[My2Cents]

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[Old_Mil]

Jacques Chirac called him "Rudy the rock"

Well, there's an endorsement for you. /s

[Ciexyz]

This article from "Brunei" sounds like a similar article that was in "The Observor". In any case, it's always good for another read.

[Luke21]

This is sickening stuff.

[toddlintown]

No Barf Alert?

[B4Ranch]

Giuliani/Clinton/Dem vs. GOP Platform Comparison
Issue	Giuliani	Clinton	Dem Platform	GOP Platform
Abortion on Demand	Supports	Supports	Supports	Opposes
Partial Birth Abortion	SupportsOpposed 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

[Peach]

1) The rebirth of New York City, the most visible urban achievement in the 20th century is the work of the person now dubbed America’s mayor. For the millions of Americans who live in New York and the millions more who work or whose livelihood has been affected by its revival the contrast between the pre and post Giuliani years could not be more striking.

His defense of Israel and intolerance for Arab and U.N. sponsored anti-Semitism is legendary.

He figuratively walked into the lion's den of a crime ridden, high tax, and decaying city and carried out a conservative agenda of tax cuts, crime reduction and, in the case of the Brooklyn Museum, defense of religion in the public square. On this count Giuliani seems to be the winner in the public character category for his extraordinary vision and leadership.

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1780064/posts

2) Newt Gingrich:

“He is much stronger than anyone could have predicted six months ago,” said former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich from Georgia. “New York is four times safer than it used to be. It’s one of the greatest achievements of government capability in the 20th century. And Rudy just has to go out and say, ‘This is who I am. If you think the world’s dangerous, and you need a tough guy … that’s me.’”

[Jhensy]

Stupid article. I'm a Rudy supporter, but I hate the overdoing the "9/11 hero" "America's Mayor" crap.

And then the author goes overboard on the negatives too, not even getting his facts right (he's twice-divorced, not three times)... and when he can't find any real damaging goods he tosses out the "and then there's all those scandals, grudges, rages" etc. Yeah right.

I liked Rudy when he was my Mayor because he was an excellent and common-sense manager who wasn't afraid to tell his enemies (the left) to go eff themselves. He (and McCain and Hunter) are the only ones who will battle fascist Islam, not fear it.

Enough with the hagiography, and enough with the nitpicking.

[stockpirate]

I'll his own words and let ou decide!

Here's the exact quote, in 1996, in an interview by the New York Post's Jack Newfield:

"Most of Clinton's policies are very similar to most of mine."

[Reagan Man]

>>>>>.... seeing Rudy Giuliani in the flesh can feel like meeting a living saint.

A sainthood for Rudy!

Rudy is Reagan, Churchill and TR all rolled into one fantastic human being.

What a crock of BULLoney!

Rudy has no problem with big government, women killing their unborn children, grabbing the firearms of law biding citizens, amnesty for illegals, blaming humans as a significant cause of global warming and special rights for gays. Great! Lets crown him king and just move along. LOL

[mylife]

A pretty fair assesment of the man except they left out his stance on the 2nd amendment

[ElPatriota]

BEWARE!... Social-conservatives, Christian conservatives or moral-conservatives of ANY KIND..

********************* WE NEED TO UNITE IN OUR PURPOSE!!! ************************

THINGS ARE CHANGING!... mostly because of communications (Internet). For instance, the Internet, like a magnifying lens, is allowing me to see everything CLOSER! I knew I was "Republican," but I really did not know how DIFFERENT we were until now... Sometimes I wonder if we social conservatives should be in the same party with the Guliani crowd. I can't believe our core principles are so different from them. Besides social issues, I can relate to the Gun issues, fiscal issues... and a host of other issues but NEVER at the price of SOCIAL ISSUES. Because the moment we become another cespool like the Rats....Let me specific, if we no longer mind having the Republican party full of QUEERS... and ABORTIONISTS... Then what is the point of being Republicans for us social conservatives?

I just never realized that some people's main values are what? "Fiscan-Restrain /s" ?

By the way, I DON'T BUY the argument that Rudy is a CHAMPION OF NATIONAL SECURITY or the MOST FISCAL CONSERVATIVE in the world /s. This is all BS, a SMOKE SCREEN, to "get him through" somehow and bamboozle conservatives into voting for him!

The point is, the Internet also help us social conservatives to get to know ourselves AS A GROUP, and realize that we are SOCIAL CONSERVATIVES FIRST, and Republican second. If the GOP, does not serve us, then we no NO business being in this party.. That is the bottom line. Something to THINK ABOUT... is either that or SELLING OUR PRINCIPLES OUT... So what's it going to be?

Sorry for the English... I am rushing! :)

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

But what people really remember is how Giuliani was there, while Bush was not.

Gunman shoots 7, kills self at Empire State Building

February 24, 1997 (EXACTLY 10 YEARS AGO) Web posted at: 9:00 a.m. EST

NEW YORK (CNN) -- A man opened fire Sunday on an observation deck of the Empire State Building, killing one person and wounding six before shooting himself in the head, authorities said.

