Posted on 03/06/2007 1:46:18 PM PST by areafiftyone
Bush isn't that great of a communicator, and has trouble stringing sentences together during press conferences. That does not inspire confidence-- some even console themselves by thinking Bush is a puppet for sinister forces behind the scenes, rather than face the possibility that he's really not that intelligent.
Giuliani makes the case that we can't make the bad guys go away by having a vote on it. The Revolutionary Islamists are at war with us, whether we fight for freedom or not. They don't hate us because we sometimes fail to live up to our ideals -- they hate us *because* of our ideals. One Giuliani saying this stuff is worth more than a 100 Hagels who aren't.
It also explains some of the cab drivers.
Regards, Ivan
If his past is any indication, we will have:
Law and Order... As long as that doesn't include immigration law, laws supporting the Second Amendment or any other laws Rudy personally doesn't like.
Solid Judges ... As long as the judges are liberals like he appointed in NY.
Free markets... Does this mean rent control for the whole Country?
Killing terrorists... He hasn't been involved in this or any other military activity in the past. He actively avoided the draft. But hey, he sure sounds tough.
Sorry, you are asking any conservative to swallow too much.
Amen to that . This is pro Rudy fantasy fluff .
Hillary is a carpet bagger who relocated to New York as a planned move for her chance to get into White House. She had inside Polling surveys done, to determine where she was most popular, to guarantee her a victory.
New York was the place, but then, you are the last person to be told that. You knew that before most of us did.
I believe her home State was Arkansas? (I'm not sure where she was born.)
Hillary is not a NYer.
One can occasionally discern a Midwestern lilt in her accent - that's when she's not attempting a Butterfly McQueen impersonation.
Regards, Ivan
Sorry you keep writing that talk will carry the day for the GOP. Facts on the ground does not need talk.
Rudy would not abide Arafat's presence nor the magnanimous sheik's insinuation America had got what it deserved.
Because after all, Rudy is very bullish on America--in a way we've not seen since [thunderbolt] Ronald Reagan.
We're ready for that shining city on the hill to re-emerge from the Unholy Alliance's slanders.
Good, good, and good.
I'm from the Midwest, she is hard to nail down, since she became a master of impersonating a woman.
If want to make a case for action, on, let us say, the Iranian nuclear program, you're going to have to talk about it.
Otherwise, the Dems will tell their banal narrative of Western Imperialism for Oil Companies UNCONTESTED, and many people will believe it. We as Republicans have the right to make our case on this.
One, Rudy's economic policies are generally good. Rudy is an opponent of Hillarycare, is for school choice, cut taxes 23 times, and removed NYC's corrupt affirmative action program for businesses, among other things. I agree with you that rent control sucks, but in New York City, opposing it means losing the votes of elderly people and others dependent on it. There is a limit to how conservative you can be and still get things done, especially in New York City.
On war, certainly you know that ideas matter. If the extent of military service mattered, we would blindly support Wes Clark, who was wounded in 'Nam and became Supreme Commander of NATO. Understanding what Revolutionary Islam is about is especially important for the future of our country, and I'm surprised you don't take that as seriously as the obnoxious rent control policy.
On social matters, again, Giuliani has been fighting in the trenches, cleaning up the streets over the objections of clowns like Sharpton, standing up to anti-Christian publically funded art, cracking down on pornographers and prostitutes and so forth. If Rudy can accomplish this much in the most liberal city in the country, I'm willing to listen to his agenda for America's future.
Socially here is what Rudy COULD (not will it's all hypothetical right now)
1. Another ban on EBR ownership, this time a more comprehensive one.
2. Firearms makers sued out of exitence
3. Gun and knife shows banned.
Homosexuals:
1. Throwing out don't ask, don't tell
2. no support for the protection of marriage amendment
3. Domestic partnerships legislation
Abortion:
1. Crap shoot on judges, more than likley liberal ones will be appointed by a Rudy presidency.
2. More funding for planned parenthood's "condoms on cucumbers" type programs.
3. Expanded federal money going to fetal stem cell research.
Rudy may be a terror warrior, but on social issues, he may not be a conservatives choice.
"we" need to decide what exactly a conservatives "is" and is "not"
I almost would rather lose and let Hilliary implement those things that I listed, then have to spend another 8 years trying to justify a Republican President destroying conservatism.
Hillary never was and never will be a Noo Yawker.
Add me to the Rudy ping list, please. Thanks!
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