Posted on 01/28/2007 8:24:22 AM PST by Spiff
Giuliani touts experience, but personal life may be an issue
BY CRAIG GORDON
Newsday Washington Bureau
January 28, 2007
MANCHESTER, N.H. - Rudolph Giuliani argued yesterday that his record of cutting taxes, improving security and guiding New York through 9/11 are proof that he could do the same as president - offering his strongest signal yet that he's serious about a White House bid.
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Giuliani is trying to bat down questions from top Republicans about whether his White House ambitions are a popularity-fueled dalliance or something more serious. His speech laid out a point-by-point rationale for his possible candidacy, seeking to portray himself as a tested leader for dangerous times in the mold of Ronald Reagan.
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He also appeared intent on quieting questions about his marital history by giving wife Judith Nathan an unusually high-profile role here. She barely left his side in public, and he called her a "partner" whom he leaned on for everything from getting through 9/11 and prostate cancer to understanding the science behind possible anthrax attacks.
Giuliani didn't mention that when Nathan helped him after his cancer diagnosis in spring 2000, he was, in fact, still married to Donna Hanover, and that the revelation of his illness came amid the messy public breakup of his second marriage.
In the end, Giuliani's two-day visit here encapsulated the promise and challenge of his possible candidacy.
On one hand, his name recognition and tough-guy image in New York, before and after 9/11, helped him draw large and enthusiastic crowds on this visit. But even some who were eager to see him were blunt in saying his personal history and liberal social stances could prove a serious, perhaps insurmountable obstacle to winning their votes.
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So posting Rudy's own words is hatred.
We get that kind of crap from the Clintonistas, and for the exact same reason.
YOU ... SAID .. IN ... POST ... 73 ... THAT ... RUDY ... GOT ... THE ... AWARD ... FROM ... REAGAN.
THAT ... HAS ... NOTHING ... TO ... DO ... WITH ... THE ... NAME ... OF ... THE ... AWARD.
Peach, emulating Mary Mapes is not the way to win people to your point of view on FR.
You made a mistake.
You've made several recently.
Quit blaming those who have pointed out such, and START ... DOING ... BETTER ... RESEARCH ... AND ... START ... MAKING ... MORE ... ACCURATE ... POSTS.
And you said that I called it the Presidential Medal of Honor. That's a lie and a provable lie. But keep it up. Just be careful though - your hysteria is showing.
The person it was written to reeks of hatred. Calling Rudy a baby killer is hatred...and fanatical. No wonder they are failing! They hate everyone.
Giuliani received the Medal of Freedom from Ronald Reagan.
PLEASE ... SHOW ... ME ... THE ... FR ... GUIDELINES ... THAT ... I ... CANNOT ... COMMENT ... ON ... A ... POST ... NOT ... MADE ... TO ... ME.
That's not the Presidential Medal of Freedom and no where on this forum or elsewhere have I ever claimed that that award and the Reagan Medal of Freedom (as one newspaper article that I linked called it) are the SAME. And that's what you claimed I wrote. Which is a LIE. Because you are a liar.
Now the fact that I've linked at least two different places that call the honor two different names seems to have escaped your notice. Or it's beyond your reading comprehension.
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Delphinium says:Us Catholic types must just be "mean and hurtful" then. It is MURDER most foul.
A "purist" Christian would not say that abortion up the the nineth month is murder. That is just plain mean and hateful.
Posting quotes from Rudy = "hate speech"!
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YOU ... SAID ... RUDY ... GOT .. THE ... MEDAL ... OF ... FREEDOM ... FROM ... REAGAN. That meaning is quite clear to everyone but you.
Your hatred hurts you. It won't touch Rudy Giuliani.
You claimed that I said the two honors/medals were the SAME. Which is a lie. ROFL
You just can't help yourself, can you? Now you're clearly hysterical and the lying is just getting worse and worse. You have a great evening.
Anyone with an ounce of sense (except maybe your other hysterical friends) can see that two newspaper articles have gotten the name of the honor that Rudy received wrong.
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