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The Note: Clean as a Whistle
ABC News ^ | 2/1/07 | Mark Halperin

Posted on 02/01/2007 8:08:22 AM PST by meg88

2008: Republicans: Giuliani

"The question is this: Can the thrice-married New Yorker — a supporter of abortion rights, gay rights and gun control — win the nomination of a Republican Party that has become increasingly dependent on and influenced by conservative Christians?," poses Susan Page of USA Today in her front page look at the conundrum Giuliani faces in his battle for the White House.

Note that Family Research Council's Tony Perkins finds Giuliani "unacceptable," and plans to take him out if he shows strength.

Note also Page marshalling data suggesting that Giuliani's liberal views are not well known within the party.

Jonathan Tamari of the Asbury Park Press reports that former Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R-NY) has lined up an army of Garden State GOP supporters including nearly 300 legislators, chairmen, and mayors, and failed U.S. Senate candidate Tom Kean, Jr. New Jersey's presidential primary may be held as early as Feb. 5, 2008

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To: meg88
Rudy has dealt with these types before.

Phonies?
Posers?
Actors?

41 posted on 02/01/2007 8:26:00 AM PST by XR7
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To: TommyDale

I love Rudy...for intel chief or FBI. He's an asset.


42 posted on 02/01/2007 8:26:06 AM PST by darth
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To: XR7

People wanting to 'rub him out' :)


43 posted on 02/01/2007 8:27:11 AM PST by meg88
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To: meg88
"This is going to be the longest campaign in history. Only 23 1/2 months till inaguration day!"

Sickening isn't it. We can wait for a whole year yet before putting a serious candidate forward, and it's only the last 4 months of an election that means anything anyways. The average Americans attention span and memory doesn't seem to go much beyond that anyways. Democrats wear themselves out before the final stretch every time, and because the democrat has been campaigning so long and told so many lies, they start triping all over themselves.

44 posted on 02/01/2007 8:27:15 AM PST by Nathan Zachary
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To: XR7

I have and like him.


45 posted on 02/01/2007 8:29:22 AM PST by Hydroshock (Duncan Hunter For President.)
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To: linda_22003; Vaquero
Wow, no drag picture until #19! People are really slowing down. ;-D

Maybe informing those posters that it was a charity event and is in no way an indicator of Rino Rudys perferred clothing preference is working.

There are real facts showing he's a Rino, the drag photos don't.

46 posted on 02/01/2007 8:29:33 AM PST by ASA Vet (The WOT should have been over on 9/12/01.)
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To: meg88
Rudy sure would torpedo the Republican claim to be the 'pro-life party'.

Just how low can the GOP go.
47 posted on 02/01/2007 8:33:15 AM PST by ex-snook ("But above all things, truth beareth away the victory.")
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To: All

I think Rudy is attractive as a candidate because he has appeared to tough on protecting America from attack.

For those who will vote more on social issues, he will not get their vote.

For those who vote more on constitutional issues, he will probably lose some votes because of gun control. This is just me, but I believe in another 10 years, we will be fighting here on this soil, and I wouldn't want to be denied the right to bear arms. And we'll need more than concealed hand guns.

I don't know his track record on smaller government.

I think that if you want the Federal government to get out of the way, and let the states define for themselves what they want to do on abortion and homosexual marriage, so be it. Whether you are for or against it gay rights, I'm going to look ascance at someone who thinks that to show his support he has to participate even marginally in their lifestyle. I'm sorry, but during his campaign, we are going to be treated to Rudy in Drag clips, and I just don't find that very presidential.


48 posted on 02/01/2007 8:33:20 AM PST by Madeleine Ward
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To: Zeroisanumber; calcowgirl; SierraWasp; Amerigomag; NormsRevenge
Would you rather have Rudy or Hillary? Because with the war on, we either run a moderate or lose the White House.

Would you rather have stale cheese or dog poop for lunch? Because those are the only choices I'm giving you even though you have a refrigerator full of nice things to eat.

I've heard the "only a moderate can win" argument all my life, yet amazingly "moderates" are still very scarce on the political scene.

People who like abortion, killing babies, and who want to take away guns already have a party. Moreover those issues have exactly ZERO to do with the war.

49 posted on 02/01/2007 8:33:21 AM PST by ElkGroveDan (When toilet paper is a luxury, you have achieved communism.)
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To: meg88
I can't even imagine Rudy winning the Republican Nomination. It will be interesting to see how the primaries play out.