The gunman, a 69-year-old Palestinian, was taken to a hospital where he died more than five hours later, according to New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani's press office.

The man muttered something about Egypt seconds before he began shooting shortly after 5 p.m. Sunday on the 86th floor observation deck of one of the world's best-known tourist sites, witnesses said.

Ali Abu Kamal used a .380-caliber Beretta handgun that he apparently bought in Florida at the end of January, Giuliani said.

"I heard a loud popping noise," said French tourist Jean-Luec Will, 40. "I thought at first it was a little child playing with fireworks."

Finally sensing danger, Will, 40, his wife and two young sons -- one wearing a red Chicago Bulls cap -- dove to the floor. Other people nearly trampled each other while dashing for exits, said David Robinson, 35, a British tourist who had arrived in the city only two hours earlier.

"Everyone started running," Robinson said. "Everybody was panicked."

On the opposite side of the deck, Gerard Guntner, 43, and George McHenry, 52, both maintenance workers from Jersey City, New Jersey, were shooting video of the view of their home state. Drawn by the commotion, Guntner stumbled across a man with a bullet wound in the head. He instinctively began cradling him.

"He was coughing blood. ... I just said, 'Hang in there,'" Guntner said. Guntner's hands shook as he smoked a cigarette while recounting the experience.

McHenry, meanwhile, videotaped what he described as "five bodies" strewn about the deck -- footage the police later confiscated. "I don't know why I took those pictures, believe me," McHenry said. "I don't know if it did any good or not."

Belgian businessman Stef Nys, 36, recalled hearing a final shot and turning in time to see the gunman slumping to the floor, his dentures out of his mouth.

Witnesses said the gunman shouted, "Are you from Egypt?" during the shooting, according to law enforcement sources. Police said they did not know whether it was said in an effort to spare or identify potential victims.

His passport said he was from Ramallah, on the West Bank, and entered the United States on Christmas Eve, Giuliani said.

The other dead man was a 27-year-old Danish musician visiting the Empire State Building with an American friend from Connecticut, Matthew Gross, 27, who was also wounded, according to Giuliani.

The others wounded included a French couple from Verdun, whose 16-year-old daughter escaped injury; a 30-year-old Swiss man; an Argentinian man, 52; and a man from the Bronx. One of the wounded men was shot in the head, while others were less seriously hurt.

Two children were hurt when they were knocked from parents' arms and four women suffered minor injuries in the rush to the exit.

Nys said he had gone to the Empire State Building "to try to relax myself a little bit." He left a shaken man.

"I've never seen so much blood in my life," he said. top of Empire State Building

The Empire State Building is one of the world's most admired skyscrapers. The 102-story skyscraper opened in 1931 and reigned for decades as the world's tallest until 1972.

Building officials planned to review security procedures, though a spokesman defended the building's lack of metal detectors or bag searches and called its security "superb."

Leona Helmsley, whose real estate company manages the Empire State Building, said the firm would pay for families of victims to be flown to New York.

"We will do everything possible to lighten their burden during this terrible time," Helmsley said through Rubenstein.

[EternalVigilance]

IN POST 9/11 America, seeing Rudy Giuliani in the flesh can feel like meeting a living saint.

Wow. St. Rudy.

The patron saint of NARAL.

[claudiustg]

Hi! I'm Jim Zumbo and I'd like to say a few words for Rudi Giuliani. Rudi doesn't want to take all your guns, just the bad ones that make you look like a terrorist zealot... So, put aside your silly fanaticism for the 2nd Amendment and vote for someone that can win even if it makes you physically ill! Thank you! /s

[Blake#1]

The Republican base needs to look in the Business World for a possible nominee in 2008. A Christian, Capitalist, Tried and True, Loyal American would fit the bill!

[Lancey Howard]

But, inevitably, the events of 9/11 creep regularly into his talk. He tells anecdote after anecdote, reminding the audience that while they watched the horror unfold on TV, he was actually there. "I just started making decisions," he says of the moment he heard the planes had struck.

The steps he took that day have passed into American folklore. He was the clear head who kept his nerve in a moment that defined the era in which we live. Giuliani walked right into the heart of a stricken nation and became America's mayor.

Now, compare and contrast with New Orleans' Democrat Mayor Ray Nagin, and Louisiana's Democrat Governor Kathleen Blanco.

.Somehow (yeah, thanks to the scumbag "mainstream" socialist newsrooms) New Orleans' Katrina crisis was "mismanaged" by Bush and the (Republican) federal government. In fact, to listen to the Democrats and their shills in the scumbag "mainstream" socialist newsrooms, Katrina was the federal government's FAULT.

Compare and contrast Giuliani with the Democrats.

[newzjunkey]

What a repulsive article. Yet another anointing in the making.

Here's a question: Would a President Rudy become an even juicier target than a son of Bush41?

[DKNY]

"There is no point in rooting for defeat."

Advice some around here should take.

[RockinRight]

Jacques Chirac called him "Rudy the rock".

OK. As if we didn't have enough reason to oppose Rudy...