Posted on 02/23/2007 8:20:14 AM PST by TitansAFC
Edited on 02/23/2007 11:49:00 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
Okay, let's start a new list. This list will include all of the issues on which Rudy Giuliani is wrong for the GOP. We have the famous Spiff/Narses list; but let's add some more known problems:
1.) Life Issues.
a.) Supports Roe vs. Wade (Called it good Constitutional law).
b.) Supports Abortion on Demand.
c.) Supports Partial Birth abortion (Has recently given NARAL talking points as an attempted recant. It is clear he still supports that right).
d.) Disagrees with Catholic Church's position that Abortion is murder.
e.) Supports taxpayer funded abortions.
f.) Supports Embryonic Stem Cell Research.
g.) Spouts-off Pro-Abortion talking points against abortion restrictions (Don't want women "put in jail").
h.) Opposes Parental Notification laws unless a judicial bypass is easily obtained (NARAL talking points which effectively nullify notification laws).
i.) Opposes Parental Consent laws.
j.) CELEBRATED anniversary of Roe vs. Wade.
k.) Celebrates Margaret Sanger as a hero.
2.) Gay Rights issues.
a.) Supports Homosexuality and Alternate Lifestyles as protected civil rights movements under the law.
b.) Opposes The Federal Marriage Amendment.
c.) Supports Gay Domestic Partnership/Civil Union laws.
d.) Opposes Defense of Marriage Act.
e.) Supports openly gay military.
3.) Immigration.
a.) Supports Amnesty for illegal immigrants (calls it "earned amnesty").
b.) Opposes border fence (prefers "electronic fence" - Pro-Amnesty talking point).
c.) Opposes tougher penalties for employers of illegal immigrants.
d.) Supports creating Amnesty cities; has openly defied immigration laws.
3.) First Amendment.
a.) Supports Campaign Finance Reform.
b.) Supports Hate Crimes Legislation.
4.) Second Amendment.
a.) Supports gun confiscation.
b.) Supports Assault Weapons ban.
c.) Supports frivolous lawsuits against gun manufacturers (filed one himself).
d.) Supports very strict gun registration and gun licensing.
e.) Links increased gun ownership to increased crime.
f.) Regularly uses tragedies to call for stricter gun control laws.
g.) Supports increase in FEDERAL gun control laws.
h.) Has no basic understanding of Second Amendment.
4.) Taxes
a.) Will not sign "No new taxes" pledge.
b.) Has openly called ruling out tax increases "pandering."
c.) Uses taxpayer monies to pay for Liberal Social programs, like abortion.
5.) Election Laws.
a.) Tried to thwart NY election laws to extend his tenure as Mayor.
6.) Executive Overreaching.
a.) Brought in and enforced smoking bans.
b.) Banned ferret ownership.
c.) Questionable appointments as Mayor.
7.) Judiciary.
a.) Believes Roe vs. Wade is good law.
b.) Believes Ginsberg is good Justice.
c.) Believes Second Amendment compels strict gun control.
d.) Believes Hate Crimes laws are consistent with First Amendment.
e.) Believes Campaign Finance Reform is consistent with First Amendment.
f.) Has very Liberal record of judicial appointments.
g.) Promises "strict constructionist" judges "like himself:" Pro-Roe, Anti-First and Second Amendment "strict constructionists."
8.) Environmental Issues.
a.) Supports "Progressive" environmental laws.
b.) Supports idea of human-caused Global Warming.
9.) Prior Endorsements.
a.) Endorsed Mario Cuomo.
b.) Endorsed by Liberal Party of NY.
c.) Refused Conservative Party compromise on Partial Birth Abortion required to get endorsement.
d.) Endorsed by NARAL.
e.) Endorsed Clinton's policies as similar to his own.
Feel free to add to the list.
Excellent!
You would be much more effective spending your time endorsing someone else.
---"You would be much more effective spending your time endorsing someone else."---
I have officially endorsed that candidate who goes by the specific name of "Not Rudy Giuliani."
But my actual list is (for the record):
1.) Newt
2.) Hunter
3.) Romney
4.) McCain
5.) Third Party
I think most of us would pick Newt or Hunter.....if they can get noticed and have such a high popularity rate to win!! It's early....so maybe it will happen.
"It is a source of never-ending irritation to liberals that Americans like to hear conservatives. Liberals are like the dog food company president who furiously demands to know why their dog food isn't selling. "We've got the snappiest jingles," he rails, "the best agronomists, the slickest advertising campaign, the best billboards, and the flashiest labels! Why aren't people buying our dog food?"
Sounds snappy, but Americans bought a whole lot of that dog food last November.
And W has been doing his best to sell us more dog food.
No need to add anymore : )
1) Uhhhh...
PING!
"Sounds snappy, but Americans bought a whole lot of that dog food last November.
And W has been doing his best to sell us more dog food."
My recitation of the quote was aimed at a liberal presidential candidate posting an (R) after his name, not the `06 election or President Bush.
I get that, but I fear that *whoever* gets the nomination will end up shilling for the same dog food, just because that dog food sells.
Then I'm a proud RINO.
"RINO" was created to refer to those who claimed to be Republican but were so liberal ("moderate" in MSM parlance) that they frequently ignored Republican platform issues. If "RINO" now means conservatives who support platform issues but don't support the "moderates" then I'm in with you.
The most telling item for me in the list is, "Refused Conservative Party compromise on Partial Birth Abortion required to get endorsement." This shows he is unwilling to even consider that conservatives are part of a coalition whose views need to be considered. Besides being in favor of an inhuman act with no possible reason for its performance.
Oh there is a reason for its performance:
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Rudy is NOT my choice for anything except : LIB of the year.
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Bernard.
Kerik.
This may be Giuliani's most egregious flaw, especially when you look beneath the surface and see the sordid details of that story.
Someone speculated here that George W. Bush hasn't even spoken to Giuliani since that debacle. I don't know if that's true, but as I think back over the last two years I don't recall any public appearance with the two of them together since 2004.
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Keep your eyes on the ball... The CONSULTANTS are earning their money now, trying hard to find the weakest spot to get this lefty through the primaries.
I DON'T BUY the argument that Rudy is a CHAMPION OF NATIONAL SECURITY or the MOST FISCAL CONSERVATIVE on the plant earth /s. This is all BS, a SMOKE SCREEN by the Left, to "get him through" somehow and bamboozle conservatives into voting for him!
Hey, now we used the same tactic to get Arnie, and he is no RINO. He is a full blown Liberator.
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