Posted on 02/15/2007 7:10:08 AM PST by TitansAFC
F-You gun owners and Pro-Lifers, so says Steven Malanga - we don't need you anyway, and all you've done is hurt us.
That pretty much sums up the Rudy campaign, doesn't it?
Economic issues??? Hillary??? You mean the taketaketaketaketaketaketaketaketake for the common good economy?
Not dogged enough, I'd say. Factoids keep creeping into the discussion.
Social conservatives are going to vote for Hitlery? He must be out of his mind
This just doesn't make any sense to me. Why would someone who is Pro-Life, and whose main issue is abortion, vote for Hillary Clinton, or ANY pro-choice candidate?
I would be more likely to believe that they wouldn't vote at all.
Pro-Abortion.
Anti-gun.
Pro-Illegal immigration.
Anti-fence.
Pro-Kyoto treaty idiocy.
Anti-capitalist.
Pro-Shwartzinager's medical care.
And we're gonna VOTE for this guy?
Hello to a 3rd party Ross Pee-rot type, all the unattached female voters go for Hillary, and the GOP's toast!
One of the main issues for the conservatives is judges' appointment. Somehow, the Republicans didn't think this important that they didn't run on the issue last year. Rudy is aware of this, so one of the first thing he did was describing his ideal judges: the conservative ones.
As I've said on these threads before, nominating RG is playing with fire. It might work, but if it doesn't, it's going to blow up in your face so bad that you'll land on the moon.
I wish more people at FR would take note of that fact. It does not matter much is Rudy's personal beliefs are pro or anti gun rights or pro or anti abortion rights if he appoints conservative judges. Unlimited abortions will continue as long as Roe v Wade has not been over-ruled. Our second amendment rights will be safe unless we end up with another Warren court.
I'm not on the Rudy bandwagon, but I'd vote for him in a heartbeat over a dem.
The one thing that has kept many Catholics voting GOP in spite of this are Life issues (the idea to many that it is a "sin" to vote for Pro-Choice candidates), and family issues.
I'm a Catholic and as far as I'm concerned it is a serious sin to vote for pro abortion candidates...even if both candidates are pro-abortion. Rudy will never get my vote.
But Riudy is opposed to everything conservative judges stand for...why in the world would you believe that he'd appoint conservatives to the federal courts? He thinks Roe V Wade is good and settled law, he thinks the 2nd Amendment requires gun control, he has said publically that he admires Ruth Bader Ginsburg, he has marched arm in arm with drag queens in gay right s parades and has issued proclamations in support of Roe V Wade. There's simply no way I could ever believe that he'd appoint judges I'd find acceptable.
He won me over quickly. THE PROOF IS IN THE PERFORMANCE.
He turned around New York City by governing as a limited-government conservative; a city that liberal politicians had told us for decades was ungovernable and and unmanageable.
I don't agree with all his positions and I certainly don't approve of his personal choices. But this is survival.
I wrote a blog today about the worldwide fascist network. Rudy understands this concept better than any politician in America. When Chris Matthews asks, smirkingly: "Was Saddam responsible for 9-11?" he's trying to win a silly debate point. When Rudy speaks about the war against the Jihadists he is trying to convince all who will listen that this is a worldwide struggle against a wide variety of ignorant and brutal savages.
Read my blog at: http://give-n-go.blogspot.com
He does not believe that Roe v. Wade is good law and has said so on numerous occasions.
He's only saying so now. Did you read the proclamation he issued on the 25th anniversary of the Roe v Wade decision?
What President has EVER been able to overturn Roe V Wade? Reagan? Bush? Bush? Anyone????
You would actually put the fate of this nation in the hands of those who would see us destroyed because of an issue that the President can do nothing about anyway?
What sense does that make?
Archives of the Mayor's Press Office
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: January 22, 1998
Release #034-98
Contact: Colleen Roche/Brenda Pérez (212) 788-2958
MAYOR GIULIANI COMMEMORATES THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ROE V. WADE SUPREME COURT DECISION
Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani today commemorated the 25th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision guaranteeing a woman’s constitutional right to privacy. At a press conference at City Hall, the Mayor was joined by Kelli Conlin, Executive Director of the New York State Affiliate of the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League (NARAL/NY); Irwin Schneiderman, NARAL Foundation Board Chair; Barbara Schack, NARAL/NY Board Chair; State Senator Roy M. Goodman, Council Member Andrew Eristoff; and Assemblyman John Ravitz.
"Twenty five years after the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision, its impact is as significant as ever," Mayor Giuliani said. "This decision has precluded government from interfering with a woman’s Constitutional rights. "I take this opportunity to restate the commitment of the Administration to protect women’s right to seek reproductive health advice and services if that is their choice," the Mayor concluded.
Ms. Conlin said, "The 25th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade is an important time to remember the values that define the right to choose, and to applaud New York’s important role in leading the nation in regard to reproductive health. The Roe decision transformed abortion from a criminal act to a legal medical procedure, allowing doctors to provide this important medical service to women, without fear of criminal prosecution. Women were finally spared the humiliation of back alleys, and the fear of death due to unsafe, unsanitary procedures.
Ms. Conlin continued, "New York City has renewed its commitment to reproductive health care for women consistently, most profoundly in 1994 with the enactment of the Clinic Protection Act, which has dramatically reduced the incidence of violence and harassment of women entering health facilities."
With more than 50,000 members, NARAL/NY works in the political arena to protect women’s access to safe reproductive health services, and to expand the reproductive rights available to women.
www.ci.nyc.ny.us
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Please don't tell me that he HAD to do this because he was mayor of a large liberal city but as President he'll act otherwise. I don;t buy it. As a presidential candidate he'll act otherwise but as President he'll be the same liberal he's always been!
To see if the mayor can win the nomination without:
*The Religious Right--which includes the Pro-Life and Pro-Family groups
*The millions of 2nd Amendment defenders
Pulling this off would be the greatest political miracle in my lifetime...
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