Also from the article:
George W. Bush has socially conservative opinions but he avoids confrontation with the cultural left the way cats avoid water. Even when he does the right thing he feels compelled to do it in an apologetic, almost cringing way that empowers his enemies and dispirits his supporters.You know, America couldn't be the superpower that it is today if it wasn't for its people ability to succeed. If we as a nation didn't have that entrepreneurial spirit that propels us to take risks and put our ideas forward. The idea that we can be anything we want and achieve our dreams is an American phenomena. Those ideals are more alive in America than anywhere else in the world because we are bound by our cultural values: freedom and individual rights. And we couldn't continue as a superpower unless as a nation we didn't have a natural instinct to not only survive, but to reaffirm our place in the world.He will nominate sound judges (most of the time) but never make the case that Roe v. Wade needs to be overturned because it is the cornerstone of the left's profoundly destructive jurisprudence of judicial supremacy. He will stand against federal funding of embryonic stem-cell research but never articulate the strong libertarian basis for that stand or attack the callous disdain his political opponents show for the inherent value of human life. He will say as little as humanly possible about the drive for "gay marriage."
Unlike any current or former president named Bush, Rudy Giuliani has never been afraid to appall the left. He may very well be ideally situated to puncture two of the left's most cherished idiocies and hand social conservatives near total victory in the long-running culture war.
That's why I am confident that the GOP will nominate Rudy, and I'm more confident still that the nation will elect Rudy to be our next president. Why? Because Rudy is the man we need today. We don't need a soft, almost apologetic President to conduct the presidency. We need a strong individual who has the capability to even be ruthless sometimes. We need someone who will fight for us. He might not agree 100% with us conservatives, maybe not even 80%, but the remaining 70% makes clear that he will fight for us and won't let us down. And that's why am supporting Rudy, and that's why he is going to win.
Hillary or Obama won't fight the terrorists, and our social conservatism is meaningless if our existence is at mercy of the enemy. Rudy is the man for this time - and as a nation (note I am not referring to groups or particular individuals) we'll make the right choice, because as Americans we instinctively know who can get the job done.
Rudy is the man for this time - and as a nation (note I am not referring to groups or particular individuals) we'll make the right choice, because as Americans we instinctively know who can get the job done.
As a general principle you're certainly right, and in Rudy's case i think you are right, too. But remember, Americans drop the ball now and then - they elected Jimmy Carter in 1976 and despite the clear deficiencies in policy, they would vote for Bill Clinton again with open arms.
The instinct is there but Americans sometimes wander off the reservation now and then. :-)
By preserving the Republic against the Islamofascist onslaught, he insures that the last, best crucible of those ideas is preserved, a crucible wherein a general may propose a stand against immorality--and not a discouraging word will be heard--outside of the candidate from Massachusetts and the usual Senate bloviators.
He made the city safe for all its citizens--and he'll do the same for the country.
And he has personal opinions--but they are not the prime mover; the prime mover is the security-slash-fiscal crisis.
Expect wailing and gnashing of teeth from sectors including but not limited to CAIR, ACLU, Code Pink, Al Gore's Carbon-Offsets-R-Us, et al.
And he's likeable.