Posted on 02/25/2007 4:17:02 PM PST by Jim Robinson
He's the only one that can beat Hillary!!!
(Haven't you been following this???)
j/k
He is not qualified if you ask me.
Uh.
Hmmm.
Well....
Gee, I'm gonna have to get back with ya on that one.
He drastically reduced crime in New York City.
For those who believe terrorism is a criminal issue, he would actually be the #1 candidate among anyone.
That's not an endorsement from me. But that's the way the media would play it if he were a democrat.
I saw Rudy kick butt and take names first hand in a city thought to be ungovernable.
He's qualified.
What are Duncan Hunter's qualifications?
Rudolph GiulianiMilitary service None
Reason Student deferments (Manhattan College 1965; NYU Law School 1968); special deferment at request of federal judge for whom he was clerking.
Quote "Freedom is about authority."
LOL
any of the republican candidates would do better here then any Dem.
but don't kid yourself - a more specific answer to your question is - REVENGE FOR WHAT HAPPENED TO NEW YORK CITY on 9/11. don't think for a second that this isn't a big part of Rudy's makeup (whatever your feelings might be about him on another issue).
this war on terror - its personal for Rudy.
Personal revenge is a qualification to be Commander-in-chief?
Then why wasn't Rudy DEMANDING that something be done after the 1993 WTC bombing? Was that not "personal" enough for him?
Nothing, he isn't of the right cloth.
Well, Jim, if one wanted to go by military experience, John McCain would probably be better qualified not only than Rudy, but than most of the GOP field. But I'm not helping, am I?
Hell, NOBODY does "personal revenge" better than the Clintonistas and look where eight years of them got us.
I would say you have to look at all the likely candidates:
McCain
Guiliani
Romney
Clinton
Edwards
Obama
Richardson
Not much military experience anywhere at the division level or above.
However, let's look at character and attitude towards the enemy. You can rule out all the Democratic candidates right away. Both Guiliani and McCain are aggressive and combative towards external and internal enemies. Romney, while good on other issues, is too much of a compromiser and talker.
McCain actually fought in combat, but was not in high command. One can admire him as a veteran while wondering how he would do now. He may have a little too much desire for popularity to be as tough as he would have to be.
Rudy, as an attorney general, ran devastating campaigns against gangs and criminals. If he were to treat al Qaeda like he treated the five Mafia families of New York, they would have a tough life. He certainly would not hesitate to authorize the CIA to use unorthodox or rough tactics against America's enemies. Nor would he hesitate to round up internal terrorists just because CAIR might whine.
If Rudy was born in 1944 he's not 60...he'll be 63 in May.
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