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Rudy Giuliani Has Got What You Need
411 ^ | 2/11/07

Posted on 02/11/2007 12:44:55 PM PST by areafiftyone

Rudy Giuliani Has Got What You Need


Posted by Mark Radulich on 02.15.2007



It won't matter what Giuliani thinks about about abortion if Iran drops a bomb on us. And quite frankly I'm much less worried about Islamic terrorism with President Giuliani in charge than President Brownback or Clinton.

The story right now being bandied about by the mainstream media and the talk radio world is that the GOP has no front-runner for the 2008 Presidential election or that the front-runners are not exactly inspiring anyone. The three most prominent names right now are obviously John McCain, Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani.

The reason these three contenders fail to ignite the imagination of their base is not because they aren't competent leaders or even forces to be reckoned with in terms of security but rather that they fail to meet the social conservative litmus test of Republican base. They are not anti-gay marriage, anti-abortion or anti-gun control enough for many social conservative voters to trust and therefore many just aren't excited enough to stand behind these while either Clinton or Obama make their way to the White House.


As I've said before, social voting in the age of world wide Islamic terrorism befuddles me. I suppose President Brownback could try and outlaw abortion but a world free of legally murdered babies doesn't stop Mohammed from blowing himself up outside of your local Starbucks. President Huckabee could save the institution of marriage for the next thousand years by sending all homosexuals to France forever but that has nothing to do with Iran or North Korea and the likely possibility that they will facilitate one of many terrorist groups getting their hands on a nuclear device. Stopping stem-cell research doesn't drop the bomb from being dropped on Israel or us for that matter so I fail to see how social vote should supercede security and foreign policy votes.

Let me explain it this way; You have what's called Maslow's Hierarchy of Human Needs, which is a theory in psychology that Abraham Maslow proposed in 1943 that states as humans meet 'basic needs', they seek to satisfy successively 'higher needs' that occupy a set hierarchy. Maslow wrote that "the study of crippled, stunted, immature, and unhealthy specimens can yield only a cripple psychology and a cripple philosophy." In other words, if your most basic needs weren't met, then your emotional, spiritual and psychological growth would be stunted or crippled.

Maslow's hierarchy of needs is typically represented as a pyramid with the more primitive needs at the bottom and consisting of five levels: the four lower levels are grouped together as deficiency needs associated with physiological needs, while the top level is termed growth needs associated with psychological needs. While deficiency needs must be met, growth needs are continually shaping behavior. The basic concept is that the higher needs in this hierarchy only come into focus once all the needs that are lower down in the pyramid are mainly or entirely satisfied. Growth forces create upward movement in the hierarchy, whereas regressive forces push prepotent needs further down the hierarchy.

As you can see from the pyramid shown above, the first two levels of need are physical survival needs such as water, food, sleep, warmth and exercise and safety and security needs. The other more ethereal needs don't come into play until those two levels have been met.

Now let's look at the candidate most likely to be beat Hillary Clinton should the Democrats opt to give her a run at the White House, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani. Aside from the fact that he's the most like GOP candidate to actually win NY since probably the Reagan administration, Giuliani's record stacks up pretty well against the first two levels Maslow's hierarchy of needs.

As Mayor of the largest city and arguably the most important city in America, Giuliani had to manage the city public works efficiently and make the city livable for its residents. According to his campaign website, "Rudy Giuliani cut more taxes than any Mayor in New York City history, reducing or eliminating 23 city taxes, saving individuals and businesses a cumulative $8 billion, while reducing New Yorkers' tax burden by nearly 20%. By the end of Giuliani's term in office, New Yorkers enjoyed their lowest tax burden in three decades, along with the creation of approximately 425,000 new private sector jobs… When Rudy Giuliani took office, 59% of New Yorkers said they would leave the city the next day if they could, according to a CNN/Time poll. Drawing upon the "Broken Windows" theory of policing, the City cracked down on quality of life crimes such as aggressive panhandling, graffiti, and drug dealing, transforming places like Times Square into safe destinations for theatergoers and sightseers. The City launched an aggressive initiative against drunk drivers, and implemented a ban on sex shops within 500 feet of residential neighborhoods, churches, and schools. In addition, Mayor Giuliani acquired 2,038 acres of new parkland – the most in more than 50 years."


The former mayor also has a solid record on protecting children and increasing security in a city that once rivaled other big cities in rapes and murders. "Under Rudy Giuliani's leadership as Mayor of the nation's largest city, murders were cut from 1,946 in 1993 to 649 in 2001, while overall crime – including rapes, assaults, burglary and auto-thefts – fell by an average of 57%. According to the FBI, New York was transformed from the crime capital of the country into the Safest Large City in America, while becoming the global model for excellence in law enforcement. Rudy Giuliani believes that "Public safety is a fundamental civil right…when you reduce crime, you restore people's freedom."

