I guess if you compare Guiliani's reaction on 9/11 to Georgie's (My Pet Goat) reaction than Giuliani did a stelllar job!
I will admit that being a New Yorker that day, it was refreshing to see that someone seemed to be in control since the guy in the White House was shell shocked but you're right that there are many who look back now and realize that many deaths could have been prevented had Giuliani had the first responders better equipped to handle the situation.
The saddest part is that apparently the police and fire departments in NYC still do not have the proper communication equipment.
Perhaps if some of these Rudy lovers read the NYT they'd know Rudy is basically full of shit.
Kerik was using an apartment downtown for his own lover's tryst.
An apartment in Battery Park City that former Police Comr Bernard B Kerik rented and used for affair with Judith Regan reportedly was originally donated after Sept 11 for use of weary police and rescue workers at ground zero; Anthony Bergamo, Milstein family real estate company vice chairman, reportedly provided apartment at Kerik's request