[Jeff Chandler]

that I believe come from God

Waiting for the lightning bolt.

[NormsRevenge]

well, that's a kiss of death here in california, bag him, tag him and wheel him out of here, no matter how early the primary is moved up.

[Darkwolf377]

Like Reagan, Rudy has a vision. Also like Reagan, he isn't strong on certain issues, or merely APPEARS to be such; I keep hearing about how Reagan wasn't for big government, but that didn't shrink the size of the government while he was in power; nor did it cut spending; nor did it decrease deficit spending.

So when I hear the caterwauling about how Rudy isn't a "Reagan-style conservative" I have to wonder how many people actually paid attention while RWR was president. (He's still the greatest president of my lifetime, I'm just realistic about him.)

[FairOpinion]

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Giuliani/Clinton/Dem vs. GOP Platform Comparison
Issue	Giuliani	Clinton	Dem Platform	GOP Platform
Abortion on Demand	Supports	Supports	Supports	Opposes
Partial Birth Abortion	Supports Opposed NY ban	Supports	Supports	Opposes
Roe v. Wade	Supports	Supports	Supports	Opposes
Taxpayer Funded Abortions	Supports	Supports	Supports	Opposes
Embryonic Stem Cell Research	Supports	Supports	Supports	Opposes
Federal Marriage Amendment	Opposes	Opposes	Opposes Defined at state level	Supports
Gay Domestic Partnership/ Civil Unions	Supports	Supports	Supports	Opposes
Openly Gay Military	Supports	Supports	Supports	Opposes
Defense of Marriage Act	Opposes	Opposes	Opposes	Supports
Amnesty for Illegal Aliens	Supports	Supports	Supports	Opposes
Special Path to Citizenship for Illegal Aliens	Supports	Supports	Supports	Opposes
Tough Penalties for Employers of Illegal Aliens	Opposes	Opposes	Opposes	Supports
Sanctuary Cities/ Ignoring Immigration Law	Supports	Supports	Supports	Opposes
Protecting 2nd Amendment	Opposes	Opposes	Opposes Supports bans	Supports
Confiscating Guns	Supports Confiscated as mayor. Even bragged.	Supports	Supports Supports bans	Opposes
'Assault' Weapons Ban	Supports	Supports	Supports
Frivolous Lawsuits Against Gun Makers	Supports Filed One Himself	Supports		Opposes
Gun Registration/Licenses	Supports	Supports		Opposes
War in Afghanistan	Supports	Supports Voted for it	Supports	Supports
War in Iraq	Supports	Supports Voted for it	Supports Weak support	Supports
Patriot Act	Supports	Supports Voted for it 2001 & 2006	Opposes	Supports

"Most of Clinton's policies are very similar to most of mine." - Rudy Giuliani

Freedom is about authority. Freedom is about the willingness of every single human being to cede to lawful authority a great deal of discretion about what you do and how you do it.
Rudy Giuliani

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

There's so much mention of Obama's declaration that he is running for president, and relatively little that Giuliani (spelling?) has done the same.

[tkathy]

Rudy is an RR (Real Reagan) leader! :)

[SWAMPSNIPER]

"We're for freedom"
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Damn straight we are, beginning with the 2nd amendment!

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

Skeptics could argue that he is supporting Bush's decision to fight in Iraq to gain the support of conservatives who wouldn't otherwise vote for him (i.e. pro-guns especially, but also pro-lifers and Christian motivated conservatives). Guessing that those groups (again, especially the pro-gun people) would be still supportive of the Iraq decision.

This isn't stating that this is definitively the case, but that skeptics could have this idea or view.

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

Also his decision to declare his candidacy in California. With California and New York (two very populous blue states) voting for him (California still a long shot), he might be able to weather a few of the more conservative red states not voting for him.

[MaxMax]

Giuliani, arguing that America is in desperate need of a Ronald Reagan-style
optimistic vision, told California Republicans

You are not worthy of using (R-Reagan) in any speech RG!
SHAME ON YOU!

I'm not buying this crap. Are you?

[Condor51]

"You get to decide who that leader is going to be -- and I wish you'd decide on me."

And I WISH I had a pony.

Unfortunately I'll never get that pony, but fortunately Rudy, you'll never get the nomination.

[MNJohnnie]

Got to say this is a really attractive aspect of Rudy. He does NOT feed the Bush Derangement Syndrome of the rabid 100%er cliche. He seems to be the ONLY Republican public figure these days who remembers Reagan's 11th Commandment.