Posted on 02/13/2007 5:14:50 AM PST by MittFan08
While the White House is taking a hands-off approach to the 2008 GOP presidential primaries so far, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani is quietly seeing an administration cheerleading section grow.
One insider said that it is built on the fact that Giuliani continues to beat Sen. John McCain in the polls and also because he is offering to stick with several Bush programs, including an aggressive stance against terrorists, and promises to name conservative judges to the court. One Bush official today noted Giuliani's pledge to nominate conservative judges and applauded the New Yorker for making that claim in liberal California.
"He didn't back away just because he was in California. In fact, he went there to make that statement. That's a very important signal," said the insider. Interestingly, even White House conservatives are showing support for Giuliani.
"He's the front-runner, and he's doing everything so far very good," said another official. "He isn't bending to what people want to hear. He kind of sounds like Bush did in 2000."
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Go get em, fiftyone. I was unaware that FR had any official particular choice. I thought we had a discussion group here. That is why I am so unnecessarily polite.
Thank you!
It's not your support of Rudy that is a problem.
It is the fact that, since you started supporting Rudy, you have impugned the motives of pro-life organizations and attacked core conservative positions as irrelevant. In addition, you joined in with AmeriBrit and nopardons in spreading a completely unsubstantiated lie about Duncan Hunter without providing a link. And when called on it, you slunk off to other threads without the decency of a retraction.
So it's not your support of Rudy that's the problem. It's what you have become TO support Rudy that is an affront to conservatives on FR.
LOL! Well what do you expect. On almost every Rudy post he gets pinged!
Wow, awesome post as usual!
Kudos on that post.
And Rudy campaigned relentlessly for Republicans in the '04 and '06 campaigns. He supports President Bush. I can only think of one liberal who supports the president, and that's on the war only, and that's Joe Lieberman.
You're welcome, Bahbah. :)
It is first and foremost a conservative website. Rudy is no conservative. I have no problem with a robust debate over that. Just don't pretend that what is being posted about Rudy is of little more substance to conservatives than the average infomercial at 4AM in the morning.
Yes, they say he is getting a great reception in So Carolina!
Today Rudy is the main speaker at the World Ag Expo in Tulare, CA (farming).
Thank you. ;-)
They have to create a sense of righteous self-indignation. They sure as hell can't sell Rudy on the basis of his positions.
Thats why it's called the White RINO House..
I don't agree with you. I think Rudy has a number of conservative positions. But we can agree to disagree.
Just don't pretend that what is being posted about Rudy is of little more substance to conservatives than the average infomercial at 4AM in the morning.
Areafiftyone's posts are far more substantial than certain posters, who shall remain nameless, who appear to have a single Word file of "I hate Rudy" rhetoric and do a cut and paste onto FR with it.
Present company excepted.
Ivan
This is another :)
Rudy campaigned for Ken Blackwell in Ohio, who lost by over 20% and received very little support from outside the state otherwise. Ken is very conservative in every sense BTW.
Please put me on the Rudy ping list.
Thanks.
Sure! Welcome to the Jungle! LOL!
Regards, Ivan
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