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To be candid, johnny7, my opinion of Rudy predates this interview. By contrast, missus clinton could not be more unfit:
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... While America appears not to be ready for a female president under any circumstances, the post-9/11 realities pose special problems for a female presidential candidate. Add to these the problems unique to missus clinton. The reviews make the mistake of focusing on the problems of the generic female presidential candidate running during ordinary times.
It is ironic that had the clintons not 
My two cents' worth--and I think it is the two cents' worth of everybody who worked for the Clinton Administration health care reform effort of 1993-1994--is that Hillary Rodham Clinton needs to be kept very far away from the White House for the rest of her life. Heading up health-care reform was the only major administrative job she has ever tried to do. And she was a complete flop at it. She had neither the grasp of policy substance, the managerial skills, nor the political smarts to do the job she was then given. And she wasn't smart enough to realize that she was in over her head and had to get out of the Health Care Czar role quickly.... there is no reason to think that she would be anything but an abysmal president.
Dear Concerned Americans, Hillary Clinton's revisionist tome notwithstanding, 'living history' begets a certain symmetry. It is in that light that I make this not-so-modest proposal on this day, exactly 64 years after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The context of our concern today--regardless of political affiliation--is Iraq and The War on Terror, but the larger fear is that our democracy may not survive. We have the requisite machines, power and know-how to defeat the enemy in Iraq and elsewhere, but do we have the will? In particular, do we have the will to identify and defeat the enemy in our midst?Answerable to no one, heir apparent in her own mind, self-serving in the extreme, Hillary Clinton incarnates this insidious new threat to our survival. What we decide to do about Missus Clinton will tell us much about what awaits us in these perilous new times.
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Posted on 02/06/2007 7:11:58 AM PST by Mia T
---"It's time to look forward. What we're facing is the most dangerous socialist presidential possibility in our history."---
Hogwash, not if we're "looking forward." Then we have to take her at her word, just like Rudy.
But that's NOT how you deal with reality. You deal with the fact that there are many Freepers with stories of how Rudy took their guns, you deal with NARAL sending more money to Rudy than to Hitlery, and with Rudy suing gun manufacturers, and with Rudy RAISING money for Pro-Abortion organizations. And with Rudy supporting gay marriage, and with Rudy saying he's not a Conservative, and with Rudy suing the government for amnesty for illegals, and with Rudy pushing for hate crimes legislation and to protect homosexuality as a civil right.
I would rather fight the enemy to keep my rights than willingly surrender them to someone professing to be on my side. Giuliani is worse for man of the causes I believe in than Hitlery - WORSE.
Thanks. Hadn't seen the interview. Thanks to Sean and Rudy.
Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! America's mayor who is a proven warrior and results driven leader. Much much respect....
That fits - one clown voting for another.
The "weight" of your critique of Rudy is a great endorsement....Thanks!
After the interview I was convinced Giuliani is a pro-abortion, gun-hating, gay-loving, amnesty for illegals liberal.
Newt '08!
His abortion comments are "acceptable" assuming:
-He's serious that he'd nominate Alito, Scalia, and Roberts type justices.
-He really does think of it as a "life of mother" issue and also a states' rights issue
His answer on guns was fuzzy and unimpressive. If he'd outright promise to leave it 100% to the states and just stay away from any gun control legislation, I might be OK with it.
Border Control? WTF is a technological fence?
He does "get it" on terrorism.
I wish Hannity would have brought up fiscal issues with him. Right now, I'm not sold on Rudy.
Wow! what a campaign for Hillary Clinton.
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To be candid, johnny7, my opinion of Rudy predates this interview. By contrast, missus clinton could not be more unfit:
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Put Newt on the ticket and i'll take it.
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March 2, 1997 - Mayor Giuliani's WINS Address... And even as we grieve for the families and our hearts and prayers go out to them, perhaps we can use this senseless tragedy to re-energize the fight for gun control.
If Mr. Abu Kamal would have tried to buy a gun in New York, he would not have been able to do so. Because in New York our gun control laws are much stricter and more responsible than in Florida.
To purchase a gun in the State of New York you have to give your full name, your date of birth, your residence, your occupation. You have to prove that you're a United States citizen, you have to show you are of good character, competency and integrity. And you have to demonstrate a real need for the weapon.
And thanks in part to our stricter gun control laws, crime is down dramatically in New York City. Shootings are down over 50 percent. Murder is down over 50 percent. But the fact is that 90 percent of the guns we take out of the hands of criminals in New York City come from out of the State of New York.
We need a federal law that bans all assault weapons, and if in fact you do need a handgun you should be subjected to at least the same restrictions -- and really stronger ones -- that exist for driving an automobile.
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Six of one, half a dozen of the other....
You need to post that on every Rudy fetish thread.
I have thought that too. Esp. if he let Newt act as an advisor to him.
Both Hillary Clinton and Giuliani already have gone to some lengths to court support from gay voters, and Hillary Clinton's advisers said they were concerned that the mayor might do well among a group of voters that has historically been viewed as a reliable part of the Democratic base.
At the fund-raiser, Hillary Clinton also voiced support for domestic partnership measures that would allow gay partners to receive the same benefits as married couples.
On this, her position is similar to the one taken by Giuliani, who supported a domestic partnership law in 1997. The mayor frequently remarks that he signed the city's first domestic partnership legislation.
Thanks for the post. I missed the interview during the Jack Bauer Power Hour. Looking forward to finally being able to vote for Rudy. Living in NJ only means we could appreciate his hard work in NYC. The first time I have agreed with Dick Morris in a very very long time...if ever.
Uh... Rudy didn't take away the guns. NYC already *had* gun control when Rudy became mayor. People's only beef can be that he didn't *undo* gun control in NYC.
Sure, I wish he'd done that I suppose. But now he's not mayor and he's running for President. What matters now is what he'd do about guns at the national level. He made it clear that he doesn't have a federal agenda about guns. It's a state and local issue for him, and I would agree with that.
Maybe somebody can calibrate me on this, but wasn't it Rudy that brought back concealed weapon permits in NYC after Dinkins had all but wiped them out?
Just not true. You made that up. He's clearly said that marriage is about a man and a woman. Only.
Beyond that, I don't give a rat's ___ what the next President thinks about gays. Or abortion for that matter. They're just not important issues for the oval office. The venue for those things will be elsewhere. The Presidents opinion will not matter.
Morris was blown away by the interview. Sometimes, things are obvious. This is one of those times.
Are you sure?
From the 1997 speech excerpted above:
"We need a federal law that bans all assault weapons, and if in fact you do need a handgun you should be subjected to at least the same restrictions -- and really stronger ones -- that exist for driving an automobile."
Are you ready for a federal law that makes you prove that you "need" a gun in order to buy a gun, like the law Rudy praises in New York?
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