[dangus]

You’re logic is desperately ailing. Just because (some) liberals passionately hated him doesn’t mean he was a conservative. Liberals also tend to hate Adolf Hitler, AIDS, and Pakistani taxi drivers who refuse to drive them to north of Central Park. Giuliani was anti-crime.

For someone who was so hated by liberals, perhaps you can explain why he received the endorsement of the Liberal Party? And no, that name isn’t some reference to European-style paleoliberalism; it refers to people who found the Democratic Party of the Roosevelt-Truman era to be to moderate, but weren’t willing to become Stalinists. THEY supported Giuliani.

In many respects, Giuliani is a hero for NYC. His crime prevention saved thousands of lives, and helped rebuild NY from the hellhole he inherited from Dinkins, Koch and Cuomo. But he is not, in any stretch of the immagination, a conservative.

[jonathanmo]

Sure, check this out....

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE5DA153EF935A25756C0A965958260

New York City has an odd balloting system. Also note...

"The move was expected, since the Liberal Party, which despite its name has supported more of the Republican than the Democratic Party nominees for Mayor in its 49-year history, backed Mr. Giuliani in 1989 as well."

Hope that helps...

[Sadecki]

For someone who was so hated by liberals, perhaps you can explain why he received the endorsement of the Liberal Party?

For access to Rudy's administration. It was a political move on their part. Rudy treated Liberals like crap in his first 4 years and the Liberal party had been shut out -- so they had to do something to try to kiss his ass. So they gave him the endorsement. And given that Rudy was a republican running in one of the reddest cities in the nation -- it didn't hurt to have his name not only on the Republican line of the ballot, but on the Liberal line as well.