I'll support him for governor of New York, I'll crown him king, if you'll keep him up there!
IMO, with the right support team in place enroute, and the right administrative team in place once he gets there, I think Rudolph Giuliani would make a fine POTUS.
Some of his less-desirable features could be moderated, the others balanced, by the people around him. He is unquestionably a good leader who did a fine job with NYC back when NYC was a difficult place to manage.
Had he been running against Obama rather than McCain he would have stood a better-than-even chance of winning IMO.
(flameproof armor on)
“has a new nickname: Rudy the Savior”
why bother doing research, when you can just invent stuff
“New York Republicans are completely out of power for the first time in four decades.”
Hey, New Yorkers, how do feel about living in places like Michigan, or California. Cuz, that’s where you’re heading like a bullet train.
Big governement, small paycheck.
Not that I feel sorry for you’s guys—you’re the same dopes that voted in Clinton, the Mrs..
I hope you’s guys enjoy payin’ taxes as much as the Democrat socialists love your paychecks.
I think Rudy is lazy, and loves the glow of adoration more than hard work. Somehow he convinced himself all he needed was one state to have the prize of the White House. He never really challenged Hillary, or any other liberal for that matter. A liberal Congress would have had about the same impact on him as it is having on Bama. Liberalism lite is not that many steps removed from the complete package.
Rudy will NOT win the NYC suburbs and exurbs.
His boosters say he will, but the people just far enough away to see his tenure in NYC for what it was, with a bit of perspective that the distance allowed them, are NOT going to vote for a man who never saw a human activity he didn’t want to prosecute, fine, outlaw or otherwise put under the boot of government bureaucrats.
That and Guiliani blatantly stole over 1.3 million dollars from the 9/11 widows and orphan fund. When caught he refused all media inquiries... meanwhile his partner was looking to lobby for the Saudis at the same time.
Guiliani is toxic.
Why does Roto Rooter go where it goes? Cuz that's where the excrement is.
Sadly, every democratically controlled state in America is in the toilet, so what do we do, we love it so much that we elect more to control the entire country. The word (we) of coarse only refers to the uneducated, lazy, unmotivated American liberal voter. Enjoy a##wipes you are instrumental in bringing America to it’s knees.
12/07/2008------Failed RINO presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani told Sky News the election of Barack Obama will make America "an honest nation and not a hypocritical one." Giuliani said Obama would improve the country's image abroad.....and a tremendous opportunity to build a global consensus because of Obama's international support----(Excerpt) Read more at news.sky.com .........
ANALYSIS Count the number of times Ghouliani said "international interests".....meaning his own. Ghouli has a lot of money tied up in global businesses ...........businesses that need presidential intervention. Here’s Rudy’s global connections (the ones we know of):
(1) Giuliani Capital Advisors, LLC (AKA Giuliani Partners LLC),
(2) Giuliani Group,
(3) Giuliani-Kerik (re-named Giuliani Security and Safety, after the departure of the tainted ex-Police Commissioner--Rooty's ex-driver and bodyguard),
(4) Giuliani-Van Essen,
(5) Bracewell & Giuliani LLP law firm (based in Texas with global interests),
(6) Bracewell & Giuliani has two offices in Kazakhstan (in Central Asia), and had January 2007 closings totalling $1.625 Billion,
(7) Giuliani Security & Safety, Asia
Bracewell & Giuliani’s Cintra Concesiones de Infraestructuras de Transporte, S.A., a Spanish transportation company (lobbied for Privatization of Toll Road in Texas--used eminent domain to take Texans' property for foreigners)
Bracewell & Giuliani’s Banco Santander Central Hispano, S.A. (SAN.MC, STD.N) (a bank that traded with a blacklisted Iranian Bank---these Hispano smarties also invested--and lost--with Madoff)
Bracewell & Giuliani’s company tied to Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chávez, who has called President Bush “the devil.” Bracewell & Giuliani lobbies on behalf of Texas-based Citgo Petroleum, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Venezuelan oil company controlled by Chávez.
RESEARCH
DID YOU KNOW US PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE RUDY GIULIANI HELD A CAMPAIGN FUND-RAISER IN KAZAKHSTAN? That's right, in Kazakstan
WHERE IS KAZAKHSTAN It is a former Soviet Union state, the only Central Asian country sharing borders with both Russia and China, and with states of nuclear-transit significance such as Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Kyrgyzstan.
GLOBAL STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE Kazakhstan is in the Strategic Energy Ellipse and is a member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization with China and Russia. A focal point of influence between the West and the East.....(can you say oil and gas pipelines?)
WHAT IS KAZAKHSTAN'S MAIN INDUSTRY Kazakhstan aims to become the world’s largest producer and exporter of uranium in the next five years. Country Profile 10: KazakhstanFirstWatch International (FWI)
Overview: At independence in 1991, Kazakhstan was among the four states of the former Soviet Union to inherit nuclear weapons, acquiring with it the status of the fourth largest nuclear power in the world.(1) The new acquisitions included thousands of nuclear warheads, intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), cruise missiles, and the world's largest testing facility (where 456 nuclear tests took place over a 50-year period).(2)
Kazakhstan’s nuclear fuel cycle resources include extensive uranium mining zones and fuel processing and fabrication technologies. Kazakhstan aims to become the world’s largest producer and exporter of uranium in the next five years.
It is the only Central Asian country sharing borders with both Russia and China, and with states of nuclear-transit significance such as Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Kyrgyzstan. Kazakhstan continues to make remarkable progress in the area of nuclear safeguards, export controls, and nuclear material control and accountancy.
Sources: Jon Brook Wolfsthal et al., “U.S. Nonproliferation Assistance Program,” Nuclear Status Report: Nuclear Weapons, Fissile Material, and Exports Controls in Former Soviet Union, Vol. 6, 2001, Any reproduction of text and data is authorized only by permission. SIPRI March 2006.
http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:HQykZ-u_GL8J:www.sipri.org/contents/expcon/cnsc1kaz.html+Kazakhstan+(nuclear)&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2&gl=us
While there may be a few things wrong with Rudy, anybody who lived in NYC during the Dinkins administration will tell you that Rudy completely turned this city around, at least from a law enforcement perspective.
He did it by the simple expedient of having the cops zero-in on so-called quality of life offences which it later turned out, resulted in a substantial decrease in major crimes.
Rudy left this city a far better place than he found it.
Republican holds early lead for Gillibrand seat
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There’s no one else in this God forsaken state???
It’s not like the GOP will be taking on a Kennedy or a Cumo.
He has zero chance of ever being the Republican nominee for President. His views on social issues are way out of the Republican mainstream.
Rudy didn’t do the NYC GOP any favors. He hired Democrats, left us without a farm team and, as far as I remember, never lifted a finger to help any Republican City Councilman. He on;y remembered that he was a Republicans after 2001, when he had national aspirations.