Rudy did a good job as Mayor by NYCity standards. Not by conservative standards and for good reason. Rudy is no conservative.
Cleaning up Times Square, eliminating the squeegee-men, arresting public urinators and catching turnstile jumpers are not the issues that conservative activists will be judging candidates on in the GOP primaries.
Rudy`s political positions on the major social issues will be what conservative activists will be judging him on. And Rudy`s stances on the social issues remain in lockstep with liberal Democrats like Hillary and Bill Clitnon, Algore, John Kerry, John Edwards and Ted Kennedy.
~ Pro-choice
~ Supports Abortion on Demand
~ Supports Partial Birth Abortion
~ Supports Roe v. Wade
~ Supports Taxpayer Funded Abortions
~ Supports Embryonic Stem Cell Research
~ Opposes a Federal Marriage Amendment
~ Supports Gay Domestic Partnership/Civil Unions
~ Supports Openly Gay Military
~ Opposes Defense of Marriage Act
~ Supports Special Path to Citizenship for Illegal Aliens
~ Opposes Tough Penalties for Employers who hire Illegal Aliens
~ Supports Sanctuary Cities/Ignoring Immigration Law
~ Supports gun control and Confiscating firearms
~ Supports an Assault Weapons Ban
~ Initiated Frivolous Lawsuits Against Gun Makers Supports
~ Supports Extensive Gun Registration/Licensing
These are the issues that will matter to most conservatives when they go to the primary polls to choose a GOP candidate to match up against the Democrat candidate. Rudy is outside mainstream social conservatism. Not to mention Rudy`s fiscal record of advancing big government policies. Rudy left behind a big deficit, massive debt and an overall poor fiscal record. The scope of NYCity government was not reduced at all. From 1997 to 2001, spending under Giuliani went up 32%, more then double the rate of inflation.
The facts on Rudy don't seem to match the rhetoric some FReepers are boldly posting in recent times.
True but redundant.
~ Supports Partial Birth Abortion
Not true.
~ Supports Roe v. Wade
Uncertain. He's never said he supports it outright, and most recently, he spoke approvingly of it being cut back.
~ Supports Taxpayer Funded Abortions ~ Supports Embryonic Stem Cell Research
Unclear on both. Not necessarily true.
~ Opposes a Federal Marriage Amendment
As do a lot of Conservatives, at least until it's proven necessary by DOMA being overturned by the courts, and outcome that is by no means certain, and actually seems unlikely.
~ Supports Gay Domestic Partnership/Civil Unions ~ Supports Openly Gay Military
True.
~ Opposes Defense of Marriage Act
False. He has never said this.
~ Supports Special Path to Citizenship for Illegal Aliens
True, but conservatives are not monolithic on this issue.
~ Opposes Tough Penalties for Employers who hire Illegal Aliens
Certainly not proven, he's said little about it.
~ Supports Sanctuary Cities/Ignoring Immigration Law
I have no idea what you are talking about, show me.
~ Supports gun control and Confiscating firearms
A gross exaggeration. He has supported some gun laws I don't like, but still.
~ Supports an Assault Weapons Ban
True.
~ Initiated Frivolous Lawsuits Against Gun Makers Supports
Well, I'm not sure it was as bad as some, but there is something to this and I disagree with it.
~ Supports Extensive Gun Registration/Licensing
What do you mean by 'extensive'? If by 'extensive' you mean he favors registering hand guns, true, but while I personally don't support that, half of the Republicans in congress do, we'd have to throw out a lot of good people if this is a test.