Giuliani or McCain: Both are bad choices (window dressing and a criminal)

WND ^ | February 13, 2007 | Mychal Massie

[IrishMike]

Many of you have hearts that are still a-flutter after watching the recent Rudy Giuliani love-fest on "Hannity and Colmes." But I implore you, do not be fooled by the packaging lest you forget we fooled ourselves in 2000, and apart from that candidate's appointment of John Roberts to the Supreme Court, his intractability pursuant to the war on terror and an overall good economy – we now have someone who refuses to halt illegal immigration and has abandoned border guards who should have received medals of valor for stopping illegal Mexican dope smuggling criminals, but instead received 11 and 12 years in prison. Rudy is no conservative – he is a liberal Republican. As mayor of New York City, Giuliani was an anti-gun, social liberal, fiscal moderate , who rid Times Square of prostitution and pornography and significantly curbed crime.

Rudy is window dressing in an empty house. ..................................................

John McCain, on the other hand, has been little more than an impediment from the beginning. He was one of the principle lawmakers involved in the "Keating Five" – a congressional scandal related to the worst savings and loan collapse in history. It was reported that he, along with four of his congressional counterparts, attempted to undermine and influence the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, which is responsible for regulating the banking industry, during its investigation of the Lincoln Savings and Loan collapse. It was also revealed that McCain and his counterparts had collectively received at least $1.3 million in campaign contributions from Charles Keating, the former chairman of said savings and loan, who was faulted with its failure.

To ensure that the voters never again have the ability to have such criminal activity revealed, or be reminded of same before the offenders are elected, McCain co-authored the McCain-Feingold Act

[bondjamesbond]

Fortunately, we still have lots of time.

HONK! if you like Fred Thompson!

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

Add Romney to that list.

So far the choices are Brownback, Hunter and Huckabee. Let's see what they have to say for awhile.

[B4Ranch]

Giuliani/Clinton/Dem vs. GOP Platform Comparison
Issue	Giuliani	Clinton	Dem Platform	GOP Platform
Abortion on Demand	Supports	Supports	Supports	Opposes
Partial Birth Abortion	SupportsOpposed NY ban	Supports	Supports	Opposes
Roe v. Wade	Supports	Supports	Supports	Opposes
Taxpayer Funded Abortions	Supports	Supports	Supports	Opposes
Embryonic Stem Cell Research	Supports	Supports	Supports	Opposes
Federal Marriage Amendment	Opposes	Opposes	Opposes Defined at state level	Supports
Gay Domestic Partnership/ Civil Unions	Supports	Supports	Supports	Opposes
Openly Gay Military	Supports	Supports	Supports	Opposes
Defense of Marriage Act	Opposes	Opposes	Opposes	Supports
Amnesty for Illegal Aliens	Supports	Supports	Supports	Opposes
Special Path to Citizenship for Illegal Aliens	Supports	Supports	Supports	Opposes
Tough Penalties for Employers of Illegal Aliens	Opposes	Opposes	Opposes	Supports
Sanctuary Cities/ Ignoring Immigration Law	Supports	Supports	Supports	Opposes
Protecting 2nd Amendment	Opposes	Opposes	Opposes Supports bans	Supports
Confiscating Guns	Supports Confiscated as mayor. Even bragged.	Supports	Supports Supports bans	Opposes
'Assault' Weapons Ban	Supports	Supports	Supports
Frivolous Lawsuits Against Gun Makers	Supports Filed One Himself	Supports		Opposes
Gun Registration/Licenses	Supports	Supports		Opposes
War in Afghanistan	Supports	Supports Voted for it	Supports	Supports
War in Iraq	Supports	Supports Voted for it	Supports Weak support	Supports
Patriot Act	Supports	Supports Voted for it 2001 & 2006	Opposes	Supports

[pissant]

So is Slick Romney. Hunter 2008 is the only good choice.

[B4Ranch]

[alicewonders]

Duncan Hunter has my vote. I also am watching Newt. I would like to see a Hunter/Gingrich ticket.

GO DUNCAN HUNTER!!!

[finnman69]

World Net Daily Crap

[RockinRight]

Hunter, yes - no to the other two you mention (Brownback and Huckabee.)

[The Pack Knight]

HONK! if you like Fred Thompson! HONK! Though right now I think his future is as the eventual successor to the great Paul Harvey.

[dirtboy]

But that's chart'sSPAM! Rudy boosters can't refute it so they call it SPAM! The truth hurts so we'll shriek SPAM! We sold out and demand that you do as well, so all these liberal positions of Rudy are just distracting

SPAM!

/Rockefeller Republican mode

[Tanniker Smith]

Hunter 2008 is the only good choice.

Good choice and viable choice are not always the same thing. We shall see.

I do recall a survey on FR taken 8 years ago that somehow manage to declare Alan Keyes as the "consensus" candidate.

[Williams]

The chart is BS, because Clintyon does not now support the war, the patriot act, etc., and never really did.

Rudy G is a good no nonsense leader but he is liberal on many issues. McCain is suspect and temperamental but is right on many key issues.

I'm still waiting for specifics from each candidate, and what's wrong with Mitt Romney? There's time to sort all this out, but Hilary Ain't getting my vote.

[MittFan08]

I firmly believe that Hillary is most scared of Giuliani and would fall to her knees rejoicing if McCain were nominated.

[pissant]

Surely you jest. Alan Keyes is a knucklehead.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

Please Read "Hillary's Secret War"


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1122099/posts

Hillary's Secret War
The Clinton Conspiracy to Muzzle
Internet Journalists

by Richard Poe


Foreword by Jim Robinson
Founder of FreeRepublic.com

[wildbill]

making Bush the bad guy for not moving to overturn a jury's decision in the Boder Patrol case is symtomatic of the lunatic fringe on the conservative side.

One can believe in a pardon, notwithstanding the facts, without believeing it is a litmus test for the Presidency.

[Beagle8U]

"Please Read "Hillary's Secret War"

Foreword by Jim Robinson
Founder of FreeRepublic.com"

I did and that is how I found out about FR.

I like the book but Jim's words at the front impressed me.

[Condor51]

"Rudy is no conservative – he is a liberal Republican."

Rudy ISN'T even a 'republican'.

Rudy Giuliani's Vulnerabilities
Secret study cited "weirdness factor" among candidate weaknesses

Rudy is a DEMOCRAT POSEUR!!!