Posted on 03/07/2007 8:55:16 AM PST by NormsRevenge
POINT LOMA – Former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, who is working California harder than any other 2008 presidential candidate, said yesterday that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's governing style is one he would emulate as president.
“Your governor is a good example,” said Giuliani, during a San Diego campaign stop. “Kind of the way I was mayor of New York City, it's the way he's governor of California. He is above and beyond everything else a problem-solver and that's what I would be as a president.”
With the likelihood that the California presidential primary will move to Feb. 5 next year, California is getting more than the usual attention from the large field of presidential hopefuls in both major parties.
Yesterday, the state Assembly passed a bill to shift the primary from June and sent it to Schwarzenegger, who is expected to sign it into law.
Giuliani, who leads Republican contenders in most national polls, is making his third extended campaign swing through the state in the past month.
Yesterday, Giuliani greeted lunchtime diners at Point Loma Seafoods and spoke to reporters between fundraising events.
Supporters of the former mayor and many independent political analysts believe Giuliani has a chance to return California to the Republican column for the first time since the 1988 presidential election because of his distinctive political profile. Giuliani – whose image of decisive leadership was forged after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 – appeals to conservative voters on crime, taxes and foreign policy, and moderate-to-liberal ones on social issues.
“With the idea that the primary's moving up to February 5, it becomes not only an important state for winning the election, but for winning the nomination,” he said. “So we've spent a lot of time here already, and I suspect we'll be spending a lot more time here.”
Kay Spafford, a longtime Republican activist in Point Loma, said she strongly supports Giuliani.
“I'm a little worried about the way this country is going,” she said. “I think he's a strong leader and is really concerned about what is best for the country.”
While Giuliani's liberal stands on issues such as abortion, gay rights and gun control are expected to cause him problems among some conservative elements of the Republican Party, they appeal to Republican Yvonne Wylie, who was finishing her lunch as Giuliani dined on red clam chowder at a nearby table.
“I think he would allow me to decide whether I want to have a baby,” she said. “I think he would let the gays get married. I think he would let me die the way I want to.”
Giuliani declined to speak about his public rift with his son, Andrew, who said in a recent television interview that he would not campaign for his father because he doesn't get along with his father's third wife, Judith Nation.
“My conversations should be private,” Giuliani said. “I love my family and the more I could ask you to give us a certain degree of privacy, it's going to be better for everybody.”
Call him what you want, I'm having a Total Recall about this Commando. He's just a Predator for GOP votes. He sees himself as Twins with Schwartzenkennedy but in reality he's just a Junior who's trying to Jingle All the Way. Rather than making him our Last Action Hero, let's keep him as Kindergarten Cop, pull out the Eraser on his True Lies and see what we can find after The Sixth Day of searching for a real conservative.
This is truly revealing. I feel sick. Like they did for Ahnuld, everybody's pushing Rudy because he's...electable. Just look what Kalifornia has got now. Ahnuld didn't have the stamina to be conservative, and Rudy will fold just as easily in DC. It's not that difficult when you're not really conservative in the first place.
Yet the faux conservatives here will just put this aside, just like every other of his liberal positions. Grrrrrrr.
"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
"Giulianinegger."
Is that a RINO girlyman?
Not good.
"Two RINOs mating"
Thats enough to make you support abortion!
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Of course Giuliani likes Arnold's style.
They're both screaming liberals.
"Former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, who is working California harder than any other 2008 presidential candidate, said yesterday that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's governing style is one he would emulate as president."
Translation: Campaign and get elected as a Repub and then switch Parties, except in name, and govern as a Dem.
Truly we join Russia and China as one party states.
You don't want the president to solve problems, you liked Clinton, who pontificated but didn't solve any problems, only created more? If he had solved the terrorism problem, while it was a small problem, we may not have had 9-11 and wouldn't be fighting the War on Terror now.
"He is above and beyond everything else a problem-solver and that's what I would be as a president.”
Rudy PING.
((((RUDY PING))))
Well that doesn't thrill me.
What doesn't thrill you?
You have to look at the context. Rudy said he likes Arnold's style with specific regard to Arnold's ability to solve problems. He didn't say anything about ideology. I think everyone can agree that a president who solves problems is better than one who doesn't.
Rudy was just making a softball comment hoping that Arnold will endorse him later. It shouldn't be turned into something that it's not.
But it will be.
BINGO! You said it. Everytime a candidate goes to a state to campaign they schmooze the governor or that state.
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http://www.gohunter08.com/
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Video of Rudy Giuliani in his own words
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVBtPIrEleM
Transcript of video below.
Will the real Rudy show up at CPAC?
Culture of life:
ABC clip:
George Will: "Do you think Roe v Wade was good constitutional law?"
Rudy Giuliani: "Yes I believe, I believe it is."
Cnn Clip December 2, 1999:
Announcer: "Giuliani was then asked whether he supports a ban on what critics call partial birth abortions, something Bush strongly supports."
Rudy Giuliani : "No, I have not supported that, and I don't see my position on that changing."
Immigration
CNN clip:
Announcer: "Back in 1996, mayor Giuliani went to federal court to challenge new federal laws requiring the city to inform the federal government about illegal immigrants."
Rudy Giuliani: "There isn't a mayor or a public official in this country that's more strongly pro immigrant than I am. Including disagreeing with President Clinton when he signed an anti-immigration legislation about two or three years ago."
Gun control:
CNN clip
Rudy Giuliani: "I'm in favor of gun control"
Meet The Press:
Tim Russert: "How about registration of all handguns?"
Rudy Giuliani: "You know I'm in favor of that. I've been on your show many times."
Gay Rights:
CNN Clip:
Announcer: "As mayor he supported civil unions, and extending health and other benefits to gay couples."
ABC Clip: "I supported domestic partnership legislation and signed it"
Meet The Press:
Tim Russert: "So should gay people be openly allowed to serve?"
Rudy Giuliani: "I think people should be judged on the merits. And there should not be a specific focus on someone's sexual orientation."
First Amendment:
ABC Clip
Cokie Roberts: "Would you vote in the senate in favor of Mccain / Feingold?"
Rudy Giuliani: "Yes, I'm a big supporter of Mccain / Feingold. I have been for a long time."
Party Loyalty:
ABC Clip:
Rudy Giuliani: "Frankly George, I'd like to run on all the lines. I'd like to run on the liberal line, the conservative line, I'd like to run on the democratic line if I could figure out how to do it."
Conservative Values:
Meet The Press:
Tim Russert: "Whether it's gays in the military, gun control, campaign finance, late term abortion - you and Hillary Clinton are in sync on those issues."
Rudy Giuliani: "Well then maybe the other side should stop the 'He's part of the vast right wing conspiracy'."
Welcome To CPAC, Rudy!
End clip.
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