Posted on 03/19/2007 6:05:05 AM PDT by areafiftyone
IF YOU WANT ON OR OFF THIS HIGH VOLUME RUDY PING LIST PLEASE LET ME, PHIKAPMOM OR BUNNYSLIPPERS KNOW!
I acknowledge that Giuliani is tough, and would've responded to the media far better than Bush has.
But that does not excuse his liberal positions, nor does that mean there aren't better candidates out there.
We need a President Giuliani to go out there and do the things that may be unpopular, but it is in our best interest. The other guys seems to be poll watchers when it comes to making decesions. A President Giuliani would be able to communicate with the American people the importance of being on the offensive in the war on terror. That is something seriously lacking from George W. Bush.
Ping.
I can't wait for the debates.
Then the GOP base will seperate the wheat from the chaff.
You forgot the Barf alert. America needs Rudy to go back home and work on his makeup.
I've been wanting another hole in my head too! We'd be lucky it he was even a RINO.
That is exactly the point: Rudy will not stand around excusing his point of view on anything and he will not back down if he knows he is right. Some of the other candidates may be all very fine; they do not seem, however, to be able to gain much of a foothold, either because they do not have enough supporters or because they do not have the right stuff to be president. And being an arch-conservative does not, unfortunately, give you the right stuff automatically.
Just change the title of the article:
"America needs the end of Conservatism!"
How can we ever win again with it, anyway?
What a joke.
Well - it ain't gonna happen.
Or you could change the title to:
"America needs a liberal President" (BARF)
If he "wins" the WOT, but takes us into more socialism, higher taxes and more government...what makes him better than, say, Hillery? She has promised to do all that if elected.
Of all the bluster about "deployment", dates certain, cutting and running....blah blah blah...the WOT WILL continue....and it will have to be addressed by whoever's in the White House....for the terrorists will come "here" if we are not "there".
The only difference that I can see is that if Rudy's President, the terrorists will never get "here", but the socialization of America will continue full speed.
There has got to be a better presidential choice out there....but maybe not....we just may be doomed to live in the "Socalist States of America".
I will say, however, that if the choice comes down to "Dumbo" or Hillery vs. Rudy, I will not "stay home"....I will sadly troop down to my local polling place and vote for Rudy...
I can easily explain my approval of Guiliani.....
He threw Arafat out of Lincoln Center.
He does the right thing, no matter how many ACLU types are biting his ankles.
If I were defending Rudy, I wouldn't probably use an example of a case where his police force gunned down an unarmed man.
BTW, the book "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell has a chapter on the Diallo incident which explains how otherwise good police officers can make tragic mistakes, and what you can do to prevent it.
I don't know if it's because of Malcolm, but a lot of police forces are adopting his policies regarding high-speed chases and training to prevent such tragedies from happening again.
Joe Lieberman supports the War on Terror. Doesn't mean he's not a liberal.
Same thing for Rudy.
As a managing partner of this lobbying firm, Rudy cannot dodge this one no matter how many times he cries in his Merlot over "political attacks".
If the shoe fits, on Rudy it'd be a high heel...
Giuliani was in Florida raising money at a New York Yankees spring training game. After the fundraiser, the former New York mayor watched the game from a front row seat directly behind Yankees manager Joe Torre. He discussed Chavez during the game, saying he is one of the reasons why the United States needs to develop alternative fuels and become energy independent.
"As the president I would make that my number one priority, the way Eisenhower and Kennedy made getting to the moon the number one priority of the American government. It has to consume a tremendous amount of our attention," Giuliani said
So, developing alternative energy is priority number one? What does making it the number one priority of the "American government" mean? What's Rudy's position on drilling in ANWR? How about nuclear energy?
Don't forget History and minor inconvenience of a record. Rudy CUT Taxes in NYC by a higher % than Bush.
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