Posted on 02/07/2007 9:57:50 AM PST by SirLinksalot
Rudy Giuliani was on Hannity and Colmes last night, talking about his filing as a Presidential candidate and about the issues. It was a good reminder of how able a politician and leader Giuliani is, and also of the areas where his record diverges from the party's base.
Giuliani approaches the social issues like abortion in what I think is the most effective way; he doesn't back off from his moderate-to-liberal policy views, but says that as President, he would appoint strict constructionist judges. If you didn't see it last night, here is part one of the Hannity interview:
CLICK ON THE VIDEO LINKS HERE:
http://powerlineblog.com/archives/016706.php ( PART 1 )
AND HERE :
http://powerlineblog.com/archives/016708.php ( PART 2 )
well is there a transcript....I have no speakers here at work and It would be nice to read it at lunch...
.....I see from the headline no questions about GUNS.
Hannity seems to not care about the 2nd amendment and not make that a part of his interviews......he has the NYC mentality on this one....
So far, Duncan Hunter looks better.
Bump to myself for later viewing.
Hannity asked Giuliani about guns, I heard the interview on Hannity's radio show yesterday.
Rudy is the moderate pubbies dream fellow. No thanks!
What'd he say?
Reagan appointed Rudy as his #3 man at Department of Justice.
And Rudy was delighted to receive the Ronald Reagan Freedom Award a few years ago.
Rudy has a strong 84% conservative approval rating. (Battle ground poll as of Jan.11, '07)
The rebirth of New York City, the most visible urban achievement in the 20th century is the work of the person now dubbed America’s mayor. For the millions of Americans who live in New York and the millions more who work or whose livelihood has been affected by its revival the contrast between the pre and post Giuliani years could not be more striking.
His defense of Israel and intolerance for Arab and U.N. sponsored anti-Semitism is legendary.
He figuratively walked into the lion's den of a crime ridden, high tax, and decaying city and carried out a conservative agenda of tax cuts, crime reduction and, in the case of the Brooklyn Museum, defense of religion in the public square. On this count Giuliani seems to be the winner in the public character category for his extraordinary vision and leadership.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1780064/posts
Indeed, in one recent poll, majorities of Republicans who were informed of Giuliani’s views on social issues said that they were either minor issues or no issues at all; only 16% said that they wouldn't vote for him after being informed of these views.
In the online GOP Bloggers poll, Giuliani is consistently one of the few candidates to end up with a net positive acceptability rating. These internet denizens are well-informed, and overwhelmingly self-describe as conservative (78% self-describe as 7 or higher on a 10-scale of conservatism). If these people can support Rudy, anyone can.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/
In fact, an exit poll question from Pew in 2004 revealed that only 3% of voters named abortion as their top voting issue, 2% named religiosity, and 2% named gay marriage.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1780060/posts
Even Reagan couldn't live up to Reagan in today's climate.
He was a great president, but he wasn't perfect.
He was divorced, married a pregnant Nancy, and signed the most liberal abortion legislation at the time when he was Governor of California. As president he gave us two lousy Supreme Court judges, signed amnesty legislation, raised taxes 4 times and after the presidency he actively pushed for federal gun legislation (the Brady Bill).
Rudy also kicked Arafat out of a concert hall. This was back when it wasn't fashionable and Clinton was hosting the terrorist in the White House as his most frequent guest.
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=19980
Ultra social conservative Pat Robertson thinks Rudy would make a good president.
Asked if Giuliani would be an acceptable 2008 presidential candidate to Christian conservatives, Pat Robertson told ABC's "This Week:" "He did a super job running the city of New York and I think he'd make a good president."
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/5/1/102522.shtml
The SayNoToRudy web site changed their minds about him and now supports him.
http://saynotorudy.org/
Ronald Reagan on compromise:
When I began entering into the give and take of legislative bargaining in Sacramento, a lot of the most radical conservatives who had supported me during the election didn't like it. "Compromise" was a dirty word to them and they wouldn't face the fact that we couldn't get all of what we wanted today. They wanted all or nothing and they wanted it all at once. If you don't get it all, some said, don't take anything.
I'd learned while negotiating union contracts that you seldom got everything you asked for. And I agreed with FDR, who said in 1933: 'I have no expectations of making a hit every time I come to bat. What I seek is the highest possible batting average.'
If you got seventy-five or eighty percent of what you were asking for, I say, you take it and fight for the rest later, and that's what I told these radical conservatives who never got used to it.
~~ Ronald Reagan, in his autobiography, An American Life .
The Hoover Institute, at which Reagan is an Honorary Fellow, thinks Rudy has been good for the GOP.
Working on a book about the Republican Party, last year Hoover fellow Peter Robinson spent some time with Rudolph Giuliani. Although Giuliani is no longer running for the Senate, Robinson argues that Giuliani’s accomplishments as mayor of New York City set an example for Republican candidates just the same. A portrait of a brilliant politician—and a great public servant.
http://www.hoover.org/publications/digest/3491481.html
At the Reagan Library Gift Shop, all but 3 of the books sold under the "Ronald Reagan Book" section are about Reagan himself or presidential modes of transportation.
Rudy Giuliani's book Leadership is one of those 3 books.
The other 2 are written by Reagan's son and McCaslin.
