Posted on 02/13/2007 1:27:32 PM PST by meg88
Giuliani to farmers: I'm runningJeff St. John/The Fresno Bee02/13/07 11:20:59
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TULARE — Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani told a crowd of about 100 this morning at the World Ag Expo in Tulare that he will run for president.
"Yes, I am running," he said. "Hard and very fast and a lot sooner than I thought.
"There's no job like it in the world."
Giuliani has yet to make a formal announcement of his candidacy.
Giuliani is in the midst of a swing through the central San Joaquin Valley after addressing the state Republican convention in Sacramento over the weekend.
On agricultural issues, Giuliani told the crowd, "I'm no expert." But he summed up advice he received from a farmer at the show: '"American farmers, they need water, they need labor and they need a level playing field."
He also stressed the importance of a strong agricultural sector so that the country does not come to rely on imported food the same way it relies on imported petroleum.
Check FresnoBee.com for updates and read tomorrow's Bee for the full story.
(Excerpt) Read more at fresnobee.com ...
You mean like they did with Murtha? They hid all of the negatives FR and the Irey campaign tried desperately to highlight... until Pelosi tried to make him majority leader...
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Giuliani | Clinton | Dem Platform | GOP Platform |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abortion on Demand | Supports | Supports | Supports | Opposes |
| Partial Birth Abortion | Supports Opposed NY ban |
Supports | Supports | Opposes |
| Roe v. Wade | Supports | Supports | Supports | Opposes |
| Taxpayer Funded Abortions | Supports | Supports | Supports | Opposes |
| Embryonic Stem Cell Research | Supports | Supports | Supports | Opposes |
| Federal Marriage Amendment | Opposes | Opposes | Opposes Defined at state level |
Supports |
| Gay Domestic Partnership/ Civil Unions |
Supports | Supports | Supports | Opposes |
| Openly Gay Military | Supports | Supports | Supports | Opposes |
| Defense of Marriage Act | Opposes | Opposes | Opposes | Supports |
| Amnesty for Illegal Aliens | Supports | Supports | Supports | Opposes |
| Special Path to Citizenship for Illegal Aliens |
Supports | Supports | Supports | Opposes |
| Tough Penalties for Employers of Illegal Aliens |
Opposes | Opposes | Opposes | Supports |
| Sanctuary Cities/ Ignoring Immigration Law |
Supports | Supports | Supports | Opposes |
| Protecting 2nd Amendment | Opposes |
Opposes | Opposes Supports bans |
Supports |
| Confiscating Guns | Supports Confiscated as mayor. Even bragged. |
Supports | Supports Supports bans |
Opposes |
| 'Assault' Weapons Ban | Supports | Supports | Supports | |
| Frivolous Lawsuits Against Gun Makers |
Supports Filed One Himself |
Supports | Opposes | |
| Gun Registration/Licenses | Supports | Supports | Opposes | |
| War in Afghanistan | Supports | Supports Voted for it |
Supports | Supports |
| War in Iraq | Supports | Supports Voted for it |
Supports Weak support |
Supports |
| Patriot Act | Supports | Supports Voted for it 2001 & 2006 |
Opposes | Supports |
It's obvious how certain events have boosted his political status. Regardless of his views, his head seems to big for his hands.
Great minds think alike ;)
There is a concentrated effort here on the FR to declare Rudy the GOP nominee.
GIULIANI: I support security at the border. I think its enormously important in the post September 11th period. We have to know who is coming into this country. We have to be able to identify them and figure out who they are. I do think that with the fence-- the fence honestly has to be a technological fence. The head of my party, the new head, Mel Martinez who is a Senator from Florida, a great guy, he was being interviewed and they asked him about a fence. Do you think a fence should be put up. He said sure. He said except the only people that will pull put it up will be the illegal immigrants. I thought what the point that Mel was making was we need a technological fence. We need to be able to photograph people, see them, know who is there, record them. And then I think there has to be regularization for the people that are here. There's got to be a program to regularize the people that are here as you establish security at the border. And I would add to many of the proposals-- because there are a number of them in the house, senate and president as put forward. I would add to that at the end of the road if somebody's going to earn citizenship with-- citizenship with whatever other hurdles put in the way, at the end of the road they should be able to speak English, read English and have some knowledge of American history. Particularly if you are going to regularize somebody who in an undocumented status.
HANNITY: Does that mean amnesty.
GIULIANI: It means earning it. Here's the experience. I said I learn add lot from being mayor of New York city. We had a tremendous amount of crime. We did a survey. We figured out there are about 400,000 illegal or undocumented immigrants in New York city. The impact service deported 1500 a year that. Was the most they could deport. So I figured out I had 398,000. Now how do you handle that? What do you do with it? And then what we would catch drug dealers and criminals we'd turn them over to the immigration and naturalization service and say put them at the head of the line. get rid of the drug dealers and criminals first. They were dealing with somebody's maid and somebody who maybe was teaching at a college and just didn't have the right papers or somebody who was working in a restaurant and-- well that's all an issue. But the drug dealers and the criminals and now the terrorists are an issue. And if you have a law that isn't working, and you have thousands and thousands and millions of people, then the terrorists hide among them. We have to have a law that makes sense. and that's why I think you've got to come up with a solution that says much more security at the border, register people, document them, have english at the end of the line, but then have a system to regularize people as well.
From the interview on Hannity and Colmes
awesome!! :) :)
Not good. Everyone talks about Duncan Hunter---where is he?
Keep your eye on THAT ball everyone.
Yep, Amnesty. Shouldn't be a surprise. All the poles say that the vast majority of Americans want illegal immigration stopped. Our elected officials have chosen to ignore the American people. Why should Rudy be any different. He is after all a politician!
Well for one thing, you know that the liberal MSM will never give him any exposure.
The closest he has been to a farm is probably driving by Central Park. Makes him about as qualified as the rest of them city boys.
What soes that mean?
reg
Pronunciation[reg-yuh-luh-rahyz] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object), -ized, -iz·ing.
to make regular.
To make Regular? Some real straight talk from St. Rudy
"register people, document them,"
hehe.
I guess he figures it "works" with guns, so why not do it with illegals as well.
Liberals like Rudy have only one playbook.
The MSM Presidential Candidate Draft is responsible for the press on their candidate selections for 2008.
The MSM wants popularity, not politicians who will follow words with action that is detrimental to the socialist philosophy.
If we want news on the other candidates, we are going to have to write the material. The MSM won't.
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