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To: TommyDale

"School choice (vouchers)" = WRONG.

"May 12, 1999 | NEW YORK -- In January, when Mayor Rudy Giuliani delivered his State of the City address, he opened what should have been a necessary and vibrant battle over educational principles. Giuliani proposed putting several million dollars into vouchers that would allow poor children stranded in the worst public schools to attend private ones.

"If we give poor parents the same opportunity to make choices about their children's education that the richest and most affluent parents in New York have," the mayor said, "let's see if that doesn't work to really energize that school district and help to create another alternative and more competition."

Dressing the conservative faith in free markets in the liberal cloth of fighting inequality, the mayor's words typified the argument increasingly and effectively made for vouchers by an unlikely coalition of libertarians, the religious right and traditionally Democratic minorities. That the mayor would advocate the cause in a city once so renowned for its public schools only added to the impact and symbolism."

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/05/12/vouchers/index.html

"Euthanasia (What IS Rudy's position on this one?)"

If you don't know, why is it on your list?

"History of selections and appointments (Bernie Kerik)"

One selection, actually made by GWB, does not a "history" make. Giuliani made excellent choices who cleaned up NYC in record time.


100 posted on 02/21/2007 12:14:29 PM PST by dervish (In the business world, two weeks spent on a nonbinding resolution would be considered nonproductive.)
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To: dervish

I never said what Rudy's position was. I was stating a fact that THOSE ISSUES are important to social conservatives. Geez, you people like to put words in everyone's mouth. Why don't you at least READ and then THINK before you post an argument that isn't there? Don't waste my time!

Rudy has never given a clear answer on his euthanasia position.

Kerik was RECOMMENDED BY GIULIANI to Bush!


104 posted on 02/21/2007 12:17:20 PM PST by TommyDale (What will Rudy do in the War on Terror? Implement gun control on insurgents and Al Qaeda?)
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