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Giuliani and the BoSox

By Matthew Continetti
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First Read’s Matthew Berger has an entertaining post on the Rudy Giuliani / Red Sox controversy. Writes Berger:

For the past few days, I have been defending Rudy Giuliani on the whole Yankees-Red Sox thing. I am a die-hard Yankees fan myself and have been known to travel to New York in October if I can find a ticket. I never root for the Red Sox, but my father does. He’s an American League fan, he says, and roots for the American League team in the World Series. I distinctly remember watching the Mets-Red Sox series in 1986. I was rooting for the Mets because my friends were Mets fans (I was 8, after all); he was rooting for the Red Sox, but neither of us were happy about it.

But now things have changed:

But today I called my father, and he said he just couldn’t do it anymore. After the blowout Wednesday night, he changed his tune. He can’t back Ortiz and Manny; it makes him sick in his stomach. His loyalty to the American League is surpassed by his hatred of the Red Sox. So is Rudy just more loyal to the AL than my dad? Or is he more loyal to New Hampshire voters? You be the judge. Go Rockies!!!

For what it’s worth, I agree with Berger’s dad. Josh Beckett is an incredible pitcher who deserves to be rewarded for his excellence, but watching the Sox drub the Rockies last night just seemed kind of … cruel. Reading Berger’s post, it occurred to me that there is something in Giuliani’s political DNA that attracts controversy over the most trivial details. A few weeks ago everyone was talking about Rudy’s cellphone habits. Now this week everyone is talking about Rudy’s baseball loyalties. Love him or hate him, we’re talking about him – and in ways that have little to do with politics. It clues you in to how Giuliani embraces controversy of all kinds. And it opens a window onto what America in the age of President Giuliani might be like.

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