The first question from the crowd was regarding (no surprise) Illegal Immigration. Rudy essentially gave three steps that need to be enacted in any immigration reform legislation. The first step is to seal the borders. Secondly, there needs to be a mechanism for those who are here illegally to come forward so that we can identify who they are and screen them for criminals and potential terrorists. Thirdly, any immigration reform measure would have to included an English language requirement to foster assimilation into American Culture.
SECOND on Gay Marriage both Fred and Rudy are opposed - but Fred said that civil unions should go to the states.
And Rudy's past belies his current comments.
Rudy accepts homosexual civil unions, and doesn't care what the states think. Rudy knowingly allowed illegals to live in New York City. The difference is that Rudy has a track record that most people in the Republican Party find reprehensible.
Thompson doesn't carry this baggage.
This is part of the problem. You think that because we don't agree with YOUR interpretation, that we are wrong. We happen to be right in our opposition to Giuliani. He is not a conservative, no matter how you want to paint him. By this time next year, he will prove to be unelectable.