Giuliani: Unwanted Illegal Immigrant?

Apparently the Red Sox Nation has rejected Giuliani’s efforts to root for the Boston Red Sox.

From Yanks Fan vs. Sox Fan:

To: Rudy Giuliani
From: Red Sox Nation
RE: Team Loyalties

Mr. Guiliani,

We have reviewed your application, and unfortunately cannot agree to accept your support at this time.

Sports fandom is not like one of your marriages—it cannot be discarded to casually hop into the bed of your most bitter rival. To put it another way, if you do not win the Republican nomination and Hillary Clinton asks you to be her running mate, would you accept? Actually, do not answer that.

In addition, we here at RSN admit to being somewhat overwhelmed by the rush of new applicants the past few years. This has resulted in several regrettable “celebrity” admissions, and we are attempting to institute tighter controls to avoid repeats of these unfortunate mistakes. Since you believe yourself to be the 4th or 5th most famous American in the world, rejecting your candidacy is all the more important.

In closing, we wish you and the New York Yankees continued disappointment and frustration in the baseball arena. If this recent episode is any indication, you will likely have similar experiences in your political ambitions.

Sincerely yours,

Sox fans everywhere

Is the next step to build a fence around Massachusetts to keep New Yorkers out? And are New Yorkers really taking his “defection” hard?

At least the tabloids are bitter about it…

But the most interesting part is that Giuliani may wind up looking a like a flip-flopper since he once picked on Hillary Clinton for professing to be a life-long Yankees fan (coincidentally) right before she announced she was running for the New York senate…

From the New York Times:

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Mr. Pinstripes had recently slammed Hillary Clinton for a wishy-washy display when she was asked to choose between rooting for the Yanks or the Chicago Cubs in a (very) hypothetical World Series. She chose both, or, looked at another way, didn’t stand up for either (though both New York and Illinois are reliable blue states).

Mr. Giuliani happened to be in the shadow of Wrigley Field shortly after Mrs. Clinton’s remarks, and here’s what he said: “Don’t you respect me for telling you the truth that I’m a Yankees fan? Don’t hold it against me. I hope the Cubs win a World Series the year the Yankees aren’t in it.”

Except for yesterday, when Mr. Giuliani pledged fealty to the Red Sox before a Boston crowd, he has long enjoyed standing up for his Yankees — at Mrs. Clinton’s expense.

Remember the day in 1999 when Mrs. Clinton, still First Lady but flirting with the idea of running against Mr. Giuliani for a Senate seat from New York? The Yankees happened to be visiting the White House that day. Mrs. Clinton had declared herself a life-long Yankees fan and tugged a Yankees cap over her head.

The Caucus witnessed that moment (though we weren’t wearing our Caucus outfit at the time). And we loved how then-Mayor Giuliani, watching afar from City Hall, relished the scene with both horror and delight. He was licking his chops at the prospect of taking her on and exposing her as a carpetbagger.

“I would be more than happy to teach anybody in the White House about the history of the Yankees, or go over statistics with them,” Mr. Giuliani said with a grin when asked if his team was betraying him for a White House photo opportunity with the Clintons.

“Show them where Yankee Stadium is located, where Shea Stadium is located,” the Mayor continued, warming to the possibilities. “I could take them through things. Or we could discuss, ‘Where were you when Reggie Jackson hit three home runs to win the 1977 World Series?’ I was at Yankee Stadium. Or, ‘Where were you when the Yankees won the 1996 World Series at home?’ Gee, I was there. Or, um, ‘Who do you think was a better center fielder — Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Bernie Williams?’ Things like that.”

Then he hit on what he seemed to think was the best idea of all: “Under the right set of circumstances,” Mr. Giuliani posited, “we could even have a debate about this.”

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24 October 2007 | MLB, Politics | Comments