Ted Olson Supporting Giuliani

American Spectator ^ | 2/13/07

[zarf]

Theodore Olson, the stalwart conservative lawyer and former solicitor general for the Bush administration, told the Spectator he will be supporting Rudy Giuliani's presidential bid.

"I admire his character, his capacity for leadership, his instincts, and his principles," Olson said over the phone this afternoon. He said he will help Giuliani raise money as well as offer advice on legal issues and domestic policy matters that involve constitutional questions.

[GeorgefromGeorgia]

NO, and neither is Rudy.

[twonie]

Force feeding - I am glad that you now see your position. We do not have to force feed Rudy to anyone.

[Post-Neolithic]

I blame the bickering and the near break-up of the Republican party on the side that supports Rudy over a true Conservative. The Republican Party is the party of,

1. Pro-Family(anti-Abortion)
2. Pro-Gun ownership(pro-2nd amendment)
3. Pro-Military
4. Pro-Traditional-marriage(see item 1)
5. Anti-Gay-Marriage(see item 1)

Just to name a few.

So when a few so called Republicans, choose to back a Liberal like Rudy you have to wonder if they intentionally want to see the Republican party break-up(Libs in disguise), or if they truly believe The Republican party is the party of Liberals.

Why else would these same Rudy supporters not invest their time and energy in getting a true Conservative like Hunter elected? It makes zero sense. Rudy is 90 percent Liberal and maybe 10 percent Conservative.

We always hear this crap about how we need to stop being the single issue voters, hell it's a lot more then a single Issue versus Rudy, It's the whole friggin ball of wax.

[WalterSkinner]

millions more conservatives would sit on the sidelines for a guiliani nominee than for a Hunter

..many folks believe we are the minority in the GOP and should just step aside.

If FR polling is any indicator--Rudy didn't even garner 16%--so much for the Kingdom of Rudy...

[kerryusama04]

Whether this forum likes it or not, the odds are pretty much in Rudy's favor to get the GOP nomination. It's his to lose.

Check the calendar, dude. Rudy will be a memory shortly after New Hampshire.

[nmh]

Guess so.

What a disappointment.

Barbara must be rolling over in her grave.

[Williams]

I don't see how Rudy is favored to win the nomination. But he is coming out of the starting gate awfully strong. I hope that maybe, just maybe, he is the kind of politician who would fire back at Hilary in plain language without being afraid of appearing mean.

[PhilDragoo]

Ted Olson beat David Boies before the Supreme Court to remove Al Blob from his barricaded stance at the White House gate. Bush is now beating the crap out of al Qaeda in Iraq.

From the article at The Spectator:

"I've known him for 26 years and we've talked about this many times," Olson said. "He feels very strongly that people like Justice Scalia, Chief Justice Roberts, Sam Alito, Clarence Thomas, are the type of people that he would put on the court…I'm quite convinced that this is a genuine viewpoint that he has."

[pogo101]

Please review Giuliani's record for picking judges or picking the committee that picks the judges for him. You'll have your answer about whether to support Giuliani or not.

Thanks. Do you happen to have a link to some neutral info on that? I don't know what NYC's mayor's judge-(committee-)picking powers are, in comparison to the President's.

[Blackirish]

Every day Rudy is getting more and more traction and the RudyHaters are becoming unhinged.

The problem is they have no one...Allen went down in flames and Hunten is totally unknown so all they can do is lash out in anger and
frustration at Rudy and anyone who backs him.

[twonie]

And don't you know the lowlifes over at DU are not just looking at us here, but they are printing all this out to read a home and keep for later. Thank you for your post.

[babaloo]

"Barbara must be rolling over in her grave."

That might be the most offensive post I have read in a long time.

[Dog Gone]

Maybe, but he's been a public figure for a long time, and I'd be surprised if there are any huge dark secrets to be revealed.

He certainly will not get support from the strict social conservatives who insist that their candidate be against abortion in all cases, but that's not even the current GOP platform position on the issue.

Others disqualify him because he's gotten a couple of divorces.

But that stuff is already out there, and he's still leading the pack at the moment if you believe all the polls. He benefits because there is nobody who is demonstrably to his right on social issues who has a prayer of winning the nomination.

[Convert]

Recruit John Boehner

So, he came out for benchmarks

What exactly were these benchmarks for - where is the whole list fo benchmarks

[pissant]

LOL. Other than to conservatives, Rudy probably looks pretty good.

[Dog]

GET IT THRU YOUR HEAD ALREADY.

HUNTER DOES NOT HAVE A CHANCE.

BUMP!!!

[Constitution Day]

Is Ted Olsen now a baby killer? < /s>

This whole thing is getting so ridiculous, isn't it?

I mean the bickering, not you.

[b4its2late]

Wow.

[PhiKapMom]

Just wait until they start trashing Ted Olsen like they did Rep Pete Sessions from Texas!