New York Label May Not Fit All in Giuliani Run

NY Times ^ | March 8, 2007 | ADAM NAGOURNEY

[neverdem]

Rudolph W. Giuliani in a light moment with his friend Howard Koeppel at Gracie Mansion in 1997.
There are two other AP pics that for some reason I can't get the cursor to copy their URLs at their webpage. Here's the webpage URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/08/us/politics/08rudy.html?hp

One's his last wedding day. The other he's dressed in drag with Julie Andrews. He'll play in the Borscht Belt. I don't know about the Bible Belt.

[CWOJackson]

He dressed in drag?

Wow! I never heard about that before.

[My2Cents]

Who cares? He's now "America's Mayor," not "New York's Mayor."

[My2Cents]

Seems like the more that anti-Rooties post those pictures of him in drag, Rudy's poll numbers go up. What's with that?

[Sun]

"I never heard about that before."

You don't get out much, huh?

[neverdem]

Diane Bondarefff/Associated Press
Mr. Giuliani with Judith Nathan at their wedding in 2003.

Joe DiMaria/Associated Press
Mr. Giuliani dressed as a woman in a skit with Julie Andrews in 1997.

[CWOJackson]

Sssshhhhhhhh! That word gets out and the other candidates will give it a try. Just the thought of Hunter and Tancredo fighting over a pair of black pumps while McCain tries on short skirts and Romney...

Did you know he's been divorced also?

[CWOJackson]

Holy J. Edgar Hoover! Doesn't he know that shade of lipstick with a pink gown makes him look cheap?

[neverdem]

It appears that enlarging too many pics in their own window will interfere with copying the URLs of those pics. After closing the window of that first pic, you see the results.

[Sunsong]

He dressed in drag?

Wow! I never heard about that before.

LOL - Nice to see you back!

[CWOJackson]

Thanks but not for long. We're currently waiting on our electrical contractor to get his thing done and we'll be back to work.

I have to say I really didn't think things would have changed much. Boy was I surprised.

When did Rudy Guliani take over the mantle of most hated from the President?

[unsycophant]

::: swish :::

[CWOJackson]

What, are you subbing for Ann Coulter?

[Sun]

"When did Rudy Guliani take over the mantle of most hated from the President?"

We don't hate Rudy, we love our country, and don't want it to be ruined.

[Sun]

If you run a liberal against a liberal, you will end up with a LIBERAL!

[CWOJackson]

I imagine that supporters of every candidate out there thinks the same thing.

[Sunsong]

When did Rudy Guliani take over the mantle of most hated from the President?

Well GW is on the way out and Rudy may be on the way in. They think they're cutting their losses(s).

And Rudy is so flawed - the guy even admits to making mistakes in his life. I mean compared to the level of perfection we see displayed here every day - you can see that a flawed human being is just not acceptable(s).

[Sun]

But most of us are conservatives on FR, and conservatives are smart and RIGHT.

Rudy is just the OPPOSITE of conservative....

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:

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?"

"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'."

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See Rudy for yourself on YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVBtPIrEleM

[Prokopton]

"And Rudy is so flawed - the guy even admits to making mistakes in his life. I mean compared to the level of perfection we see displayed here every day - you can see that a flawed human being is just not acceptable(s)."

You might as well be making your sarcastic point about Hillary. She can't be too liberal for you or too "flawed". Sheesh!

[Prokopton]

Who cares? He's now "America's Mayor," not "New York's Mayor."

He isn't my mayor and he won't be my president either