[spikeytx86]

I can not argue the other facts though I doubt he would champion them as president (if not outright ignore them) but one thing that I can say is he dose not support big government.

[Old_Mil]

--On President Bill Clinton: Shortly before his last-minute endorsement of Bob Dole in the 1996 presidential election, Giuliani told the Post's Jack Newfield that "most of Clinton's policies are very similar to most of mine." (excerpted from Rudy!, the biography by Wayne Barrett).

Sounds like a fan of big government to me. Either that, or your definition of big government is a whole lot bigger than mine.

[Reagan Man]

As Mayor of America's biggest liberal city, Rudy championed big government. He never attempted to abolish the city income tax. NYCity property taxes and ultilities rates are some of the highest in the nation. The city budget increased 18% under Rudy, from 1995 to 2001. Rudy left behind a projected $2-billion deficit, that later became a $4.5-billion deficit. Not to mention a $42-billion debt. Second only to the federal govt. Contractual agreements under Rudy almost doubled, from $3-billion to $5.8-billion. And he added some 20K new city employees, of which 15K were teachers, swelling the ranks of the AFT and the NEA.

As Mayor of NYCity Rudy championed gun control, and he called for an assault weapons ban. Throughout his tenure as Mayor, Rudy championed special rights for homos and happily marched in the annual gay pride parade. He also supported NYCity as a sanctuary for illegals.

What more do you want? Rudy is a liberal.