, david dinkins comes along riding the wave of, you know, he was gonna be the first black mayor, and that was at a time when that had a real kind of emotional resonance, both within new york and nationally. - mr. giuliani sounds more and more like joe mccarthy. he ought to be ashamed. he has violated the tenets of office many times. - i don t refer to that as a violation of the law, david. you filed a false financial order form. - let me say mr. giuliani is behaving like the desperate fellow that he is. - we were initially lost as to how to campaign against him and just were sort of dangling in the wind for quite a while. and we never did figure out how to run against david dinkins. - it was a historic day for new york and a triumphant moment for the biggest black popula
have pussyfooted around this issue for a long time. - and in new york city s race for mayor, democrat david dinkins is leading in the polls over republican rudolph giuliani. - all of a sudden, david dinkins comes along riding the wave of, you know, he was gonna be the first black mayor, and that was at a time when that had a real kind of emotional resonance, both within new york and nationally. - mr. giuliani sounds more and more like joe mccarthy. he ought to be ashamed. he has violated the tenets of office many times. - i don t refer to that as a violation of the law, david. you filed a false financial order form. - let me say mr. giuliani is behaving like the desperate fellow that he is. - we were initially lost as to how to campaign against him and just were sort of dangling in the wind for quite a while. and we never did figure out how to run against david dinkins. - it was a historic day for new york and a triumphant moment for the biggest black population of any american city. -