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George Will: Confounding Expectations, Giuliani Upends Assumptions
Chicago Sun Times ^
| 2/18/07
| George Will
Posted on 02/19/2007 6:38:26 AM PST by meg88
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posted on
02/19/2007 6:38:26 AM PST
by
meg88
To: meg88
calling into question some assumptions about Republican voters.What? We're not all suicidal ideologues?
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posted on
02/19/2007 6:40:04 AM PST
by
zarf
(Her hair was of a dank yellow, and fell over her temples like sauerkraut......)
To: meg88
George Will has some valid points, but I would still be surprised if Giuliani get the Republican nod.
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posted on
02/19/2007 6:40:57 AM PST
by
marvlus
To: meg88
Check back in a year, and we will see where Rudy is polling.
To: zarf
His description of Edwards "Smarmy insincerity" is perfect.
Edwards is the single most irritating, transparently insincere candidate on the scene.
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posted on
02/19/2007 6:44:13 AM PST
by
zarf
(Her hair was of a dank yellow, and fell over her temples like sauerkraut......)
To: mariabush
If Cali moves it's primary to Feb 5, the race may be over by Super Tuesday next year.
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posted on
02/19/2007 6:44:45 AM PST
by
meg88
(Run Newt, Run!)
To: meg88
But such commentary is becoming self-refuting.How so, George? The most recent poll on the matter shows 57% of the base can't even tell you Giuliani's position on abortion. 50% of the same group says a candidate's support for abortion rights would make them less likely to vote for him.
To: zarf
Remember how much the MSM thought he'd help Kerry in '04? What a useless running mate he turned out to be.
To: zarf
Don't sell yourself short. You're a suicidal pro-abortion ideologue.
To: WhistlingPastTheGraveyard
George is reading the Des Moines Register for inside scoops again.
To: marvlus
The prmaries are super frontloaded if CA goes to Feb and that may help Rudy a lot.
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posted on
02/19/2007 6:49:26 AM PST
by
meg88
(Run Newt, Run!)
To: meg88
It is hard to fathom that Rudy is a fresh face given his exposure but for many he is.
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posted on
02/19/2007 6:49:58 AM PST
by
Phlap
(REDNECK@LIBARTS.EDU)
To: zarf
What? We're not all suicidal ideologues? No, confounding expectations that Republicans still believe in limited government....but, then, most thinking people know that that that "assumption" is a farce which is perpetuated to keep the conservative sheeple in line on election day.
To: WhistlingPastTheGraveyard
George Will gets his paycheck from the limousine leftist media establishment...
To: zarf
Edwards is the single most irritating, transparently insincere candidate on the scene. In a race with Hillary in it, that is SOME accomplishment...
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posted on
02/19/2007 6:52:12 AM PST
by
Izzy Dunne
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To: meg88
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posted on
02/19/2007 6:55:32 AM PST
by
AZRepublican
("The degree in which a measure is necessary can never be a test of the legal right to adopt it.")
To: WhistlingPastTheGraveyard
How so, George? The most recent poll on the matter shows 57% of the base can't even tell you Giuliani's position on abortion. 50% of the same group says a candidate's support for abortion rights would make them less likely to vote for him.
So? That doesn't mean that they aren't going to vote for him. His support for gun control makes me less likely to support him, but I support him nonetheless.
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posted on
02/19/2007 6:55:54 AM PST
by
LtdGovt
("Where government moves in, community retreats and civil society disintegrates" -Janice Rogers Brown)
To: zarf
Let's see...
Rudy certainly did a masterful job on 9/11 and in the aftermath as Mayor of NYC. I don't doubt his ablitiy to lead as a wartime president...
BUT:
1) Pro-abortion -- even partial birth abortion...
2) Pro-gay marriage (or "civil unions")
3) Pro-illegal alien -- weak on border security/amnesty for illegals
4) Pro-Gun Control -- for confiscating firearms excpet for government licensed weapons (generally for military and law enforcement)
Ah, no. Don't try it. I've been Bushed and Doled too often. I've been told to compromise the principles I hold too often. If the Republicans WANT to lose, choose Rudy. I like the guy, but I won't violate my principles to make him president. Not this time.
Patriot Preacher
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posted on
02/19/2007 6:56:55 AM PST
by
patriot preacher
(To be a good American Citizen and a Christian IS NOT a contradiction.)
To: mainepatsfan
Remember how much the MSM thought he'd help Kerry in '04? What a useless running mate he turned out to be.
I think it was a mistake not to take a running mate who would: - deliver at least one state (Gore) - not bring experience (Cheney)
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posted on
02/19/2007 6:57:11 AM PST
by
LtdGovt
("Where government moves in, community retreats and civil society disintegrates" -Janice Rogers Brown)
To: LtdGovt
Rudy's shamelessly overzealous record as a prosecutor almost puts him in the same class as Nyfong.
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