Thank you Vanna White.
Posted on 03/21/2007 6:08:05 AM PDT by veronica
March 21, 2007 -- RUDY Giuliani's supporters call him "America's Mayor." But he is something more: the first serious presidential candidate in history with a vowel at the end of his name. Oddly, so far in this year of ethnic- and gender-identity politics, Rudy's Italian-American heritage hasn't been much of an issue. Much more attention has gone to Hillary's "favorite daughter" campaign, Barack Obama's quest for African-American authenticity, Bill Richardson self-depiction as the first Hispanic candidate and the Mormon beliefs of Mitt Romney.
Almost nobody has focused on Rudy as the Italian Stallion. Yet.
"Italian-Americans aren't usually thought of as an electoral bloc," says Dr. Diane Heith, a political scientist as St. John's University. "They aren't even polled separately."
Nobody even knows how many Italian-Americans there are. The 2000 census reported almost 16 million, making them the fourth largest white ethnic group - and the only one that experienced growth in the last decade. The National Italian American Foundation puts the number at 25 million, close to 10 percent of the population. Either way, it is possible that there are more Italian-American voters than either blacks or Hispanics.
Not only that, Italian-Americans are strategically located. In four states - New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Connecticut - they make up more than 15 percent of the population. They are also heavily concentrated in the key swing states of Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Florida and California. These are mostly Democratic states; the Republicans haven't had a candidate who could challenge in all of them since Ronald Reagan.
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That you consider leftwing sites "factual" on anything speaks volumes.
With RINO-rudy's cross-dressing, support of the homosexual agenda, living with them, and prancing in gay pride parades alongside them and NAMBLA, I wouldn't be surprised if he has been.
Polled separately, that is.
It was factual on the Giuliani information. There seems to be an abundant supply of bad publicity on Giuliani. He brought it on himself, so if it makes you feel better to blame the websites that publish it, or the Freepers who post it, so be it.
I have respect for AMERICANS that HAPPEN to be Italians.
Saying, in jest, that RINO-rudy MIGHT be good PLAYING a Mafia kingpin, just as James Gandolfini does, should not be considered a slight in any way.
After all, Gandolfini is just PLAYING a mob boss, in much the same way as RINO-rudy is PLAYING a Republican in his bid for the White House.
Good luck with that.
Thank you Vanna White.
>>>I'm sure there are numbers of Italians who are also Catholic who won't vote for Rudy.
This guidette isn't voting for Juliano.
I'd rather vote for MR. ED.
of course....of course.
Adrian?
Oh, I dunno---Rudeo's doing his darndest to mate an elephant with a donkey.
A woman in a hot air balloon realized she was lost. She lowered her altitude and spotted a man in a boat below. She shouted to him, "Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I don't know where I am."
The man consulted his portable GPS and replied, "You're in a hot air balloon, approximately 30 feet above a ground elevation of 2346 feet above sea level. You are at 31 degrees, 14.97 minutes north latitude and 100 degrees, 49.09 minutes west longitude.
She rolled her eyes and said, "You must be a conservative Republican."
"I am," replied the man. "How did you know?"
"Well," answered the balloonist, "everything you told me is technically correct, but I have no idea what to do with your information, and I'm still lost. Frankly, you've not been much help to me."
The man smiled and responded, "You must be a Giuliani supporter."
"I am," replied the balloonist. "How did you know?"
"Well," said the man, "you don't know where you are or where you're going. You've risen to where you are, due to a large quantity of hot air. You made a promise that you have no idea how to keep, and you expect me to solve your problem. You're in exactly the same position you were in before we met, but, somehow, now it's my fault."
Of course if he's flirtatious, charming and has a sense of humor, he can't run for office, at least as a Republican.
"The dems outmaneuvered him in every way in that Senate Committee he chaired that I believe was investigating Chinagate at the time. "
So which senate committee did Rudy chair?? Which accomplishment are you going to use to show us his foreign relations strengths?
Please don't say that he insulted some foreign leader. That doesn't count as diplomacy.
ROTFLMCO-----g-o-o-o-d one.
I've gotta go put on my hip boots... be right back.
Get a grip. I think you don't know what you are talking about.
Hey, stupid -- the joke has been around for years, and the names change every time. And you should learn how to spell before you try to be the posting policeman.
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