[Ace of Spades]

Love him or hate him, he hit the nail on the head with this one.

[Alberta's Child]

Boortz has a valid point, but in his libertarian approach he overlooks a very salient, important point -- one that is the driving force behind much of the "social conservative" agenda in this country.

This quote -- taken from an article recently posted on the Human Events website -- sums it up perfectly (the emphasis is my own):

Giuliani understood the link between allowing people to urinate on the streets with impunity and New York City’s overall decline. Outside New York, on the Republican campaign trail, he is sure to meet many voters who understand that his positions on abortion and marriage do to our national culture exactly what the street people and pub crawlers did to New York.