"Get off the phone, you crazy nut" - Giuliani keeps combative style in check

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Then-New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani laughs as he finishes his final radio show at his City Hall office in New York in this Dec. 28, 2001 file photo. As mayor, Giuliani imposed civility on New York, not on himself. 'Get off the phone, you crazy nut,' Giuliani barked at a caller on his weekly radio show. In the 1990s, Giuliani clearly relished the opportunity to spar, now as a presidential candidate, he seems to be showing a gentler side. With Multimedia interactive.. (AP Photo/Beth A. Keiser, File)

Giuliani keeps combative style in check
By LIBBY QUAID, Associated Press Writer
9 minutes ago


WASHINGTON - As mayor, Rudy Giuliani imposed civility on New York, not on himself.

"Get off the phone, you crazy nut," Giuliani barked at a caller on his weekly radio show.

"Take some Valium," he retorted to another.

Created by Giuliani after he took office in 1994, the program aired live on WABC every Friday morning from 11-11:45 a.m. and attracted callers seeking advice or complaining about problems from potholes and parking meters to food stamps and finding jobs.

The Brooklyn-born Giuliani clearly relished the opportunity to spar, sometimes chuckling as he questioned the sanity or intelligence of a critic.

"There's something deranged about you," he told a ferret lover, in one particularly memorable exchange. "The excessive concern that you have for ferrets is something you should examine with a therapist. Not with me."

Giuliani seems to be showing a gentler side as a presidential candidate. So far, he has held his temper in check at the mostly scripted events that typify the campaign.

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