"He is famously and foolishly intolerant of criticism: when New York magazine ran ads on the city buses claiming that it was “Possibly the only good thing in New York Rudy hasn't taken credit for,” Mr Giuliani forced the buses to drop the ads, and was then embarrassingly beaten in court. And even Mr Giuliani's admirers admit he can sound callous. Of another young black man mistakenly shot by police, he said: “He's no altar boy.” It turned out he had been."