Posted on 09/06/2004 12:04:42 AM PDT by Former Military Chick
Rudolph Giuliani, "America's Mayor," led New Yorkers through their darkest and finest hour unbowed. During his speech at the Republican National Convention, Mr. Giuliani spoke of all America when he said: "The horror, the shock and the devastation of those attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and over the skies of Pennsylvania lifted a cloud from our eyes."
To a large degree, Mr. Giuliani was speaking to the wider world as well. There is now no safe corner, no alliance of convenience, no policy of appeasement that will protect families when terrorists decide to strike, as the news of nearly any day will attest: "We have carried out the sentence of God against 12 Nepalis who came from their country to fight the Muslims and to serve the Jews and the Christians...believing in Buddha as their God," said a statement by the Army of Ansar al-Sunna, explaining their execution of 12 workers in Iraq.
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It does often function though as a shield against domestic political reform, Mr. Giuliani noted: "Rather than trying to grant more freedom, create more income, improve education and basic health care, [some] governments deflect their own failures by pointing to America and Israel and other external scapegoats. But blaming these scapegoats does not improve the life of a single person." ---- Speaking as the world's mayor, as the mayor of every city devastated by terrorism, Mr. Giuliani urged that all survivors say: "We have done all that we could with our lives that were spared...They have heard from us a message of peace through free, accountable, lawful and decent governments giving people hope for a future for themselves and their children." He received a sustained standing ovation from the Republicans in the New York convention center. Outside, protesters jeered.
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he can be the world's mayor, just don't try to make him america's president.
Funny how Rudy brings out the best and worst in people. Republicans don't like him because he is considered a RINO yet they will take him over a democrat any day.
So is the perception of Rudy inflated? Would he not make a good president?
Many questions at least we have time to answer them.
One of the easiest ways to deflate the rudy fawners is to ask about his actual elected office experience.
So far it's limited to being elected to one of the most liberal cities in the country. He has no track record anywhere else.
When 2008 rolls around, he will have been out of office 6 years.
What would most republicans say about the qualifications of a democratic presidential candidate who has only run a large city, and never had to have been elected statewide? Plus one who hasn't run for anything else in over half a decade?
What happens if chicago's mayor daley retired this year and decides to run for president in 2008?
Would republicans scoff at the idea, or would they say "yep, that there mayor has what it takes to run the country!"?
If you're honest, you know the answer. He'd be ripped for it, but we expect everyone else to turn a blind eye to it if it's "our guy rudy" in the same situation.
"he can be the world's mayor, just don't try to make him america's president."
Now, flashbunny. That's awfuly insensitive and unmoderate of you. I hope you can live with yourself...You....You...You...Conservative. :) Hehe!
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