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Article: Peter Pringle's America: Prepare for brat politics
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- January 10, 1994
- Author:
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WITHOUT wishing in any way to judge the new New York mayor by
his offspring, it should be noted that his son wasa brat at the
inauguration. Andrew Giuliani, aged seven, clowned his way through
his father Rudy's speech to such an extent that New Yorkers spent
the rest of the week talking about his son, not hizzoner. The mayor
is a dreary speaker so the tousled-haired, gap- toothed Andrew
would have attracted attention in any event, but this boy made a
meal of it, repeating lines from his father's speech, waving at
relatives, yawning noticeably when his father was boring and
giggling - just to get a laugh.
Surprised to find a Giuliani with such charisma, the crowd was
delighted at first. But ...