Posted on 02/08/2007 9:16:33 PM PST by Reagan Man
He's also a PROTECTIONIST.
There are a lot of people bashing Hannity here - but listen to what he says. Rudy is good in the areas that are important -- nobody is going to end abortion at this point in history -- GET OVER IT!! Radical Islam is the problem right now. I know it makes us feel pure to stick up for what IS right. But I'm a realist and wnat to win elections -- not feel good about myself. I think GOD will forgive me for this one.
MadIvan wrote: "The present fracture is dangerous and wrong - if this continues, it will create a split that will not be easily healed."
I agree. The moderates who keep demanding compromise should start learning some of it themselves. Seriously, the Republican candidate needs to be palatable to the party's base. You may not agree, but none of the leading candidates are very impressive, and some of them are downright polarizing, like Rudy.
Stop please calling fellow Republicans names. With our 2-party system, this is a very broad party. You have no more right to define it than I do or anyone else who aligns with it. So...who really is the "RINO"?
Well at least Bush is alive. You keep blaming Reagan for everything and Reagan's been dead for 2-1/2 years. LOL
Ever read Roe? If it is established that the child in the womb is a person, Roe itself says what I said.
The science is as clear as it could possibly be: Human life begins at conception. DNA and all, you know.
Carter was a backlash againt Nixon - NOT Ford. (Ford was an Eagle Scout)
Most Conservatives and even just plain old GOPers HATE McCain.
Nobody has ever heard of the the bottom tier and not a one of them has, nor will get enough 1) financial backing 2) major political backing 3) top drawer teams 4) the right kind of on the ground, in each state, teams 5) and last but certainly NOT least, the primaries are FRONT LOADED!
And FWIW......................Newt is NOT going to run!
And just who decides who is in the "base" and who is not? Please. The real problem now is that the Republican Party is in danger of becoming too narrow and too sectional. That's a recipe for permanent minority status. Sorry, but the argument that all Republican candidates have to be conservative cuts no ice with me. You can't win nationally with 35% of the vote and giving up the large coastal and upper midwestern states.
You know his name and you know that most of his supporters on FR live on the East coast and many other states.
There are many other republicans running including Mitt who many have never heard of.
Being a purist in your own little world I can understand you don't have a clue what is going on even in your little world
Thank you.
Do you think Dred Scott should still be standing because of stare decisis?
You've got that right. Back in my youth when I was battling NYCity liberals, we'd call Rudy Giuliani, a Rockefeller Republican. You know what, Rudy is very fond of Rockefeller Republicans, like Jacob Javits, John Lindsey and of course, Nelsen Rockefeller himself.
Rockefeller Republicans = liberal Republicans
"Mr. Rockefeller represented 'a tradition in the Republican Party' I've worked hard to re-kindle - the Rockefeller, Javits, Lefkowitz tradition."
~~~Rudy Giuliani, New York Times July 9, 1992
I know full well what we are up against concerning abortions. But I will never intentionally vote for any person who believes that murdering unborn babies is acceptable. Why do you think I am so against Rudy getting the nomination? I sincerely want someone I can vote for.
The people can nominate anyone they want, but my vote has to be earned. It's that simple.
We're all on the same team. Only on FR can the 11th Commandment be broken with impunity.
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