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January 21, 2008 - Iowa
January 28, 2008 - New Hampshire
February 2, 2008 - South Carolina
February 5, 2008 - Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Utah, West Virginia (which will nominate a candidate at a state nominating convention)
February 5, 2008 (unofficial date) - Florida, Michigan
February 12, 2008 - Tennessee
February 9 or February 16, 2008 (date to be determined) - Louisiana
February 19, 2008 - Minnesota, Wisconsin
February 26, 2008 (unofficial date) - Virginia
March 4, 2008 - Connecticut, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island, Texas, Vermont
March 4, 2008 (unofficial date) - Pennsylvania
March 11, 2008 - Mississippi, Washington
March 18, 2008 - Illinois
April 15, 2008 - Colorado
April 26, 2008 - Kansas, Nevada
May 2008 (date to be determined) - Alaska
May 6, 2008 - Indiana
May 10, 2008 - Wyoming
May 13, 2008 - Nebraska
May 20, 2008 - Kentucky, Oregon
May 27, 2008 - Idaho
June 3, 2008 - California, South Dakota
June 6, 2008 - Hawaii
June 9, 2008 - Montana
50 posted on 02/01/2007 8:34:06 AM PST by msnimje (You simply cannot be Christian and Pro-Abortion.)
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To: meg88

I'm voting for Rudi.


51 posted on 02/01/2007 8:35:26 AM PST by Fawn (Vista stinks)
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To: Cicero

Great point regarding Reagan's background prior to the election of 1980. This FRC statement is a perfect example of the far right further marginalizing themselves and ensuring a second President Clinton. Hillary will have the full backing of the media and the far left because they realize the importance of moving to the middle for the election. Conservatives need to to understand the politics of wooing moderates, rather than alienating them. You don't have to sell out to do so as in Reagan's case. Remember how he was endorsed by many unions and other normally left wing groups? If not, welcome to the permanent minority status again and a spectator's view as the country is destroyed by mindless liberals.


52 posted on 02/01/2007 8:35:34 AM PST by ParaVet93
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To: dfwgator
"The bottom line is not letting Hillary in the White House, and if Rudy gives us the best chance to avoid that, we are just going to have to play the hand we've been dealt. I don't like it, but there it is."

Agree. Plus he's all around a better candidate than McPain. And certainly isn't any more liberal than McPain. There is lots of time for someone else to toss their hat in the ring. Maybe we'll get suprised.

53 posted on 02/01/2007 8:35:53 AM PST by Nathan Zachary
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To: meg88

Well while the family research council may have legitimate concerns about Guliani, they should take some responsibility for their probable accomplishments via this initiative.

i.e. it will be on their heads if a state-child-rearing rape-enabler gets elected instead as NYS' other offering this election cycle.


54 posted on 02/01/2007 8:36:44 AM PST by rod1
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To: cvq3842
I'm not saying Rudy is a bad guy - I'm just saying, for better or worse, he is NOT what the Republican base wants.

I think that the base is confused about the lesson of the 2006 election. In the middle of an unpopular war, and with a president who is more and more a divisive figure, we are not going to win by going more conservative and banging the "Guns, God, and Gays" drum. Voters are going to be looking for high-profile, moderate, Washington outsiders who can bridge the partisan gap. So far the base has been shouting for more conservative (Hunter!), single-issue (Tancredo!), or just plain silly (Newt!) candidates who aren't going to be able to win given the current look of the political landscape.

Unless there's a dramatic turnaround in Iraq (which we all hope for) and Prez Bush is able to bring the greater portion of our troops home, I think we're going to get our skis waxed come '08.

55 posted on 02/01/2007 8:37:44 AM PST by Zeroisanumber (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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To: Madeleine Ward
we are going to be treated to Rudy in Drag clips

See post 46

56 posted on 02/01/2007 8:38:33 AM PST by ASA Vet (The WOT should have been over on 9/12/01.)
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To: meg88

>>>Family Research Council Vows to Take Out Rudy If He Shows Electability>>>

Family Research Council Vows to see Hillary Clinton as President of the United States of America in 2008


57 posted on 02/01/2007 8:39:04 AM PST by Southerngl
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To: ElkGroveDan

Something we should consider:

Look at how the moderate Republicans are backing down from the war in Iraq, and the War on Terror in general.

Rudy was hot on defense two years ago, as were a lot of others. Where does he stand now?

Who's to say that Rudy is going to be any more hawkish than Hillary? What about Supreme Court nominees? Who do you think he will appoint? He's pro-choice, pro-gun control, pro-gay. When he was mayor of New York, he ordered his own law enforcement officers not to cooperate with INS. What is the difference between electing him and electing Hillary?I'd like to hear it.


58 posted on 02/01/2007 8:39:17 AM PST by Madeleine Ward
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To: meg88

The FRC is just continuing the Republican tradition of eating their own. We're doomed to have Hillary Clinton as the next President if this non sense doesn't stop.


59 posted on 02/01/2007 8:41:11 AM PST by The South Texan (The Democrat Party and the Drive By Media are a Criminal Enterprise!)
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To: linda_22003; Victoria Delsoul
I agree. National security has to come before any social issues, or there will be no country left in which to dicker over the social issues.

I'd rather have 60% of our agenda and goals advanced than 5% of our goals and agenda advanced. This relatively straightforward math seems to escape some of people.

Maybe they are railing against arithmetic at Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show.

60 posted on 02/01/2007 8:41:32 AM PST by HitmanLV (Rock, Rock, Rock and Rollergames! Rockin' & Rolling, Rockin' with Rollergames!)
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