Evangelist has a Rudy awakening: 'He can win'

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/story/502451p-423750c.html ^ | 3-4-07 | DAVID SALTONSTALL

[McGavin999]

Good grief, what a drama queen. Who said you couldn't vote for who you wanted.

You're just writing things because you're impressed with your own meanderings. You're so far off topic it's not worth answering anymore.

[madprof98]

. . . born-again Christian who helped found an evangelical church in celebrity-soaked Beverly Hills . . .

The "celebrity-soaked Beverly Hills" part sounds a lot like Rudy and his boosters. I'll bet the "born-again Christian" and "evangelical" parts are just so much window-dressing.

[WalterSkinner]

..problem is McGavin

name calling and no argument is all that is in your arsenal...

[McGavin999]

Right, LOL!

[Sunsong]

There have been many very good presidents who were not particularly Christian men in their private life, just as the worst president of the 20th century, Jimmy Carter, a self-identified (and obnoxious) born-again, is so crippled by an adherence to a form of sentimental Christianity that he is dangerous to the survival of the Nation. If Rudy gets national security, crime, social security and Medicare reform, and general fiscal discipline correct, then I can live with stalemate on the other issues right now. I think Rudy can beat the Dems.

A thoughtful post.

[WestVirginiaRebel]

[William Terrell]

Why do Jews tend to support the most liberal and socialist idiot they can find?

[goldstategop]

Rudy is a liberal... but he's not a liar like Hillary. He doesn't tell people what they want to hear. He's intelligent enough to treat them like adults and not insult them with BS flip-floppery.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[JustaDumbBlonde]

"Still, could he win a national campaign? Yet, Rudy G could and with a VP , say like Newt, it would be a rout."

I like Newt and could vote for Newt, but even Newt on the ticket would encourage me to vote for Rudy G. But, that's just me.

[aimee5291]

'Rudy is a liberal... but he's not a liar like Hillary. He doesn't tell people what they want to hear. He's intelligent enough to treat them like adults and not insult them with BS flip-floppery.'

Unless you're married to him or he is your father.

[speedy]

Heehee. Describes the situation perfectly!

[HitmanLV]

I understand - no problem! :-)

[tata]

I am a Southern Baptist and I whole-heartedly support Rudy. So do many in my church and most of my Southern Baptist family members.

The left-wing media would love for the conservative evangelicals to split; therefore, giving Hillary or Obama a free ride into the White House!

[Ciexyz]

Jimmy Carter, a self-identified (and obnoxious) born-again, is so crippled by an adherence to a form of sentimental Christianity that he is dangerous to the survival of the Nation.

Congrats, that's Jimmy in a nutshell. Well said!

[Ciexyz]

As a female, I wouldn't vote for Newt under any circumstances, not after he served his wife divorce papers when she was in the hospital getting treatment for cancer. What a cold-blooded, heartless thing to do.

In contrast, I could care less if Rudy's marriage broke down and he had to move in with two gay friends. So what? What's the big whoop about that?

[phillyfanatic]

I think you are correct about that. My point was that it would not surprise me that Rudy would pick a conserv like Newt to win the South and SW. Still, a Hunter or Huckabee or Pawlenty could heal those daggers the MSM would hurl at the GOP to offset any conserv on the ticket. Posters wrote that they could not vote for Newt. Perhaps. So far, my money and support is for Rudy G but that is because I believe he can defeat the devilish Dems. To see so many conservs whining, and to see that Newt without organization could draw such high numbers, was my idea that many would indeed flow to him if he did run. His baggage of course, would ruin him and the down ticket. Still, his brilliance is overwhelming when comparing him to all the other candidates. Too bad his personal life has been a shambles.

[ryan71]

"You've got to run based on who you are," Giuliani told a group of South Carolina firefighters recently. "If you do it that way, even people who disagree with you sometimes respect you."

Refreshing

[Neu Pragmatist]

I respect and understand your viewpoint .Newt has just as much, if not more, negative baggage as Rudy.
My contention is that Romney can actually enter the general election championing the Conservative platform, and still defeat Hitlary or any other Dim that might be the nominee.Romney is the only one that I see that can do it while advancing our causes .
Rudy, OTOH , appears to be willing to completely write off the social Conservatives under the misperception that our side is all to willing to succumb to the "lesser of two evils game". It won't work this time .

[twonie]

Why can't these Hunter and Romney people just present and cheer for their own candidates? Why do they have to try to destroy not only Rudy but all of us as well? And they do this when they know as well as you and I do that the social misfits from the DU are here looking, and for all we know they are posting in order to start fights. When did we say this election was??!!!