You just don't understand.
He is a CONSERVATIVE!
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Don't you know, we aren't to discuss Rudy's past, post facts, or say anything here that would reveal who Rudy really is? Besides, it isn't about his past actions, it's about what he *SAYS* he will do in the future. We gotta believe him, if you don't believe me well, just wait...the Rudybots are coming to set us straight!!!
Rudy, the left wing media adores him, the MSM loves him, spineless jellyfish drool after him.
Me I am waiting for the Newt bomb to be dropped on them all!
Rudy stands not much of a chance getting any conservative votes unless his opponent is the Hildabeast. Compared to anyone else, he's a radical left-winger.
The full ping list from napkinuser's page (hope you don't mind, napkinuser)
From race42008.com:
...the Politico has an article discussing the judges Giuliani appointed while mayor of NYC. The article claims those judges have tended to lean left, and thus Giuliani’s past record of appointing judges conflicts with his present claims that he would appoint judicial conservatives.
This article is quite misleading. Anyone with even a slight understanding of NYC politics and NYC courts understands that the legal community in NYC is overwhelmingly liberal. The panels chosen to investigate and approve judicial candidates are controlled by the local borough Democrat parties. Thus, in general, the only candidates “approved” by these panels are overwhelmingly liberal Democrats. Ultimately, the mayor has almost no practical effect on the process, and is left to choose from the best of the worst, so to speak. Genuine merit or legal acumen rarely factors into the panels’ approvals. Tus, there is an enormous difference between who Giuliani was able to pick in NYC and who he would be able to pick as president.
Another important consideration, which is mentioned in the article, is that the judges the mayor appoints hear and decide low level cases that rarely involve any of the issues a federal judge would hear. In fact, these issues are so banal and tedious they are rarely heard by the NY Supreme Courts, which are the trial level courts in NY, much less the Appellate Divisions and the Court of Appeals. The judges the mayor is involved in selecting sit in City criminal courts (mostly misdemeanor and petty stuff), the family courts, and the Civil Court, which is essentially small claims court. Needless to say, these judges rarely deal with constitutional issues, with major statutory cases, or with issues that have major social/cultural implications.
In conclusion, there is almost nothing to infer from Giuliani’s NYC judicial appointments when attempting to guess who or what he might look to when selecting federal judicial nominees. The article is misleading and is an attempt to make conservatives (both judicial and social) doubt Giuliani and his commitment to place judicial conservatives on the courts.
I'm not sold on Rudy, but if you think he was going to be a conservative mayor of NYC in all respects, you need your head examined. You need to understand what that city is, its demographics, etc. For Giuliani to clean up crime and control the budget and taxes were major profiles in courage. That is a left wing city to the core. NYC is the origin of everything liberal left wing.
Yeah. How does it feel?????? /sarc
Who's gonna listen to a poster on "Donklephant?"
Now if it were "Elekey" that might be a different matter.
These recent stories have dampened my enthusiasm for Rudy- I will admit that. But the one thing that is notably absent in these Rudy bashing stories is exactly what actual flesh and blood conservative we're supposed to support who can beat Hillary.
You guys may delude yourself that Duncan Hunter or Newt Gingrich could beat Hillary, but no serious political commentator thinks that is the case. In case you didn't notice, conservatives didn't exactly knock 'em dead in the 2006 Congressional elections.
So yes, I'm leaning towards Rudy as the only candidate I see us having who can beat Hillary. You guys can "keep it real" with Duncan Hunter if you want, but Hillary would wet herself with glee if she saw us nominate someone like that.
I want Hillary to be shrieking at her advisers on election night 2008, not gloating at all of us. And Rudy is the guy I see us having who can make her lose, and lose big.
Did Rudy marry his SECOND COUSIN? I assume the first wife....
Question: Where exactly was this huge pool of Freeper-quality conservative lawyers in New York City, ready, willing and qualified to be lower-court judges, that Rudy could have appointed and ignored instead?
Giuliani on Hannity: VIDEO AND TRANSCRIPT
So what I do say to conservatives because then you want to look at well okay what can we look to that is similar to the way you think. I think the appointment of judges that I would make would be very similar to if not exactly the same as the last two judges that were appointed. Chief Justice Roberts is somebody I work with, somebody I admire. Justice Alito, someone I knew when he was US attorney, also admire. If I had been president over the last four years, I can't think of any-- that I'd do anything different with that. I guess the key is and I appointed over 100 judges when I was the mayor so it's something I take very, very seriously. I would appoint judges that interpreted the constitution rather than invented it.
Rudy contends he'll apoint conservative judges. Gives his reasons, those he admires, GWB's apointments which he supports, he'll take it seriously, but also asks us to look to the 100 judges he appointed as mayor.
Rudy put the apointments in play, the same way John "Reporting for Duty" Kerry brought his military record to the center of the campaign.
nice cherry picking of his numbers..