Hardly breaking news, it was posted yesterday.
I never heard of this website before they endorsed Mr. Giuliani, I don't think it will have much impact for me now.
I won't vote for Mr. Giuliani in 2008, not in the primaries, and not in the general election. I want to vote for a Republican.
This just irritates the h$ll out of the anti-Rudy crowd at FR.
In my uneducated opinion, Rudy is the only Republican who could beat Hillary. My sister is a devout Democrat but she saw Rudy talk about half a year ago hear in Pittsburgh and was in awe of him. She thinks he walks on water.
I know many people say Rudy is a RINO, but I just don't know enough about him one way or another. All I really know is what others have said.
I'm willing to listen to him.
No matter who gets the Republican nomination, they get my vote.
ANY Republican is better than every demonrat.
Course, I'd rather have a third option too, but that is another story.
Still won't vote for Giuliani.
FLIP....... FLOP
The most critical factor in 2008 is the GOP candidate must win. For the WOT, following through on Iraq, tax policy, and the Supreme Court.
Rudy could beat anybody.
Additionally, my opinion is that if Rudy Giulliani had been President during the Iraq war, we'd be farther along with the stabilization operation going on there now.
Rudy would continue upgrading efforts to stablize Afghanistan and kill Islamofacsists wherever they are.
He's been very loyal to George W. and to the GOP, unlike John McCain, and despite his more liberal views on social issues, he would govern "from the right" if elected.
Giulliani simultaneously cut spending, taxes, and government employees while mayor of New York and accomplished a miracle by turning an unliveable, dangerous crime ridden city into a normal place to live.
Is he my ideal candidate? I even thought Reagan was too liberal on domestic spending. There are no "Reagan's" out there now anyway.
I was a staunch supporter of Richard Nixon. I think these things go in cycles, and its time for another Richard Nixon as the GOP standard bearer. Rudy would be far more conservative than Nixon on tax policy and domestic issues though, in my opinion.
Giulliani is my man for 2008, 100%. No one's in 2nd place.
I learned something from this, and it's in line with what Edward Bernays would do.
I'd set up an anti-Dubrowski organization and pay people to be rabidly anti-me, to "get out" all of the negative stuff I could in an easy-to-disavow format (like that dem who wrote the anti-Hillary book).
Having my anti organization flip and support me is a brilliant way to end the operation!
I'm tempted to RYMB.
How exactly can social conservatives (if taken to be Christian fundamentalists) support him? Not attacking him is one thing, supporting is another.
I don't agree with his stand on many social issues, but he has pledged to appoint strict constructionist judges, and that is good enough for me. If he runs, I think we win in a Reaganesque blow out.
I haven't bothered to check, yet - but is there any chance that the domain got purchased from the original owners (for a big fat sum), and the NEW management has made this endorsement? Just curious.
I could give a donkeys butt about Gulliani. I will not vote for someone who is militiant pro abortion, militant gun control, militant pro gay marriage, walks is gay pride parades. And that is just for starters. NO TO GULLIANI!!!!!!!!!!
Whatever.
As I said, it is entertaining, and sometimes disheartening, to listen to the kneejerk negative reactions of the "social cons" about Rudy.
YOU GUYS DIDNT READ THE PRESS RELEASE OR ELSE YOU COMPLETELY MISSED THE POINT !!!!!!!!!
Let me spell it out for you: this was a group of SOCIAL CONSERVATIVES who didnt know much about Rudy except they were convinced they HATED his social liberalism and were so disgusted that they started a website to STOP him from getting nominated. Sounds EXACTLY like a whole mass of FR posters here so far.
But, alas, as they started to INVESTIGATE and do DD on Rudy to back up their hatred of him, they found that lo and behold he wasnt as bad as they thought. In fact, he was pretty good on a lot of conservative issues. In further fact, he was SO good on these issues that they did a 180 flip flop and decided after KNOWING MORE about the man that he would be the BEST candidate for the GOP.
The issue here is about..... ready for it...
KEEPING AN OPEN MIND. And learning about Rudy before throwing him under the bus. And NOT prejudging him especially when compared to John McCain.
Unfortunately, so many of the social cons expressing the "Id never vote for Rudy no matter what" mantra on this thread just illustrate the PRECISE point these former anti-Rudy guys tried to made in the PR.