Posted on 11/15/2006 7:40:33 AM PST by goldstategop
Every day, I'm asked whom I'm supporting for President in 2008. I've looked over the potential candidates, and on the Republican side, I believe the best, by far, is Rudy Giuliani, who took the first step toward a run, yesterday, with an exploratory committee.
(On the Democratic side, the best guy who's been talked about as a Presidential contender is Senator Evan Bayh from Indiana, who truly understands the Islamic threat and is a more moderate Democrat--which is why he'll never get the nomination.)
Yes, I'm pro-life and against gay rights, where Giuliani shares neither of my views on these issues. But, to me, the terrorism issue is far more important, #1 on the list. Right now, we have a President who is pro-life, against gay rights, and pretends to be the "Counterterrorism Prez." But, actually, he's done nothing substantive on any of these issues.
Rudy Giuliani: Then-NYC Mayor Had Guts to Stop Yasser Arafat's Stateside Escapades
So, I'll take the guy who I know will have the guts to do what Bush does not. I believe Giuliani is that man. He's proven that time and again, whether it was when he told terror-supporting Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal to take his $10 million and shove it (right after 9/11) or when he severely restricted Yasser Arafat's travel in New York (kicking him out of a concert).
A man who will do those things vs. Bush PC on Islam is the man we need to run this country. He's probably also the man who can handle the illegal alien problem and actually see to it that something is done about it. Not sure on his position on guest workers, but we'll soon enough find out.
It will be a difficult matter for a pro-choice, pro-gay rights candidate (and, again, I oppose Giuliani on these issues) to get the GOP nomination. We'll see.
So for those who want to know who I'm supporting for Prez, I say, "Viva Rudy." America's Mayor has what it takes to be America's President.
Gutsy Giuliani Tells Saudi Prince Alwaleed Where to Go
I believe Rudy would be elected quite handily (beat Hell-ary) and I'd feel a whole lot more secure with him than any Democrat.
The Brooklyn and Jersey City mosques that served as a hotbed of radical Islam throughout the 1990s -- and was a meeting place for the 1993 World Trade Center bombers -- is still standing. They were there on 9/10/01, they were there on 9/12/01, and they remained there even as Rudy Giuliani was pretending that throwing Yassir Arafat out of Lincoln Center and turning down a $10 million donation from a Saudi prince represented a "tough" approach to radical Islam.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
Add me to that list, OK?
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
Otherwise a pro-partial-birth abortion, pro-gay-"marriage" candidate gets nowhere in the Republican primaries.
Too bad we haven't had one in office since Reagan.
My early predictions among the republican contenders:
1) McCain's support is neither wide nor deep. He is re-elected in Arizona not out of popularity, but out of default. This is because his wife buys his seat, and the AZ republican party is stingy. This places him in a league with John Kerry, outside the realm of national politics.
2) Guiliani has two disadvantages. He is from New York, and he is seen as physically weak, whether or not the latter is true. Unless he can re-craft his image to one of comfort outside of the East Coast, he will have difficulty.
3) The stronger candidates are governors, not senators. So what republican current or (newly) ex-governor of a major State is available?
Here is a current listing of governors:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_United_States_Governors
We have to go to the fight with a weapon that will work. Unfortunately, I'm unaware of anyone on the horizon that would likely beat Hillary. If there is such a person, he or she better start winning over the American public today. That is a daunting task considering the MSM, et al.
Oh joy another year of no choice!
- Attended and marched in every gay pride parade in NYC while mayor (even one in 1992 that included a NAMBLA contingent of pedophile activists)
- Attends and supports many functions and fund-raisers held by radical gay organizations (even did a cross dressing act at Pride Agenda fund-raiser)
- Openly opposes Constitutional Amendment to protect tradition marriage which is supported by President Bush and the Republican Party Platform.
- Supported "domestic partner" and "civil union" bills in City Council while mayor of NYC.
- Submitted Gay "Domestic-Partner" Rights Bill to City Council giving gay and lesbian couples the same benefits reserved for married couples.
