Posted on 06/11/2007 2:37:07 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Conservatives would bolt GOP over Rudy By: David Paul Kuhn June 11, 2007 04:57 PM EST
A growing number of influential social conservatives are speaking out against Rudy Giuliani, with some threatening that they will take flight from the Republican Party in 2008 if the former New York mayor is the GOP nominee.
Giuliani's support for abortion rights and gay rights has not to date prevented him from winning the support of a sizable number of socially conservative voters, according to polls. But the continued strength of his candidacy is causing alarm among leaders of conservative advocacy groups, many of which have been major players in Republican politics.
"Speaking as a private citizen, no, no, I could not support (Giuliani)," said Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, which has about a half-million members. "The 20 years I've been involved in politics, the life issue has been at the very top. How could I turn my back on that?"
Perkins said that should Giuliani win the nomination, he would vote for a third-party candidate who reflected his values. "It wouldn't be the first time," Perkins added in an interview last week.
Other prominent cultural conservatives to signal public opposition to Giuliani in recent weeks included James Dobson of Focus on the Family, Louis Sheldon of the Traditional Values Coalition, veteran activist and former presidential candidate Gary Bauer, and Richard Land of the Southern Baptist Convention.
Like Perkins, Land has warned that he would not vote for a Republican ticket in 2008 if it were led by Giuliani. Others did not go that far, even as they made plain their wish that Giuliani be weeded out in the primaries.
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It would take a clothespin and a gas mask, but I might vote for Rudy.
I’m hoping and praying that he isn’t the Repub nominee.
(”No Pants?” Funny screen name!)
Sunshine patriots and fair weather friends, who needs ‘em?
He came in strong because of name recognition and a positive connection with 911. He’s a good public speaker and his campaign has money. But all that only goes so far. The more the conservatives learn about him, the more they will reject him, and he will not be able to ride to the top without having his past uncovered. His undoing will be his stance on critical issues that define social and economic conservatism to most of America: abortion, guns, taxes, gays, and personal affairs. No way will he hold together the party and rally support with his positions on these issues. Not even remotely feasible.
.....good for you....I’m picking the lesser of two evils I guess....and if anything, I’m pretty pissed off at the power hungry conservatives that lost us the last election also.....and Bush’s antics.....hell, honestly, I don’t trust most politicians in either party.....
I think in the long run if Rudy or Romney are nominated the healthiest thing would be for the dems to carry the election. The GOP can get rid of the limo RINOS and get back to what the party is supposed to be about.
Tony Perkins (player of parts?), what do you think the chances are of a third party candidate winning the presidency? Or of even keeping the country safe from the Clintons and another massive sell-out of our national security? Or do you even care?
So, you won’t even try to get rid of those supporting amnesty? You’ll let them win the primary and then let someone far worse win the general?
“We would have a European socialist till the mullahs nuke us”.
Are you kidding? The only thing that will wake the GOP up is conservatives going to vote for solid nominees all the way down the ticket in the primaries.
Oh, dear ... much wailing and gnashing of teeth, over at the WAambulance, along about now, lol.
And there’s the point. Like we have fits over Giuliani but we’re supposed to give the “compassionate cowboy conservative” from Crawford a pass.Right now Giuliani is just a wanna be,while Bush is still in a position to hurt us a lot.So maybe the conservatives better concentrate at the moment on who’s their worst nightmare !!!
I don’t disagree.
Guiliani would be a great conseravative Democrat.
Where would you get that idea?
These idiots need to be crushed in the primary phase and replaced with CONSERVATIVES.
If the GOP has drifted that far left to nominate a liberal, it’s adios amigos.
No, Joe Lieberman is a lot closer to Ronald Reagan than Rudy is, I’d cash a personal check for Joe!
And since when does the Family Research Council determine RNC policy?
I’m not going to waste my vote on someone who does not represent my views regardless of who that allows to win. Fear mongering does not cut it.
In order to do that, there will have to be at least one on the ballot.
Why doesn’t the GOP just expell him from the party like they did with David Duke?
Rudy is really a Democrat anyway so he may as well run as one.
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