Rudy's excellent speech at the 2004 GOP Convention:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/mmedia/politics/083004-15v.htm
As George Will said on “This Week,” “His eight years as mayor of New York were the most successful episode of conservative governance in this country in the last 50 years, on welfare and crime particularly." Giuliani, more than any other candidate (Romney comes the closest) has the record of taking on major institutions and reforming them. Think about tourist magnet that is New York now. When Rudy Giuliani took office, 59% of New Yorkers said they would leave the city the next day if they could. Under Rudy Giuliani’s leadership as Mayor of the nation’s largest city, murders were cut from 1,946 in 1993 to 649 in 2001, while overall crime – including rapes, assaults, burglary and auto-thefts – fell by an average of 57%. Not only did he fight crime in Gotham like Batman, despite being constantly vilified by the New York Times, he took head on the multiculturalism and victimization perpetuated by Al Sharpton and his cohort of race baiters. He ended New York’s set-aside program for minority contractors and rejected the idea of lowering standards for minorities. As far as the economy goes, Rudy reduced or eliminated 23 city taxes. He faced a $2.3 billion budget deficit but cut spending instead hiking taxes.
http://www.redstate.com/blogs/dmeaton/2007/feb/04/achieving_socially_conservative_ideals_through_liberal_means_making_the_case_for_rudy
I believe that life is sacred and should not be treated as a commodity. I believe that the institution of marriage needs to be preserved. For now at least, good judges are best way to protect the institution of marriage and move America closer to the day when a debate on the local level can begin again about the value of human life. In order for us to have this debate in state legislatures we must win the next fight over the next Supreme Court vacancy, and if we lose the next presidential election than we will have taken a major step backwards in our quest to replace the current liberal ideology on the highest bench. More than any potential Republican president, Rudy Giuliani will have the easiest time getting strict constructionists confirmed to the Supreme Court and the lower courts.
Think of four scenarios: 1) A Hillary appointment 2) A court battle in which a thinly elected Republican administration that is led by someone who is avidly pro-life faces down a probably Democratic controlled Senate 3) A court battle in which the overwhelmingly elected Republican administration is led by the Bull Moose lover himself, Mr. McCain 4) A court battle in which pro-choice Giuliani, elected and respected by a huge majority of Americans, makes the argument that strict constructionist jurisprudence is needed in the 21st century. He did after all strongly support Justice Roberts, Justice Alito, and he said that he would have made Justice Scalia Chief Justice. As important, Giuliani can actually make a personal case for a specific legal doctrine. The mayor is a former high ranking Justice department attorney who has argued before the Supreme Court.
To reclaim the Senate and Congress, to hold onto the White House, to build a sustainable Republican majority, and to advance conservative principles, we Republicans must unite together and support a candidate who can win the hearts of the vast majority of Americans.
Only when we win hearts can we then win minds.
http://www.redstate.com/blogs/dmeaton/2007/feb/04/achieving_socially_conservative_ideals_through_liberal_means_making_the_case_for_rudy
From Hannity's Radio broadcast, Giullani said he supported gun contol in heavily populated Urban areas, but said the Second Ammendment was okay for Rural Areas. So he is for Restricted Rights, which is an oxymoron! I guess shooting at squirels is okay, but shooting and intruder needs to be stopped. THUMBS DOWN.
Giulliani said he was against Abortion, but for a woman's right to choose. THUMBS DOWN.
He is against Gay Marriage, but endorses Civil Partnerships. So if you perform dispicable, perverted behavior behind closed doors, we are going to give gas partners Health Care benefits and tax breaks that we won't give to two widowed sisters living together? THUMBS DOWN.
On Illegal Alliens, Giulliani said he wanted to photograph them, keep tabs on them (somehow), but we needed to find some way to legitimize these people. Sounds like Amnesty Advocate to me. THUMBS DOWN.
War on Terror, Crime. THUMBS UP.
...but I wouldn't want him deciding the next round of Supreme Court nominees. OVERALL THUMBS DOWN. Next 2008 Republican Presidential Candidate PLEASE.
federal, city and state issues differ...which is what Rudy understands...and on a federal level dealing with federal issues he's come out as a strict constructionist...enuf said. He represented NYC as mayor, and he did an outstanding job.
Rudy: "Abortion in Gotham City: What Conscience?" Mitt: "Abortion: The Conscience of Kolob" John: "Abortion: Yeah, There's a War on the Womb But Illegal Immigrants Were First in Line to Get into This Country"
sounds like a bunch of slimy legal stone walling to hide the true Rudy...like...like...
...well read Rudy (and other RINO) quotes here, in our friend Flashbunnys page.
http://www.freerepublic.com/~flashbunny/
Rudy is NOT anything we can have in the POTUS drivers seat.....
Rudy understands the nature of the Islamic threat. That's the only pro-life position that matters.
ML/NJ
Thank you John Hawkins.
I wish I had a transcript, but this is what I recall.
He said he supported gun control in New York City because when he became mayor the murder rate was about 2,600 a year, and by confiscating guns from criminals, the murder rate dropped to about 600 a year.
He said he thought the gun issues in a crowded major metropolitan area were different than gun issues in rural or suburban areas.
He said he thought that individual states should decide for themselves what works best for them.
Parenthetically, let me mention the fact that Reagan, Rudy's old boss, supported the Brady Bill.
I know people who think the right to bear arms entitles them to own tanks and cannons and other major ordinance! Maybe even some of the Freepers who condemn Giuliani.
His stand on abortion and against the Constitution tell us he does not have the moral authority to lead the nation.
He is a proven liar on at least two previous occasions (two former wives he promised to "Have and to hold and keep me only unto thee - 'til death do us part). He's working on his third wife (I wonder what he promised her?).
Rudy is the one who can stop hillary. In a vacuum he isn't perfect. Set next to hillary, he's perfect.
Mccain doesn't beat hillary. Neither does Romney, nor anyone else being bandied about right now.
It's not like he was soothing his constituents, he was outright aggressive against the RKBA.
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