Posted on 03/26/2007 6:53:24 AM PDT by pissant
Introduction
Rudy Giuliani has been barnstorming the nation, proclaiming himself a conservative and saying his hero is Ronald Reagan. Recent opinion polls suggest his campaign is striking a chord with the GOP’s rank and file, and New York’s neo-conservatives have taken the lead in promoting the former Mayor as the savior of the Republican Party, and heaven knows the GOP needs saving.
But those polls also indicate that most Republicans around the country don’t really know where Mr. Giuliani stands on key issues, and those who do know are glossing over some very striking philosophical flaws—at least from a truly conservative perspective. Rudy supports abortion, including partial-birth abortion and government funding of abortion, and he is in favor of gun control, gay rights, domestic partnerships, and bias-crime laws. And that’s just a short list.
As a conservative activist who has observed Giuliani for many years (and ran against him in the ’93 mayoral election), I can say categorically that he is not now and never has been a conservative. In my judgment, his record leaves no doubt that he’s a lifelong liberal.
From undergraduate days writing for his college newspaper, throughout his extensive legal career, and especially in his very visible political service—up to an including his actions after 9/11—Giuliani has held and promoted leftist views.
(Excerpt) Read more at rhsager.com ...
What is this? Someone's term paper?? :)
He's accomplishing so much waving his fist at the liberal establishment.
There's a good reason for this. The Republican Party in New York is so liberal that it would be considered the Communist Party in most other states.
PING to a very nice history.
Not in a state full of commies, he can't.
Exactly.
Maybe Rudy's terminal paper.
Well, Rudy was able to get elected in NYC on very liberal positions.
Which is fine for New York. But not for the rest of the country. Marlin is much more in tune with Red America than Rudy.
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But this is interesting, from his website:
REAGAN
David N. Dinkins, the Democratic candidate, has depicted Mr. Giuliani, former United States Attorney in Manhattan, as a loyal Reagan Republican who carried out the President's agenda that “was painful to our city and our urban centers.” At the same time, Mr. Giuliani has tried to distance himself from the conservative Administration, pointing to occasions when he dissented from its policies and portraying himself as the candidate of a nonpartisan reform movement…. But in his primary campaign, Mr. Giuliani noted frequently that he was supported by the liberal wing of the Republican Party and maintained that he never embraced Mr. Reagan's broad conservative agenda.
On one occasion his campaign staff released a copy of a letter he wrote in June 1984, as United States Attorney in Manhattan, in which he appeared to oppose efforts by the Administration to improperly deny Social Security disability benefits to some recipients. New York Times, October 11, 1989 (Emphasis Added)"
Would you support the improper denial of disability benefits to those in need??
It's a book: "Rudy Giuliani: Lifelong Liberal" (Marlin) utilize Rudy’s own words, news reports and commentary from both the left and right to prove that contrary to what we’ve been hearing and reading, Rudy Giuliani is what he has always been—a liberal. It is my hope that after reviewing this material, conservatives will take stories of Giuliani’s Damascus Road-like conversion with a grain of salt.
George J. Marlin March 14, 2007
…most of Clintons Policies are very similar to most of mine... Rudy Giuliani 1996
On Abortion ...I’ve said that I’ll uphold a woman’s right to choice, that I will fund abortions so that a poor woman is not deprived of a right others can exercise… Rudy Giuliani 1989.
On Gun Control ...This is an industry that is profiting from the suffering of innocent people. What’s worse, its profits rest on a number of illegal and immoral practices. This lawsuit is meant to end the free pass that the gun industry has so long enjoyed... Rudy Giuliani 2000 after filing suit against gun makers and distributors.
On Gun Control ....We need a federal law that bans all assault weapons, and if in fact you do need a handgun you should be subjected to at least the same restrictions-and really stronger ones-that exist for driving an automobile... Rudy Giuliani 1997
Big difference between a doer and a whiner.
Marlin bitches about the slow response time of the fire department while Rudy picks up the hose and fights it himself.
Big difference.
It's worth noting that New York is the only U.S. state with a robust Conservative Party that runs its own candidates in state, county, and local elections.
Maybe if we nominate Rudy, the Conservative Party could become a strong national party.
This way everyone here can hate him when he becomes President
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