Never mind, Rudy, what does this say about us?
The WSJ issued an editorial talking about Rudy Giuliani taking a phone call from his wife while he was speaking to the NRA. I agree that it was an odd thing to do. I wonder, however, what it says about the rest of us when we put everything a candidate does under the microscope to this degree. I wonder if we’re just looking for any kind of excuse at all to criticize a candidate. It is hard to imagine that this incident really represents anything substantive Rudy’s character. So why are we talking about it as though it might?
On the other hand, many are suggesting that this was a ploy by Rudy. I suspect it is a ploy he won’t be doing again! But still, what does it say about us as American citizens when a pol thinks that a gesture like taking a phone call from one’s wife during a speech he can increase his approval? Are we that pathetic? Presumably, if it is a ploy, it was done with the view that it would likely be effective.
One thinks of all of the October Surprises (eg, like the revelation about Bush’s drunk driving incident how many years ago) and the consequent drop in the poll numbers. Are we all really so pathetic that we can arrive at a view and then change it on such flimsy- but pervading every news outlet- reporting? I think we must be. I don’t think that speaks well of us or our system.
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