Posted on 02/12/2007 5:48:55 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
Moves Closer To Full-Fledged Presidential Run
(CBS/AP) WASHINGTON -- Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani on Monday defended the Iraq war and criticized Al Gore's global-warming movie.
As for his presidential ambitions, Giuliani coyly inched closer to a formal announcement.
"I am 100 percent committed," he said. "That official part, I still have to do a formal announcement. But we'll figure out how to do that. My idea is that I'm going to try to announce this in 100 different places."
Giuliani, a Republican, said he supports efforts to move California's 2008 presidential primary from June to February, a shift that would allow him to compete outside of conservative early voting states where his stands on gays, guns and abortion have been viewed as too liberal.
A number of other states are also considering moving up their primaries.
In a wide-ranging speech, Giuliani emphasized his experience as mayor during the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and his record on reducing crime, unemployment and other problems in the city.
He said the war in Iraq is crucial to combating global terrorism.
"What America needs is probably a reminder of why this is happening and why the sacrifice of those American lives, which is heartbreaking, is necessary," he said. "It's necessary because having a stable situation in Iraq will quicken our ability to defeat terrorism."
Pulling out of the country too quickly, he said, will allow terrorism to "get a home and a headquarters attached to Iran and Syria."
When asked about former Vice President Al Gore's Oscar-nominated documentary about global warming, "An Inconvenient Truth," Giuliani criticized the film as lacking in solutions.
Giuliani said he believes global warming is occurring but is not sure how much is caused by humans, and he suggested the U.S. should look at expanding its use of nuclear power and other alternative energy sources.
He also said the U.S. health care crisis must be solved by "preserving the private, competitive market-driven nature of health care."
"That's a much better solution than a topdown government plan," he said.
Thank you very much Phil!
Just combined a couple of different posts I've been doing.
LOL..
Start spreading the news..
yada yada something something,,
If I can make it here..
I can make it everywhere,,
New York NeWWW YORRRRK
He's taking his time to prolong the pain of the RudyHaters on FR.
Just so that you know, I am not wild about Newt and I won't vote for him..
Thanks for posting the Contract with America!
Me too! It was smart not to announce on Saturday because it was Obama all the time on the news!
"Rudy will be tough on terror and appoint constructionist judges. He's the only one that can beat Hillary!"
Very good one, Phil; you do great work. :-)
That is neat! Great job!
Peach, Peach, Peach..
You and a few others have been regular troopers here for quite awhile..
I hope you understand that this is just one more knockdown dragout battle that no one will walk away from unbloodied.
so when I see things like.
-- Sounds like a lot of folks on this forum are to the right of Robertson which is scary. --
I can only chuckle when you use Pat Robertson as a standard to judge others here against. He's fallen off his high horse more than 1 time and hit his head,, and gotten back on again, and so shall most of us here.
Party on.
I want to wake up in the city that never sleeps
To find I'm king of the hill, top of the heap
These little town blues
Are melting away
I'll make a brand new start of it
In old New York
If I can make it there
I'll make it anywhere
It's up to you, New York, New York.
Thanks so much!
Yeah, that's it.. :-)
Yes, exactly! Rudy needs a day for himself and he's smart enough to know that; he also has a great team behind him.
Well, we are most interested in airing the actual positions of this anointed one. We like full disclosure. It smells like, I dunno, democracy.
You owe me a keyboard...
Only the stupid ones with no moral compass.
Standards? We don't need no stinking standards, we got Rudy!
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