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To: zook
> I've heard him speak recently on guns,
> I'm persuaded that he will not push a "socialist agenda"

Then you'd better go back and listen again. Giuliani has made it very clear -- very recently -- that he thinks the 2nd Amendment is about "hunting." If, on such a simple question, (A) he's wrong and (B) he's sticking to his guns about his "interpretation" of the Constitution..... what makes you think he wouldn't "re-interpret" the rest of the Bill of Rights, were he elected?

491 posted on 02/21/2007 10:15:13 AM PST by NewJerseyJoe (Rat mantra: "Facts are meaningless! You can use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!")
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To: NewJerseyJoe

What makes me think he won't try to reinterpret the Constitution? A couple of things ease my fears on this.

First, the things one must do to be elected President as a GOP candidate are different than the things one must do to be elected GOP mayor of NY. I know that's totally pragmatic, but it gives me reason to believe Rudy's recent shift to the right.

Second, Rudy recently stated that he likes the kinds of SC judges appointed by Bush. This, coupled with some of his other recent comments, give me some reason to believe he won't be a gun grabber once in office.

I know there's a risk. It's possible he could prove me wrong. But America (and the Congress) is not in a gun grabbing mood these days. It's not really a winning issue.

All in all, these factors (and others related to his positions on the war) lead me to say that if Rudy got the nomination, I'd have to support him against virtually any Democrat. That's just me. And I am a gun owner.


499 posted on 02/22/2007 5:41:35 AM PST by zook
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