The Rudybots are the ones who want to turn this forum into DU . . . or worse. President Rudy and President Hillary would probably have almost identical policies (including policies on terror), but Rudy would make sure that conservatives were driven from the GOP for a long, long time again. We'd have Clinton Democrats and Rockefeller Republicans. No difference.
So if Rudy is nominated, I hope he is crushed, as I expect he will be, once people become aware of his bad character and his support for policies identical to those of the Dems. I expect the Clintons could make them very aware. Why, in opposition to a serial adulterer with a tough-guy persona, Hillary might come out looking like a compassionate Family Values candidate!
Anyone who openly admits they would vote for a Democrat belongs at DU.
Let me help you! Hillary CLinton for President
President Rudy and President Hillary would probably have almost identical policies
Yeah. Any second now. His support will collapse.
Close, but no cigar.
"Almost identical"? Okay, let's say I give you that. Is that tiny margin of "better"---or even the potential that that margin will be better---worth fighting for? Of course it it.
Yet you throw up your hands, wail and quit.
Since you claim there would be "almost identical" policies in a Republican administration, headed by Rudy Giuliani, and a Rat administration, headed by ANY Rat running, please sincerely answer the following questions for me:
In any given choice between two alternatives, it is fundamentally impossible for one to not be better, even if by the tiniest margin.
Remember: it is not just a president we elect on Election DAy. It is an entire administration.
Do you really think the Rat Secretary of Defense would be anything like the Republican Secretary of Defense? What about Homeland Security? Education? EPA? Secretary of State?
Who would the Rats appoint for Ambassadors around the world compared to the Republicans? What about the Ambassador to the U.N.---John Bolton types or Sandy Bergler?
Attorney General? Commerce Department? Veterans Affairs? The Joint Chief? The service Secretaries? The Commandants of the service academies?
What types of individuals would be elevated to general officer and flag status under the Rats? Under the Republicans?
Who would head the FCC under the respective administrations?
Who would write rules and regulations for the military---Rat appointees or Republican appointees? Who would be the General Counsels of all the agencies, writing rules, regulations and executive orders by the reams, with no practical public oversight---Jamie Gorelic was the Clinton DoD GC!
Who would be the better Commander in Chief---ANY Rat running or ANY Republican running?
And that's just a start.