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Color him Orange
: So Tom Ridge is gone. I have no regrets and had many complaints. Ridge tended toward the twinkie (cute drawings of disaster; duct tape; color codes) rather than the decisive. As much as I’d like Rudy Guliani to replace him, I doubt he would (thankless job that won’t advance his career). But I hope we get somebody strong.
Yeah, Guliani did such a bang-up job in NYC as far as disaster preparedness goes (e.g., communication problems between NYPD/NYFD, setting up the disaster response center in the middle of the WTC, etc.). He’d be a natural for this position.
Believe it or don’t: his replacement could be even worse.
Rudy? What about Warren Rudman, Gary Hart, Lee Hamilton? People who have actually spent some time studying the issue of National security instead of media darlings. I’m no saying Rudy didn’t do a good job but what time has he spent on National security (speeches don’t count)