Posted on 11/14/2006 4:12:37 PM PST by Sub-Driver
DNC Statement on Giuliani's Potential Presidential Bid
November 14, 2006
The Democratic National Committee issued the following statement in response to news that former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani may seek the GOP nomination for President:
"It's unclear whether or not Rudy Giuliani will be able to just 'explain away' the fact that he's consistently taken positions that are completely opposite to the conservative Republican base on issues they hold near and dear," said Democratic National Committee Communications Director Karen Finney. "Throughout his career Giuliani has tried to paint himself as a moderate, but now that he's vying for his Party's nomination will he undergo an extreme makeover in an attempt to cozy up to the far-right?"
Giuliani Was A Registered Democrat For Much Of His Life. Giuliani registered as a Democrat and even served as a party committeeman on Long Island when he was 21. [U.S. News & World Report, 3/23/87; USA Today, 12/20/99]
Giuliani Is Pro-Choice. When asked to respond to social issues on CNN's Inside Politics, Giuliani replied, "I'm pro-choice." [CNN, 12/2/99]
Giuliani Doesn't Support A Ban On Partial-Birth Abortions. When asked whether he supported a ban on what critics call partial-birth abortions, Giuliani replied, "No, I have not supported that, and I don't see my position on that changing." Giuliani also told The Albany Times Union that he would not support a ban on late-term. Moreover, when asked "If you were in the Senate and he [President Clinton] vetoed the so-called partial-birth abortion procedure.you would support the president on that." Giuliani replied: "Yes. I said I then that I support him, so I have no reason to change my mind about it." [CNN, 12/2/99; New York Times, 11/26/99; CNN Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer, 2/6/00]
Giuliani Identified Himself As Pro-Gay Rights and Supports Civil Unions and Gay Benefits. When asked to respond to social issues on CNN's Inside Politics, Giuliani replied, "I'm pro-choice. I'm pro-gay rights." When asked whether marriage should be between a man and a woman, Giuliani agreed, but stated "I supported civil unions, however, partnerships, and I signed that legislation when I was mayor of New York City. The distinction is that you protect people's rights."[CNN, 12/2/99; Hardball, 10/13/04]
Giuliani Opposed Bush Tax Cut. "Although Mr. Giuliani is running as pro-gun control, pro-abortion-rights Republican who likes tax cuts, he did shy away yesterday from the large tax cut proposal of his political benefactor, George W. Bush, which has been criticized as too large and favorable toward the rich." [New York Times, 2/04/00]
Giuliani Announced a Publicly Funded Voucher Plan That Would Have Taken $12 Million Out of New York City Public Schools. In his State of the City address in January 1999, Giuliani proposed paying for a school voucher program with City money. In his FY2000 Preliminary Executive Budget, Giuliani proposed spending $12 million over two years to establish the administrative structure for a voucher program in a volunteer school district so as many as 3,000 public school students could attend private and parochial schools in the city. "The money would be distributed through [Giuliani's] office to avoid involving Schools Chancellor Rudy Crew, who opposes the idea," according to The New York Times. At a speech in Miami in March, 1999, The New York Times reported that, "Mr. Giuliani, who is in the midst of considering his political future, has adopted the national Republican Party's enthusiasm for school vouchers. On Sunday, while delivering a speech in Miami, for example, he called it "the most important thing that has to be done with education in America." [New York Times, 4/26/99; 3/4/99]
Giuliani Refused To Endorse Minimum Wage Increase. Giuliani declined to endorse an increase in the minimum wage to $6.50 from $5.50, pending studies that he said were necessary to make certain that a higher rate would not lead to the elimination of many low-paying jobs. [New York Times, 10/17/99]
Giuliani Said It Would Be a "Good Thing" If the Poor Left the City; Said That Was His Welfare Strategy. In April 1995, Rudy Giuliani said that many poor New Yorkers could be forced to leave New York City as a consequence of his welfare reforms, and that it "would be a good thing." WNYC radio then reported that Giuliani said in a press briefing, "That's not an unspoken part of the strategy. That is our strategy." The mayor denied these comments and offered to play them back, but his communications director had not taped the session. [Newsday, 4/29/95]
Source URL: http://www.democrats.org/a/2006/11/dnc_statement_o_9.php
Good question. I would say it gives him plenty of time to respond and make them seem insignificant.
Not as much as you imagine that you remember. I was here and I have have a GREAT memory!
I believe I'll go elswhere. I wouldnt want to get to stupid here.
Good luck in 08
Opinions in that regard vary...
A Rino from NYC aint gonna play in the south
touche
I was a signed up, posting member back then and had lurked here from early '97.
Had forgotten about Reagan's divorce. William holden was his best man at his marriage with Nancy.
Nancy Davis (4 March 1952 - 5 June 2004) (his death) 2 children
Jane Wyman (26 January 1940 - 28 June 1948) (divorced) 2 children
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001654/bio
Which isle is that? Bermuda is nice this time of the year.
After all, until Reagan, NO divorced candidate had much of a chance to win the presidency. He really broke that taboo.
And what I was posting, which your replied to, was that any complaint about Rudy being a divorced and remarried man, doesn't matter, because Reagan was also divorced. I think that you might have misunderstood my rather cryptic reply.
Not as much as you imagine that you remember. I was here and I have have a GREAT memory!
Well I think the first step is pro-life."I have close, personal friends who know him ".On this forum I will not last long if they support him.
Only in as much as those who don't agree, don't know the facts. All I have done is post FACTS; unlike so many others.
I was a signed up, posting member back then and had lurked here from early '97.
And not only was he divorced, but Nancy was preggers when they married.
None of that takes away from the fact that he was a terrific president.
Oh yes he can. I've been thinking a lot about Rudy today. Rudy took on organized crime and gutted it. He cleaned up New York City when nobody thought that was possible. Then, for a Grande Finale, he walked toward the fire and became the hero of 9-11. Rudy has bigger cojones than anybody else in the field. I'm going to wait and see what he has to say about the social issues before I make up my mind.
I WAS here; you weren't! I DO know what I'm talking about. Go read all of the surviving threads, from 1998, in FR's archives!
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