Posted on 02/04/2007 11:08:45 AM PST by Clintonfatigued
For this reason, contrary to conventional wisdom, a victory by Rudy Giuliani would strengthen even the socially conservative agenda in the long run. As the new Fox Dynamics Poll shows, 65 percent of Americans would be “comfortable” with a Rudy Giuliani administration. Being comfortable is a major step in the right direction. Americans might actually listen to him when gives the State of the Union (without a teleprompter no less, as he usually speaks with note cards or does so extemporaneously). A Giuliani administration that would focus on fighting the Islamic Extremists, reducing the size and scope of government, handling crisis, and putting strict constructionists on the bench who will interpret the law properly will draw more support from more people in the short term. This will translate to more understanding of conservative policies on other matters because individuals will have more patience to read the conservative ramblings of columnists and pundits. In the long run, as a result this will turn into more votes. As Winston Churchill is often quoted, "If you're not a liberal when you're 25, you have no heart. If you're not a conservative by the time you're 35, you have no brain"...
Due to the challenges facing this country, this election cycle we Republicans need to nominate someone with an actual record of accomplishment of tackling seemingly intractable problems. As George Will said on “This Week,” “His eight years as mayor of New York were the most successful episode of conservative governance in this country in the last 50 years, on welfare and crime particularly." Giuliani, more than any other candidate (Romney comes the closest) has the record of taking on major institutions and reforming them.
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Unfortunatly it's logic will be wasted on the single issue voters.True. Even multiple issue voters. Guns. Gays. God. RTKBA. Even simple stuff like corruption. Rudy is partners with the corrupt Mister Kerik. All of those single issues togetehr make Rino Rudy a non-starter for many single issue voters. Absent our support, he fails.
"Achieving traditional gender roles by transvestite means! :-P"
Ouch! That landed right on the chin!
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"Abortion ... [is] not federal issues."It ought not be, but thanks to Roe and Doe, it is. Rudy's track record of appointing liberals makes him a non-starter for social conservatives.
I just caught that...
Margaret, you shameless hussy!
I'm just saying that God made Adam for Eve, not Steve.
And that isn't ever going to change. Fact is, you don't have a scrap of credible science to prove otherwise, and never will.
True. I'm not a scientist.
"...are they still single issue voters if they disagree with him on 3 or more issues?"
LOL, Rudy agrees with Hillary more than he does the GOP Platform. THAT is the SINGLE issue that will close out his dreams of the White House. Even if he does look better in a dress than she does.
"True. I'm not a scientist."
And yet you try and use psuedo-scientific arguments to favor abortion. Hmmmm......
That's a mouthful.
Obviously they should not be federal issues...but guess what? THEY ARE!
If Rudy would be good for social conservatism, Hillary surely would be outstanding. / sarc
The Founders, who learned their history lessons from educated teachers, learned that the admixture of religion and politics doesn't really advance either one, and we wind up with the worst of both.The Founding Fathers 'admixed' religion and politics often. Look up the Virginia Statute on Sodomy and note Thomas Jefferson's hand in the creation of same. Maybe you were unaware that almost half of the original 13 States had mandantory taxes collected to support organized religion.
That's a tenditious characterization. I am shocked, just shocked, that you would engage in such behavior.
Can you name me one nation in history that has not been near its own destruction, once it degenerated to the point that homosexual behavior became acceptable?
Rudy looks better in a dress.
England?
"Fought crime in Gotham better than Batman"
Thats great. We already have a nickname for President Giuliani - Batman.
98 U.S. 145
REYNOLDS
v.
UNITED STATES.
October Term, 1878
"...Laws are made for the government of actions, and while they cannot interfere with mere religious belief and opinions, they may with practices. Suppose one believed that human sacrifices were a necessary part of religious worship, would it be seriously contended that the civil government under which he lived could not interfere to prevent a sacrifice?...Can a man excuse his practices to the contrary because of his religious belief? [98 U.S. 145, 167] To permit this would be to make the professed doctrines of religious belief superior to the law of the land, and in effect to permit every citizen to become a law unto himself. Government could exist only in name under such circumstances."
By the way the Muslims are hard line against gays, and their civilizations in general have not been doing too well.
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