Acting on his belief that "One of the most important responsibilities of government is to protect children from harm," Mayor Giuliani worked to create the city's first independent child welfare agency, reducing the foster care population by promoting a record number of adoptions, and doubling child support collections by cracking down on deadbeat dads, and implementing a program called HealthStat, which identified unenrolled children eligible for health insurance."

Giuliani obviously will be strong on domestic law and order issues as well as quality of life issue but the big question will be whether or not he has the gumption to fight Islamic terrorism worldwide. If his speeches are to believed and his actions concerning an anti-Semitic Saudi and a very large check are any indication then I believe Giuliani will be the kind of terror warrior many of us thought Bush would become.

The world has become too small to be so caught up in social policy voting. No matter who you vote in, either very liberal or very conservative, the fact of the matter is that abortion will never be prohibited in our lifetime but the likelihood of Iran or China starting a nuclear war is and the smart people of this country should be thinking about what kind of leader they want to be in charge when that does happen. When your most basic needs are being threatened and your livelihood is under attack from foreign invaders, who do you think is going to protect you and fight the enemy, Giuliani or Hillary Clinton? At the end of the day, social votes aside, Giuliani has got what every American needs – the ability to lead and manage this nation while fighting the enemy abroad.


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To: airborne

He can win--plain and simple..

i'd rather sacrifice on the abortion issue, than hear the words President Hillary Clinton or President Barack Obama

besides, he'd appoint more Scalias and Alitos, which means that the only thing the President can substantially affect change on the abortion issue (other than bully pulpit) we can safely place our trust in him..


I am no Rudybot, I am a Reagan Republican, and I don't see that in McCain or anyone else. Like it or not, Duncan Hunter is not ready to be POTUS..


201 posted on 02/11/2007 4:05:09 PM PST by Schwaeky (Welcome to America--Now speak English or LEAVE!)
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To: areafiftyone
He needs to be stopped from believing that selecting "strict constructionist" judges is enough to buy off the social conservatives.

And what exactly are we afraid of? I won't speak for others, but for myself I fear that if he gets the nomination, the pro-life cause, and the movement to stop the homosexual Juggernaut, and second amendment rights, will be removed from presidential politics, and from the national debate. We cannot let this happen.

202 posted on 02/11/2007 4:06:28 PM PST by PatrickF4 (Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought. - JP II)
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To: ClarenceThomasfan
"And speaking as an Evangelical I support Rudy wholehartedly. (And Pat Robertson likes him too)"

Wow, that Pat Robertson endorsement is enough to make me run the other way! LOL! You may claim be an "Evangelical" but you certainly aren't following Scriptures if you endorse an abortionist and a proponent of homosexual civil unions or marriages. Sorry, you have zero credibility.

203 posted on 02/11/2007 4:07:57 PM PST by TommyDale (Who do you trust? An ex-mayor? Or the ranking member of the House Committee on Armed Services?)
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To: areafiftyone
a world free of legally murdered babies doesn't stop Mohammed from blowing himself up outside of your local Starbucks.

Tens of millions dead vs. a few?

204 posted on 02/11/2007 4:07:58 PM PST by ctdonath2 (The color blue tastes like the square root of 0?)
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To: Mr. Mojo

WHOA!! I heard about that but now I know it's true! Very interesting what they did to Bush when he was running! Thanks for the link. It's a keeper!


205 posted on 02/11/2007 4:11:14 PM PST by areafiftyone (RUDY GIULIANI 2008 - STRENGTH AND LEADERSHIP)
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To: Mr. Mojo

>> Here's another one [blast from the past]

ROFL! It reads *exactly* like the Giuliani threads! You could do a search-and-replace on candidate names and I'll bet you couldn't tell the 1998 threads from the 2007 ones!

BTW, thanks for the "google" tip. I spend half my life on google yet it didn't occur to me to craft a FR-specific search (slapping forehead). I was "stuck on stupid" trying to make the FR search feature do it.


206 posted on 02/11/2007 4:12:45 PM PST by Nervous Tick
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To: areafiftyone

Yea right, if its a screwing you want then rudolph is your guy.


207 posted on 02/11/2007 4:17:34 PM PST by HANG THE EXPENSE (Defeat liberalism, its the right thing to do for America.)
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To: Nervous Tick

The FR search features - yes, there are a few ways to conduct them - are pretty darn good if one knows how to use them, but I'm pretty sure they're limited to finding only those threads posted after 9/11/01. ....so Google/Yahoo is essentially for digging up the oldies.


