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Ferret Man Speaks!

4:49 PM, Oct 8, 2007 • By MATTHEW CONTINETTI
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You can find the New York Times's update on David Guthartz, "executive president" of the New York Ferrets Rights Advocacy / The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ferrets, here.

Guthartz, of course, is famous for a July 1999 exchange with Mayor Giuliani over the mayor's handling of ferret issues. Giuliani called Guthartz "deranged" because of his "excessive concern for weasels."

No surprises here: According to the Times, Guthartz isn't supporting Giuliani's presidential bid. Actually, Guthartz doesn't appear to endorse any candidate in the interview. "I'm a catalyst" for those forces opposing Rudy, he said. "I'm cool with that."

Somehow, though, I don't think the Giuliani campaign would mind if some of hizzoner's more controversial and confrontational debates with his radio-show interlocutors received more attention.

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