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Kerik, an idiot? From everything I ever read about him (before the NY media decided to trash him as a preemptive strike against RG), he was pretty good at his job.

Since NYC was the crime capitol of the country and also a Democrat city (so the public were left-wingers with no guns to use in self defense), Rudy used existing gun laws to strip the bad guys of their weapons and enhance their prison time. Working in the Reagan justice department was a pretty good indicator of his dedication to law and order.

I have admired him since the day he actually closed down the New York City museum because of the "Dung Madonna" painting and refused to reopen it until the feds made him.

He is personally against abortion and as a mayor his only power over it was to increase the outreach to unwed mothers and encourage adoption. Adoptions and orphanages swelled under him and abortions dropped. Isn't that the idea?

He wasn't Governor. He was Mayor. He had to administer the laws of the city council. That was his job.

The press and the media attacked him everyday until 9/11 and he spit in their eyes by having a daily...not monthly, not weekly, but daily press conferences. He never backed down and he never tried to win their approval (like McCain).

He's a tough guy who took no shit from anybody. I thought he would have been a great president and I'm sorry he didn't get the chance to prove the haters wrong.

Kerik, an idiot? From everything I ever read about him (before the NY media decided to trash him as a preemptive strike against RG), he was pretty good at his job.

It took all of two days for journalists to find a mess of dirt. Yet Rudy never noticed any of it...

He is personally against abortion

Oh, bullcrap, Deb. He got awards from NARAL and spoke at their fundraisers. You should know better than to peddle that level of nonsense on FR.

He wasn't Governor. He was Mayor. He had to administer the laws of the city council. That was his job.

I presume that comment was about Rudy's gun control efforts.

No one forced Rudy to call for more federal guns laws by politicizing a terrorist attack in 1997.

No one forced Rudy to address an anti-gun rally.

And Rudy worked to revoke CCW permits from long-standing holders who had them for 20 years. The man is an enemy to gun rights.

Great post, Deb. This is old-style FR posting, well documented and short on rhetoric.

I wonder if “true conservatism” does not include national security as a top priority, especially post-9/11. Looking at some of the posting here, I am led to believe that some actually oppose our safety and security as a sovereign nation.