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Rural Californians Abuzz as Giuliani Is Set To Visit [CA]
NY Sun ^ | 02/11/07 | Josh Gerstein

Posted on 02/11/2007 11:23:05 PM PST by BunnySlippers

As Mayor Giuliani looks over the acres of gleaming tractors, mammoth cotton harvesters, and hightech cow milking equipment at a fair in California's vast agricultural heartland tomorrow morning, he will surely feel like he's a long way from Manhattan.

The prospect of a visit from the man billed as America's mayor already has local folks in California's central valley atwitter. "Honestly, this is probably the biggest name we've had," the chairman of the World Ag Expo in Tulare, Calif., Bruce Shannon, said yesterday.

Mr. Shannon allowed that Mr. Giuliani had "probably not run into a lot of combines and tractors" on the streets of Manhattan, but the organizer said the former New York mayor's reputation precedes him. "Rudy's very popular here," Mr. Shannon said.

In the coming year, these kinds of rural visits and forays to California's sprawling cities could become commonplace for Mr. Giuliani; the Golden State is poised to become a linchpin of his strategy for winning the Republican nomination for president.

One of the key factors pushing California to the fore of Mr. Giuliani's agenda is Governor Schwarzenegger's plan to move the state's presidential primaries up to February 5 from the current date in June.

"I think it will have a big impact," Mr. Giuliani said Saturday after addressing a state party convention in Sacramento. "You're going to have to spend a lot of time here. That's not so hard," he joked.

(Excerpt) Read more at nysun.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; electionpresident; elections; fauxrepub; giuliani; giuliani2008; gop; gungrabbingrino; liberalrino; republican; republicans
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To: BunnySlippers

bttt


21 posted on 02/11/2007 11:47:46 PM PST by nopardons
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To: Echo Talon
sweep! :)

Now that you mention it. :)

22 posted on 02/11/2007 11:48:34 PM PST by BunnySlippers (SAY YES TO RUDY !!!)
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To: WestVirginiaRebel

"Wow, only one anti-Rudy post so far on this thread? The Rudy haters are slipping".



Nope, don't really hate him, he is just constitutionally challenged. I'm not going to argue, I'm just not going to vote for him. Send him more of your money, too, I won't be sending any of mine.


23 posted on 02/11/2007 11:54:39 PM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (BUAIDH NO BAS, JUST SAY NO TO RINO!)
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To: BunnySlippers

Who's that man in drag with Rudy?


24 posted on 02/12/2007 12:11:14 AM PST by babygene (Never look into the laser with your last good eye...)
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To: BunnySlippers
Fooled by Arnie, now fooled by Rudy?
25 posted on 02/12/2007 3:20:43 AM PST by tiger-one (The night has a thousand eyes)
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To: BunnySlippers
They're "a buzz" alright.

They've GOT to be HIGH to get excited about seeing and meeting a liberal RINO from nyc!

Then again, many of them were stupid enough to vote for the RINO-nator.

26 posted on 02/12/2007 4:00:47 AM PST by DocH (Gun-grabbers, you can HAVE my guns... lead first.)
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To: My2Cents
I wonder when all this distain for Rudy will start showing up in real Republicans?

I don't know about "disTain" (although dis RINO WILL be a stain on the Republican party), but we TRUE CONSERVATIVES DO show RINO-rudy disDain, because he is a nyc LIBERAL.

27 posted on 02/12/2007 4:07:47 AM PST by DocH (Gun-grabbers, you can HAVE my guns... lead first.)
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To: BunnySlippers
You're originally from the land of fruits and nuts?

That explains allot.

28 posted on 02/12/2007 4:09:14 AM PST by DocH (Gun-grabbers, you can HAVE my guns... lead first.)
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To: philetus
I'm willing to bet, if elected President, Rudy will continue down the same road that all the DEMONRAT Presidents have.

rudy is a LIBERAL DEMONRAT in Republican clothing, and thus...

A traitor to his NAMED party.

29 posted on 02/12/2007 4:12:29 AM PST by DocH (Gun-grabbers, you can HAVE my guns... lead first.)
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To: DocH

Are you trying to persuade people to support YOUR candidate, or are you merely sowing little seeds of ill-will and division?


30 posted on 02/12/2007 4:15:10 AM PST by Miss Marple (Prayers for Jemian's son,: Lord, please keep him safe and bring him home .)
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To: BunnySlippers
Only TWITS become aTWITter, and TWITS are likely to vote either demonRAT or RINO.