208 posted on 02/11/2007 4:18:45 PM PST by Mr. Mojo
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To: Dog Gone

Uh, they dont want to merge with us.They want to take over.Take your blinders off man and look around. La Raza!


209 posted on 02/11/2007 4:22:03 PM PST by HANG THE EXPENSE (Defeat liberalism, its the right thing to do for America.)
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To: kinoxi
You said :"Show me one lie." I SHOWED you "one lie". Want to go for two?

Now you are whinging and whining all over the place. Should I call you a whaaaaaaaaaamobile?

If this is "essentialy (sic) irrelevant", which are you very words, then WHY keep repeating the LIE and posting the pictures?

Someone who repeatedly posts lies, IS a...........LIAR! Don't want the correct label? Then don't LIE! It really is as simple as that.

210 posted on 02/11/2007 4:22:37 PM PST by nopardons
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To: ClarenceThomasfan
Fiscal Responsibility Rudy Giuliani inherited a $2.3 billion dollar budget deficit and turned it into a multi-billion dollar surplus, while cutting taxes and delivering balanced budgets

What about the massive increase in NYC's debt load?

211 posted on 02/11/2007 4:24:55 PM PST by dirtboy (Duncan Hunter 08)
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To: nopardons

What lie? You are indeed pathetic. Really.


212 posted on 02/11/2007 4:26:01 PM PST by kinoxi
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To: TommyDale

I'm not sure how serving on a committe qualifies you for anything more than serving on another committee.

The American people typically look for someone who has a proven record of success in an executive position. That's the reason why only two sitting senators have ever been elected to the Presidency.

And only one member of the House was. He was the majority leader and also senator-elect at the time as well as a successful Civil War general.

I mostly like Hunter, but you're kidding yourself if you think his candidacy is going anywhere.


213 posted on 02/11/2007 4:29:36 PM PST by Dog Gone
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To: areafiftyone
they fail to meet the social conservative litmus test of Republican base

I said it on another thread earlier today -- Mark Levin said in his book on the courts that bringing the judiciary back to a place where it applies the laws and the constitution to cases, rather than invent law, if THE most important social issue of our time. On that score, Rudy should be acceptable to conservatives.

214 posted on 02/11/2007 4:31:19 PM PST by My2Cents ("I support the right-ward most candidate who has a legitimate chance to win." -- W.F. Buckley)
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To: areafiftyone
Giuliani cut more taxes than any Mayor in New York City history, reducing or eliminating 23 city taxes, saving individuals and businesses a cumulative $8 billion, while reducing New Yorkers' tax burden by nearly 20%. By the end of Giuliani's term in office, New Yorkers enjoyed their lowest tax burden in three decades, along with the creation of approximately 425,000 new private sector jo

Yep, definitely a "RINO." /s

215 posted on 02/11/2007 4:32:35 PM PST by My2Cents ("I support the right-ward most candidate who has a legitimate chance to win." -- W.F. Buckley)
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To: areafiftyone
"Giuliani's record stacks up pretty well against the first two levels Maslow's hierarchy of needs."

What did Maslow say about Freedom? Not a damn thing!

"Rudy Giuliani believes that "Public safety is a fundamental civil right…when you reduce crime, you restore people's freedom.""

BS! You don't reduce crime by rendering everyone the equivalent of a criminal.

Rudy on Freedom:

"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

216 posted on 02/11/2007 4:32:59 PM PST by spunkets ("Freedom is about authority", Rudy Giuliani)
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"Rudy Giuliani Has Got What You Need"

Yeah, always wanted a petty tyrant to run my life and make me a criminal.

217 posted on 02/11/2007 4:34:55 PM PST by spunkets ("Freedom is about authority", Rudy Giuliani)
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To: imahawk

Oh, now it's not an North American Union. It's Canada and Mexico wanting to conquer us.

Okay.

I'm just not sufficiently paranoid to converse with you. Sorry.


218 posted on 02/11/2007 4:35:16 PM PST by Dog Gone
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To: areafiftyone

I noticed that too, they all spend so much times on Rudy threads they have no time to post anything on their candidates... perhaps because there is very little to say.


219 posted on 02/11/2007 4:35:59 PM PST by DKNY ("You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it." --Margaret Thatcher)
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To: areafiftyone

By the way, great article, thanks for posting it and all the others about Rudy!


220 posted on 02/11/2007 4:37:02 PM PST by DKNY ("You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it." --Margaret Thatcher)
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