Umm, Moxie? I'm as white as you are. Probably whiter, since most of my ancestors came to New York long before there was an Ellis Island. Or a Castle Clinton, for that matter.

So Rudy refused to deal with Al Sharpton? Big Deal. Any self respecting person, of any race, should refuse to treat with that man, especially back then before he found his "respectability."

Of course Dinkins delt with him, but I said self-respecting. David Dinkins was the worst serial panderer in the City's History. And yes, before you say it, the City was better off under Rudy than under Dinkins, but honestly, I think you could have put Wankus in Gracie Mansion and have had a better run city than under Dinkins. So that's no real accomplishment.

As for Arafat: Same thing. Shunning that Terrorist scum was no real accomplishment. It was simply the right thing to do.

As for the squeegee men and the Homeless, that's really more Bratton and Maple implementing the Broken Windows theory rather than anything done by Rudy. Busting those guys on vagerancy and other low level charges is what kept them off the streets. Not some far-reaching policy by Rudy.