Snip of a NY Politician

A very good friend of mine was eating lunch at a local NYC hotspot the other day when guess who walked in... Top Dawg, Rudy Giuliani.

Dining in the same restaurant as the presidential hopeful was enough to make my friend's day, but to top that, the waitress walks Mr. Giuliani and his three-person entourage over and sits them at the table directly next to my friend. It took about two seconds before he was completely zoned out of the conversation taking place at his own table and glued to what was being discussed at the power table beside him. I thought you might enjoy the conversation topics as much as we did!

Topic 1: John McCain
Unfortunately my friend’s sonar devices weren't quite warmed up... He heard the topic, but couldn't get any of the details. (Still, I had to throw it in. I want this to be as complete of an overview as possible!)

Topic 2: Vision
Apparently Mayor Giuliani has very poor eyesight... He is often seen in glasses (a new, sophisticated looking pair at the latest debate, by the way), but apparently they aren’t always enough. Giuliani was complaining about not being able to read from Teleprompters.... I guess as Mayor of New York you don’t have time for scripts. It’s more of a fly by the seat of your pants kind-of place. Anyway, his new tactic is writing down everything he hears is a thick black magic marker. Maybe Crayola could come up with something good for him.

Topic 3: George W. Bush.
Here's where it really starts getting interesting – and shocking that the conversation (which took place in a public pace) wasn’t more censored. Apparently after Giuliani’s last visit with the president, he felt "for the first time" that Bush has “emotionally checked-out.” Giuliani gave Bush the benefit of the doubt, saying who wouldn't check out after everything that's happened over the past six and a half years, but still; it's a frightening when a fellow republican is commenting on the fact that he feels the leader of the free world has gone emotionally vacant. Giuliani went on to question how Bush would even manage to finish his term... GREAT! Makes me feel comfortable.

Topic 4: Guantanamo Bay
Giuliani must have been on a role, because after the Bush comments were let out of the bag, things just kept getting better. By mid-lunch he was on to Al Qaeda and the US prisons housing thousands of suspected terrorists... Again, Giuliani was not even muffling his speech when he let the comment fly that he doesn’t understand why we aren't torturing these guys (terrorists) to death and getting some information out of them, being that they are going to die anyway. Wow! If there was any uncertainty, we now know where he stands on Guantanamo Bay!

Topic 5: Jack Bauer
G-Bay and murdering everyone there led into my friend's favorite part of the Giuliani conversation... An animated Giuliani asked his fellow diners if any of them watched 24. The responses at the table were mellow, so he started into a jaunt about how incredible the show was and how he feels "every presidential candidate should have to watch 24." He thinks it's great training - between the terror plots that are constantly unfolding, the vice president who is trying to take over the presidency, the umpteen presidential assassination attempts, etc… It’s a must see for all politicians.

And with that, the conversation came to an end… At least for my friend who’s colleagues were (sadly) paying the bill and leaving the restaurant.