Posted on 02/12/2007 5:24:32 PM PST by NapkinUser
You think nominating Earl Warren had "little impact" on social issues?
Blowing your credibility early and often I see.
WRONG! The individuals record including LIFETIME stands on issues and his personal conduct are both necessary considerations. Now the game the DEMs play is you ignore these items and vote for the party ideas no matter where the canidate stands on them. Rudy isn't even 25% conservative nor is his life long stands such. He changed is mind ONLY when he decided he might run for POTUS and that is called DECIET. That type of questionable behavior does now win my vote.
In 2004 He still ran moderate but Kerry was a solid left winger and did not stray from that. Even at that Bush had a close race. He was loosing part of the GOP Conservative base by then. Had it been Lieberman or anyone else who would run center? Bush may well have lost it with a wide margin. 2004 wasn't a vote of confidence in Bush but more of a rejection of Kerry. Bush is too much like his dad {remember his cabinet is a majority of Poppy's people as well} and Jerry Ford especially on socila issues with Ford.
I agree that Roe v Wade is a bad law and should go back to the states. However, I don't know one state in the US that would make abortion illegal. Do you? Even here in Texas, if it came to a vote almost ALL D's would and at least 1/2 R's would vote to keep some form of abortion legal, for the reason that we don't want to have another underground baby killing market as we did before abortions became legal.
Regarding Giuliani I must agree that his personal life is not the ideal role model. However, we live in a period of time when the basic foundation of our country and the world is at stake. I know of no one else that has the hootspa(sp) to ACT. We need someone that's not so soft on our enemy. Thanks for your input.
Kinda like a woman being raped. The Rudy partisans would prefer we just lie back and enjoy the experience.
Have you noticed that many of the Bushbots are now the Rudybots...
"If you took Duncan Hunter's views and we changed him from a congressman to a Governor, people would be doing cartwheels over him. I don't understand it. Don't we pick our candidates on their platform? I cannot understand discounting him as a viable candidate because he's a congressman. I believe he has great leadership qualities."
But yet they'll support a hard liberal mayor, and when has a mayor become POTUS?
I AM however, listening to Rush who is also bugged by those who want to support these non-conservative "Republicans" and is dismayed at how hard they are trying to remake conservatism in their own image!!!
Sounds just like FR from the CA Recall Election, till now!!! Some of it is downright insulting to a conservative's intelligence, to say nothing of the constant annoyance when some think that repetition and redundancy will make their claims more credible... Phooey!!!
"Too many seem to say "Rudy isn't 100% conservative,.."
Rudy isn't even 50% conservative, and all we are doing is showing how liberal he is - pro-"choice", pro-special rights for gays, pro-ILLEGAL immigration, pro-gun CONTROL, etc.
Do not fear truth. :)
C.r.a.f.t. has gotten to me. I cant remember either. Just damn
> Somehow I doubt that. The unofficial moniker of the GOP is "The Stupid Party".
Stupid enough to have had a pretty good run at putting a POTUS into the White House over the past several decades -- with brief interruptions during the Carter and Clinton administrations.
That's the sort of "stupidity" that the Democrats would *love* to have!
I think Rudy's closer to 70% conservative...maybe 75%...If we call it 72.5% can I get you to buy this car tonight?
Yep.
*wink*
As I'm sure has already been pointed out, if the MSM seems to be all googly-eyed over Rudy as the (R) candidate it is not because he's a candidate they can or would ever get behind , but because they have found a new excitement and purpose at being able to function as the "impartial" clearinghouse for all the pictures of Rudy in drag, all the nasty regurgitating of the marriage and divorce scandals, and any number of other things that they could "look up" on their own or that Team Clinton could provide them with. Their "support" of him "going in" will be predicated on his being the best candidate TO LOSE to Hillary or whomever, while also being the easiest candidate for them to support, considering how "readymade" he is and how little work they'd have to do to acquaint people with him.
"If we call it 72.5% can I get you to buy this car tonight?"
lol, and no thanks on the car. :)
Abortion, gays, ILLEGAL immigration, antifreedom, anti2nd amendment - the math just ain't working out.
Weak on borders = weak on terrorism, so that doesn't leave much in the way of conservatism.
Incredibly stupid article.
Quit while you're ahead.
Tell that to any football coach.
Yes, W is really more of a moderate. But my premise still stands. Conservatives win. Moderates Pubbies generally lose, and when they do win, it's a squeaker. Bush won because he talked like a conservative and a lot of us bought it.
Hillary! has been positioning herself as a moderate Dim. Around here we know better but the soccer moms will buy it. If Rudy runs against Hillary, Hillary will win.
Let's run a real conservative and stop screwing around with courting the Rockefeller wing.
One other thing must be understood about Hillary. If in a venue say of young Republicans she can talk as Conservative as anyone in the GOP. I remember about 6-12 months ago reading a thread where she spoke at a conservative college. Everybody was busy flaming her but nobody read the speech. If they did they could understand just how quick she can run to the right of most GOP moderates like Bill did and win. I know she's liberal but she can also be whatever her setting at that time calls for.
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