"Rudy is by far the leader of the pack right now. For a simple reason - he is a leader."
Do you think conservatives want to be led down the road of liberalism? There are lots of "leaders". We need to find a leader who will lead in the "right" direction.
There have been a whole lot of polls on Free Republic this year. The current one is the most hypothetical poll I've seen so far. We're over two years out from the general election and such a poll is worthless as tits on a bull. I'll bet many FReepers don't even know Giuliani's politics on some of the critical issues of concern to conservatives.
You and several other FReepers are spending a great deal of your time on rightwing Free Republic attempting to ram a liberal politico down the throats of conservatives. Instead of working to get a liberal as the GOP nominee in 2008, why not work to get a Republican who will advance the conservative agenda for America.
Rudy Giuliani doesn't even come close to being a moderate politician, let alone a conservative. Giuliani is a liberal to his core beliefs. John Hawkins does a good job of revealing Giuliani's liberalism in his article.
It's the immigration that turned me off to Rudy, as below. WHY DON'T CONSERVATIVES REALIZE THAT MOST ALL REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES WILL DO OKAY ON TERRORISM...... IT'S THE AMNESTY FOR ILLEGALS THAT IS DEFINING................
"While McCain has taken heat for his support of comprehensive immigration reform, Rudy is every bit as pro-immigration as McCain - if not more so. On the O'Reilly Factor last week Giuliani argued for a "practical approach" to immigration and cited his efforts as Mayor of New York City to "regularize" illegal immigrants by providing them with access to city services like public education to "make their lives reasonable." Giuliani did say that "a tremendous amount of money should be put into the physical security" needed to stop the flow of illegal immigrants coming across the border, but his overall position on immigration is essentially indistinguishable from McCain's."
That's bad enough. But, as Michelle Malkin has revealed, under Giuliani, New York was an illegal alien sanctuary and "America's Mayor" actually sued the federal government in an effort to keep New York City employees from having to cooperate with the INS:
"When Congress enacted immigration reform laws that forbade local governments from barring employees from cooperating with the INS, Mayor Rudy Giuliani filed suit against the feds in 1997. He was rebuffed by two lower courts, which ruled that the sanctuary order amounted to special treatment for illegal aliens and were nothing more than an unlawful effort to flaunt federal enforcement efforts against illegal aliens. In January 2000, the Supreme Court rejected his appeal, but Giuliani vowed to ignore the law."
That's only because their pitting rudy against romney, both of who'm freepers percieve to be rinos. GIven the choice of two rino's most freepers would rather have rudy than romney. Toss in a conservative and they'd mop the floor with rudy.
I will think for myself and not be lead down the primrose path...
I don't need a "leader," only sheep need a leader...