Posted on 03/10/2007 5:42:54 AM PST by veronica
For the moment, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani sits on double-digit leads over the rest of the Republican presidential-hopeful pack in several national polls.
Why?
"It appears to me that Rudy is going aggressively after the conservative vote," says Pennsylvania Republican and former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum. "He has not ceded that ground to anybody."
Santorum, known nationally for his social conservatism, says Giuliani does a good job of reminding people how he governed as a conservative on crime, welfare and taxes in New York City.
Santorum also believes Giuliani has scored points on social issues with his comments about judges and Supreme Court justices.
"Rudy understands that, on those issues, the courts are where conservatives have been losing the battle," he says. "If he is going to be appointing judges in the Scalia-Thomas (mold), then he is sending a very positive message to conservatives that he understands the importance of having the Constitution interpreted for what it says and not for what people want it to be."
(Excerpt) Read more at pittsburghlive.com ...
If you believe that, you are either certifiably insane or living in Bizzaro World.
Rudy is not ideal, but if he is the Republican nominee, he has my vote. The same goes for John McCain (whom I personally despise), Duncan Hunter (whoever he is), Newt Gingrich (who is way too smart to be a POTUS candidate) or Mitt Romney (whatever his position of the day turns out to be).
Remember: The enemt of the "good" is not the bad. It is the perfect. There are no perfect Rep candidates. But, the worst they have to ofer is way better than the best the socialists have to offer.
LOL. What I notice, more than a common element among those candidates, are shared traits among the ragers. Their small mindedness is becoming nearly legendary and thanks to their spamming the threads with pictures of Rudy in drag, FR is referred to as a transexual site.
That is because the 'schlepper' wears JCPenny suits.
How am I doing with the new word you taught me Veronica?
Been to Saks lately?
But that's not correct, Calpernia. Santorum said that Rudy did a good job governing as a conservative. That's a big, big difference.
LOL!!
You know FR is in trouble when it posts more photos of Guliani in a dress then it does of Ann Coulter...at least the Mayor had some curves.
Name a compelling "true" conservative candidate with wide appeal since 1988???
Hmmmmm...I look at him and he just screams polyester.
As a bible thumper from KY - I resemble that remark! :-)
In all seriousness, the disdain & disgust that reeked out of your remark disturbs me. I've heard similar remarks from people like Cindy Sheehan & her friends, not to mention Bill Maher, Al Franken & Rosie O-Donald. I've also heard fellow freepers, yourself included, make such remarks.
Gosh, if the republican party is going to start insulting me because of my religion & where I come from - what's the point of me being there? I can go to the next Code Pink meeting and get that kind of treatment.
I remember when I first found Free Republic - it was like a breath of fresh air to be able to share my views with like-minded people. The air's not so fresh around here lately. I respect your support of Guiliani, I will not make fun of your religion & what part of the country you hail from. I won't take myself down to that level.
Y'all have a nice day.
"I think that the No. 1 reason why conservatives are saying that they like Rudy is they think that he is a winner and they want to win in 2008," Gerow says. "They also believe that he is with them on the issues that truly matter."
Exactly.
Here is the quote from the article.
>>>Santorum, known nationally for his social conservatism, says Giuliani does a good job of reminding people how he governed as a conservative on crime, welfare and taxes in New York City.<<<
'Reminding' people.
Santorum didn't say he governed as. Santorum said Giuliani reminded people how he governed as.
That game gets played both ways, Alice. I've been condemned for my support of Rudy because I'm an Anglican. And it's been done by some people who say they are Evangelical.
See flashbunny'a bout me page for more on Rudy
In the 2000 election cycle alone Hunter raking in almost $200,000 from defense industries...surely he could afford one trip to the Mens Warehouse. Then again, he recently slipped to number two behind Murtha in defense contributions so many he's holding onto the bucks.
I realize that. Your post I was responding to said that Santorum was saying that Rudy was doing a good job shopping for the conservative vote.
If Rick didn't believe that Rudy was doing what he said he did, govern as a conservative, I think Rick is would have found a way to articulate that.
He could have used words like pander. He could have tried to deconstruct Rudy's fiscal conservative record in NYT. But Rick didn't do that.
Why NOT rudi?
Let me count the ways!!!!
Speaking of the eight years of the Dole Presidency...compare them to the eight years of the buchanan (purist) presidency.
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