- Said, "I'm proud of it" when referring to the gay "domestic partner" bill he submitted. Said, "National Republicans can lump it if they don't like this new domestic-partners bill...I think it puts New York City ahead of other places in the country."
- Has received awards from several radical gay agenda organizations who support gay marriage for his support of their cause. Is considered a "champion" of gay "rights."
- Lived with a gay "married" couple in Manhattan when he moved out of Gracie Mansion during his second divorce.
- Said that homosexuality is "good and normal"
Some people want Republicans to ignore his liberalism on almost every issue and, as a distraction, they try to pretend that Rudy is fiscally conservative. Again, his record shows that he isn't fiscally conservative either:
According to an article in The Nation from 2002:
It's now apparent that Giuliani purchased the city's good times partially with borrowed money and left his successor, Mike Bloomberg, holding a bag of debt. New York City went from a $3 billion budget surplus in 1998 to a $4.5 billion deficit after Giuliani left office. This mismanagement of prosperity is a big part of his legacy. Giuliani left the city's finances in a mess...Here are some things Giuliani did as Mayor that were NOT anywhere near being fiscally conservative:
- New York City went from a $3 billion budget surplus in 1998 to a $4.5 billion deficit after Giuliani left office.
- Added 25,000 government employees patronage hires to the city's payroll after promising to cut the work force.
- Giuliani's borrowing practices increased the city's debt burden by 50 percent.
- Partly because of Giuliani, New York City is now the biggest debtor in the nation outside of the federal government with $42 billion in loans outstanding.
According to the article from The Nation:
During the 1960s Giuliani was a self-described "Robert Kennedy Democrat." He identified with RFK as a liberal Catholic prosecutor. He volunteered for RFK's 1968 presidential campaign while he was a student at NYU Law School. Giuliani also voted for George McGovern in 1972. During the liberal 1960s, he was a liberal.So, to sum that up:But in 1975 Giuliani switched his party registration from Democrat to Independent when he got a job in Gerald Ford's Justice Department, according to his mentor Harold "Ace" Tyler.
On December 8, 1980, Giuliani changed his registration from Independent to Republican. This was one month after Ronald Reagan's election, and just as he was applying for a top job in the Justice Department.
"He only became a Republican after he began to get all these jobs from them. He's definitely not a conservative Republican. He thinks he is, but he isn't..."
And as John Hawkins put it in an excellent article in Human Events:
Despite all of his charisma and the wonderful leadership he showed after 9/11, Rudy Giuliani is not a Reagan Republican. To the contrary, Giuliani is another Christie Todd Whitman, another Arlen Specter, another Olympia Snowe. He's a throwback to the "bad old days" before Reagan, when the GOP was run by moderate Country Club Republicans who considered conservatives to be extremists. Trying to revive that failed strategy again is likely to lead to a Democratic President in 2008 and numerous setbacks for the Republican Party.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
Just look at Schlussel's article -- as well as so many of the posts on various Rudy threads here on FR -- and note how many times you see terms like, "I believe he'll do this," "I think he's the best candidate for that," etc. The claim that "he'll nominate strict constructionists to the Supreme Court" is perhaps the most comical of all.
These people have no idea what they're talking about. They're simply projecting their own desires for a candidate on this guy without any evidence whatsoever to support these claims.
Really? It was barely #1 in 2004, it wasn't #1 in 2006, and it sure as hell won't be #1 in 2008 unless something catastrophic happens between now and then.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
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To bad he doesn't have them to take on the queers, the gender feminists, the gun-grabbers, the criminal alien invasion, the activist bench and the abortoir and unborn-baby-parts industry.
West of the Hudson, Mr Guiliani will NEVER be elected dogcatcher.
Nor, by the way, seeing we're visiting New York, will that state's junior senator, the recidivist, treasonous, lying, looting, thieving, mass-murdering, dangerously-dullard co-serial-rapist gangster, Missus Bruno Cli'ton.
Wise choice. Debbie Schlussel sees terrorism as I do. It trumps everything. I could care less if Giuliani cross dresses or whatever else he is accused of. I want someone with the intestinal fortitude to do what is required.
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