"Respect Conservatism" - Rudy Giuliani's distinctive brand?

Weekly Standard ^ | 2/26/07 | Ross Douthat & Reihan Salam

[areafiftyone]

(((((rudy ping))))

[TitansAFC]

NARAL Republicans posting Rudy spam ping.

[Corin Stormhands]

[taxed2death]

...as a former US attorney...then mayor of the US largest sanctuary city...
"Selective law enforcement" seems like a more suitable buzz phrase.

[Obadiah]

Wow. National Review jumping on the Rudy bandwagon? What happened to NR?

[EternalVigilance]

National Review? Reads like USA Today.

[reflecting]

Win at any cost, sacrifice any principle.

[areafiftyone]

NARAL Republicans posting Rudy spam ping.

How grown up of you to call all 200 of us that.

[TitansAFC]

---"How grown up of you to call all 200 of us that."--

It would not surprise me to learn that at least 200 Republicans would eagerly support NARAL or a NARAL-endorsed candidate.

Hell, the old excuse was that it was "New York City and things were different." Now we're talking about the whole country, and yet still the NARAL candidate has supporters.

NARAL Republicans is a completely honest and accurate description. I stand by it.

[areafiftyone]

Whatever. I'm not lowering myself to your level by calling you guys names back. Have fun.

[perfect_rovian_storm]

"Giuliani, increasingly unpopular over a series of police shootings, faced off on his call-in radio program against Margarita Rosario, the mother of a young man who had been shot and killed by two detectives four years earlier. Rather than accept Rosario's version of events, Giuliani challenged her at every turn, carefully recounting the details of her son's encounter with the police and his long rap sheet. At one point, he bluntly suggested the blame for her son's death might lie with her own poor parenting: "Maybe you should ask yourself some questions about the way he was brought up and the things that happened to him."

The thing that gets me is that so many of the people that are so against Rudy are actually the ones that would love him the most if they saw him in action. The above quote is an example. What I always liked about Rudy is that he's an unapologetic, sometimes vicious logical thinker that doesn't take any crap from anyone.

I know it sounds crazy to some and I know he's weak on social issues, but I do believe Rudy's policies will be far tougher than Bush's. Not only in the WOT, but fighting the Dems here at home.

[kellynch]

I am pro-life. But I am also a 40+ year resident of the NY-Metro area, and I support Rudy Giuliani over the pro-lifers who won't have a snowball's chance in Hell against Shrillary, et al.

[EternalVigilance]

"Win at any cost, sacrifice any principle"

Yeah. It could be the first election in history where both party's candidates shared the exact same slogan. Scary, ain't it?

[Peach]

What a terrific, terrific article. So much for the looneytoons on Free Republic who wish to paint Rudy as a liberal.

[EternalVigilance]

Not only in the WOT, but fighting the Dems here at home.

What the hell's he gonna fight 'em on? He agrees with their entire platform.

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

[TommyDale]

[EternalVigilance]

What a terrific, terrific article. So much for the looneytoons on Free Republic who wish to paint Rudy as a liberal.

That's what is known as "whistling past the graveyard."

[areafiftyone]

Good for you and Welcome! :-)

[TitansAFC]

---"I am pro-life."---

No, you're Pro-Rudy. You're supporting NARAL's candidate of choice.

If you are somehow personally Pro-Life, it clarly has no impact on either your world view. Bu