The interesting part of this poll (prompted by the LINKED editorial in Post #1) is why LIBERALS don't like Giuliani.
Giuliani looks more and more like conservatives' 80% friend.
Because he has an (R) after his name. Oh, and he brought down crime (because he empowered the police), which is always a no-no (though they should be cheering his gun control policies...but hey, liberalism is a mental disorder).
"Giuliani looks more and more like conservatives' 80% friend."
LOL.
Let's see:
- Agrees with the brady bunch on gun control
- Agrees with NARAL on abortion
- Supports Sanctuary City policies and mccain / kennedy amnesty bill
- Agrees with mccain / Feingold CFR
- Supports "hate crime" laws
- Global warming supporter
Which of those are on the conservative side?
Oh wait, he's talked tough on the WOT. No actual military or foreign policy experience.
And he's a tax cutter, but only for the tax cuts he likes.
The rudyboosters are delusional if they think he's rudy's a friend to the conservative. If he's anybody's 80% friend, it's the liberals, since he fights for their policies.
You people outside NY have no idea what it took to govern NYC in the early 90's. The place was a disaster and headed for the ultimate collapse. Comparing it to Rome in the final days would be completely unfair to Rome.
In addition, he had a complete dim council, a not all to cooperative state government and governor and a bunch of complete morons running the city. The fact that he got the squeegee guys off the street in his first week was a miracle.
Then he merged NY's three separate huge police forces, housing, transit and PD. The pols were trying to do this for 50 years. He got the internet integrated into city business. He kicked the mob out of the garbage bus and cut city garbage rates by over 80 percent. He kicked the mob out of the Fulton fish market. In a sign of defiance they burned the place down.
The list of his accomplishments is barely known by those inside NYC let alone outside NYC. Welfare roles were by cut over 60 percent. The list goes on and on. So you ideologues out there, stop worrying about things that no president is going to ever change and start thinking about how this country needs to be run.