You're so vain, I bet you think this world is about you...

I'll have more to say on Rudy Giuliani's trip to London in due course, but first this:

Rudy Giuliani was on the trans-Atlantic campaign trail Wednesday, schmoozing with conservative idol Margaret Thatcher and bragging about his international credentials.

"I'm probably one of the four or five best known Americans in the world,"

If nothing else, Rudy's egomania ought to be sufficient to disqualify him from the Presidency.

For what it's worth I'd be amazed if Giuliani were named by many people around the world if they were asked to list five Americans. Even Rudy conceded that Bill and Hillary Clinton would beat him. So too, I suspect, would George W Bush and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Then you'd be looking at people such as Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Britney Spears, Madonna etc etc. Giuliani? Not so much.

Comments

[Gabriel]

Not only does that quote provide an amazing view of his ego, but it shows something else equally damning. When asked who the other four most famous Americans in the world are, he starts listing "Bill...Hillary..." and then is whisked away. Granted, the Clintons are much more well-known than he is, and he realizes it, but just the fact that he thinks he and the Clintons are in the top four shows how insulated he is in the world of politics. He can't think of anyone besides a former president, a senator and a former mayor? Hmm.

[Panenka'sChip]

I thought Arnie was Austrian...