Let's support a TRUE CONSERVATIVE for Republican candidate for POTUS.

31 posted on 02/12/2007 4:15:11 AM PST by DocH (Gun-grabbers, you can HAVE my guns... lead first.)
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To: DocH
From Gallup poll of 2/7/07:

However, when Republicans are told in the context of the survey that Giuliani supports same-sex civil unions and holds a pro-choice position on abortion, the net effect on their expressed chances of backing him is negative. Knowing his social views, more than 4 in 10 Republicans indicate a reduced willingness to support Giuliani. Twenty-five percent say they would be less willing to vote for him, and 18% say they would rule out voting for him entirely.

32 posted on 02/12/2007 4:16:58 AM PST by don-o (Duncan Hunter for President. Inform yourself. You won't have to hold your nose!)
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To: FairOpinion
"sensible"

That, and "reasonable"...

ONLY TWO words out of the liberal demonRAT playbook, and a favorite, I might add, of RINO-rudy's fellow gun-grabber, sarah brady.

Both of these scumbags LOVE ever-increasing, Draconian gun-control, that is, of course, "sensible and reasonable" (in THEIR minds at least).

33 posted on 02/12/2007 4:19:27 AM PST by DocH (Gun-grabbers, you can HAVE my guns... lead first.)
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To: babygene
Who's that man in drag with Rudy?

Actually, I THOUGHT it might be sarah brady, since she and gun-grabbing liberal RINO rudy have so much in common.

34 posted on 02/12/2007 5:07:44 AM PST by DocH (Gun-grabbers, you can HAVE my guns... lead first.)
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To: Miss Marple
I, and many other TRUE CONSERVATIVES that don't want a RINO OR a DEM as President, are contributing what we can, thanks for asking.

All's fair in love, war, and politics, so we are doing whatever we can (including, but not limited to, biting wit and satire) to shutdown the left-wing media/liberal push-polling-pollster driven machine that's out there CONSTANTLY harping on getting either a demonRAT, OR a liberal RINO elected.

If you are gettting sucked into supporting a liberal RINO, you are either a demonRAT or liberal RINO yourself, or perhaps severely misguided, stupid, or ignorant.

35 posted on 02/12/2007 5:16:52 AM PST by DocH (Gun-grabbers, you can HAVE my guns... lead first.)
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To: DocH

It was Governor Ronald Reagan of California who signed the Mulford Act in 1967, "prohibiting the carrying of firearms on one's person or in a vehicle, in any public place or on any public street." The law was aimed at stopping the Black Panthers, but affected all gun owners.

Twenty-four years later, Reagan was still pushing gun control. "I support the Brady Bill," he said in a March 28, 1991 speech, "and I urge the Congress to enact it without further delay."
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=3605


36 posted on 02/12/2007 5:27:04 AM PST by BunnySlippers (SAY YES TO RUDY !!!)
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To: DocH

All farmers, yes. Rural folks.

All people from California are terrible. All of us.


37 posted on 02/12/2007 5:28:55 AM PST by BunnySlippers (SAY YES TO RUDY !!!)
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To: BunnySlippers
Ronald Reagan was NOT the perfect candidate for conservatives (unfortunately, there are rarely PERFECT conservative candidates). Some of his views may have been flawed, but he was often saddled with a demonRAT majority and weak-minded RINOs in both houses (in CA and as President).

The difference between him and RINO-rudy, is that Reagan was conservative on MOST of the issues (RINO-rudy is the EXACT opposite, being LIBERAL on MOST of the issues), and Reagan was NOT a rabid, inner-city, northeastern-corridor serial GUN-GRABBER like RINO-rudy.

38 posted on 02/12/2007 6:18:11 AM PST by DocH (Gun-grabbers, you can HAVE my guns... lead first.)
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To: BunnySlippers
It seems to me that unless we want a democrat to win the presidency in '08, we need to find a candidate that ALL republicans can get behind... Rudy is obviously not the right person.

We can't win if you siphon off the pro-life, pro-gun, and pro-marriage crowd. We've got to do better than Rudy if we have any intention of winning!
39 posted on 02/12/2007 6:28:17 AM PST by babygene (Never look into the laser with your last good eye...)
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To: DocH
"Ronald Reagan was NOT the perfect candidate for conservatives (unfortunately, there are rarely PERFECT conservative candidates)."

I agree sort of. I would say though, that you have to give Reagan some latitude on Brady, since that bullet was meant for him...
40 posted on 02/12/2007 6:34:44 AM PST by babygene (Never look into the laser with your last good eye...)
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