Posted on 07/07/2006 7:32:14 AM PDT by chiller
"What I would have a problem with would be his judicial nominations."
Obviously George W. Bush's two confirmed nominations are the BEST of any Republican President since WWII. I won't count Harriet.
So Rudi could do no worse than the average Republican Presidents, who have given us Stevens, Souter, Kennedy, O'Conner.
Maybe I should have been more direct. Illegal is exactly what I meant in my reference to people who have "no business being here."
Bloomberg, who is one of the greatest capitalists of his generation (having spent most of his life making money on Wall Street, and founding Bloomberg Financial), will be pretty surprised to hear that he is Marxist.
I don't care what his background is. He's a freaking Marxist in his capacity as mayor of New York. You'll probably find the same emotional pathology at work inside the head of that other "great capitalist" right across the river -- Gov. Corzine of New Jersey.
One of the great ironies in this country is that Big Government is often only rivaled by Big Business when it comes to its anti-capitalist bent. It's no coincidence that this kind of crap has become increasingly common in New York City, where major corporations of all kinds (from Wall Street brokerage houses to the New York Times) negotiate steep tax abatements that no small business owner would ever be permitted to avail himself of. (FYI -- this is one reason why the commercial rent tax is still in place despite Rudy Giuliani's 1993 campaign promise to eliminate it.)
More important . . . It's a very GOOD thing. For ME.
None of which equals Marxism.You could try reading Karl Marx's "Das Kapital" for starters.
Do you think it's just a coincidence that New York City's employment situation has been lagging behind the nation for about the last 50 years? This place has one of the worst business climates in North America.
You are arguing against someone without even knowing that he WAS governor?
I think the MSM would love Guiliani. I also think articles like this are a way to try to influence the party to select the least conservative presidential alternative in 2008.
I think most D's know they don't have a ghost of a chance. Presidential elections only bring out the worst in the party for all to see, and look how bad it is in an off year?
They'd love for us to put up McCain - that's their dream date. If they can't have that, the pro-infanticide crowd will settle for Guiliani. Any RINO will do.
Making him president is an altogether different question. I do not like his liberal positions on guns (gun grabber), gays and illegal aliens, to name just three. There may be others. I will research further when and if it looks like he may be a serious candidate.
I came to this thread late and have not scrolled through it. It sounds as though you are in favor of Rudy becoming president. Am I correct about this?
I will NEVER vote for McCain or Giuliani.
The first is insane, the second is a gun-grabbing, gay-supporting, illegal-loving, abortion-supporting liberal.
I've got enough trouble just with Rudy, so now you throw Captain McQueeg in for good measure. That's inflicting an awful lot of pain, Jameison.
I appreciate your candid answer. Thanks.
I don't think McCain has the temperment to be President and I don't trust Giuliani.
Unfortunately I DO trust Hillary or some other 'Rat to do the wrong thing time after time.
Most importantly, we don't need a Party of passivist surrender monkeys in charge of national security. You think that nut in North Korea would be worried about what a 'Rat President would do if he nuked Guam or one of our friends in Asia? Didn't think so.
Why anyone here would not vote for the Republican nominee and instead help a Party that thinks Joe Lieberman is too far Right is beyond me. We are no longer dealing with anything resembling a loyal opposition -- we're dealing with political lunatics.
And as far as third party candidates go -- voting that way is a waste of chad. When's the nominating convention of the Reform Party? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Captain McQueeg -- that's pretty funny.
But I will pose the question: Who would YOU rather was your CO on a swift boat -- Queeg or John Fitzgerald Kerry?
Sometimes we have awful choices at the ballot box. I'll have to throw the switch for DeWine here in Ohio because his opponent is another Howard Metzenbaum. We can't have another Leftist 'Rat in the Senate to stifle SCOTUS nominees, so Mike DeWanker will have to get another six years in Washington.
I'll make sure to bring a barf bag to the polls in November in case I lose it.
"As far as abortion and gays, this is the area where a President has the most influence."
'Splain that to me, Lucy? I don't see it that way. While President Bush has pushed for an amendment to our constitution to ban gay marriage, I don't want our constitution amended for that; let the states handle it.
What has he done to stop abortion? I haven't seen anything concrete, and actually I don't see that as his job; again, it's a States Rights issue.
Well heck; let's just suspend the Constitution then. If everytime we "go to war" we're going to lose more freedoms, I vote for no more wars. How's that for a platform?
You admit that our choices suck but then laugh at the state of third parties. It should make you cry that we have no credible alternative between a prostitute and a whore; the Republicans want to get paid; the Democrats just give it away.
The former repented and changed.
And it is not just about Giuliani being overly fond of gays. He is anathema to gun owners, pro-lifers and supply-siders. A great number of these people will not vote for him if he gets the G.O.P. nomination, handing the Oval Office to Hillary Clinton or the Dem nominee.
So, support Rudy Giuliani in good conscience if you like. Just remember, you and all the other Rudyophiles will reap what you sow.
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