Posted on 03/29/2007 11:57:32 AM PDT by FairOpinion
In his drive to be the first politician to go from City Hall to the White House, Republican Rudolph Giuliani is being schooled on issues by a conservative think tank that helped him dramatically reshape New York City's public policy during his mayoralty.
Giuliani is once again leaning on the expertise of the Manhattan Institute, a conservative brain factory. It was founded nearly 30 years ago by Antony Fisher, who was a mentor to former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and a friend to Reagan administration CIA chief William Casey.
Before Giuliani's first successful mayoral run in 1993, he sat through hundreds of hours of seminars set up by institute members, where he embraced a "zero-tolerance" approach to crime and a tough-love welfare policy that became hallmarks of his administration.
Giuliani says the new approach contributed to the huge crime drop that New York experienced while he was mayor. Homicides in the city plummeted from 1,927 in 1993 to 671 in 2000, according to FBI statistics. Major crimes - which include aggravated assault, robbery, burglary, rape - fell by 57 percent
Fans of the institute say it lives up to its motto of "Turning Intellect into Influence" by forcefully advocating a conservative free-market agenda of tax cuts, privatization, school choice and strict law enforcement - and by aligning itself with rising political stars such as Giuliani to carry it out.
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All we need to go along with this article is that pic of the pig in lipstick.
Giuliani Top Choice Among Both Moderate, Conservative Republicans
http://www.galluppoll.com/content/default.aspx?ci=26911
80% of conservatives have a favorable opinion of Giuliani.
Or you can just not vote and we'll end up with a POS like the Congress we have now because people stayed home.
Let's see how your first statement meshes with your second statement.
Taxes: Rudy opposed the flat tax and opposed repealing the NYC commuter tax.
War on terror - Rudy pushed a corrupt crony for the most important anti-terror job in the country.
Immigration: Rudy defied federal law and federal court orders to protect NYC's sanctuary city policy, and favors shamnesty and a virtual fence instead of a real one.
Judges: Almost all of the judges Rudy appointed as mayor were liberals.
Four strikes. Rudy's OUT! By your own standards. And we haven't even gotten into his pro-abort, pro-gun-control, pro-CFR, pro-gay-rights and pro-global warming positions. Nine strikes!
Conservatives aren't supporting Rudy. That's why every time there is anyone even marginally Conservative who announces support for Rudy, there is a Press Conference, mass of blog postings at Conservative websites, and parades down Madison Avenue with Rudy in a float. "LOOK THERE"S A CONSERVATIVE IN AMERICA SUPPORTING RUDY, WOO-HOO!!!!!
6.) There will be few greater days in the HISTORY of the Conservative movement than the day that Rudy Giuliani is forced to waste his time going to the GOP Convention (remember how he said this?) to endorse the ticket of two Republicans who aren't him in 2008.
7.) Liberals like yourself will never have a candidate Liberal enough for you in the GOP. So why do you purists persist at Free Republic?
Rudy Haters love to make up "stuff" just so they can vent. You are wrong about conservatives not supporting Rudy Giuliani:
....Dick Morris
excerpt of article dated March 29, 2007
The most recent Gallup polling still reflects broad support for Rudy. Not only is he leading among moderate Republicans, but he has a strong lead among conservatives as well. These data belie the contention of some commentators who say that when voters learn that Giuliani is pro-life, pro-gun control, and pro-gay civil unions that they will turn off his candidacy in droves. Despite extensive publicity of Rudys positions on these issues, he is holding a big lead among conservatives.
Giuliani leads McCain among self-described moderate Republicans by 48-26, but also leads among conservative GOP voters by 38-20, both very significant margins:
Republican Vote By Ideology
Moderate Conservatives
Giuliani 48% 38%
McCain 26% 20%
Romney 3% 8%
Gingrich 2% 14%
Source: Gallup poll
http://www.galluppoll.com/content/default.aspx?ci=26911
Why the lead for Rudy among conservatives? Terrorism is the key conservative issue these days and, on that, he measures up to right wing expectations just fine. Even though Giuliani disappoints many on the right with his social positions, his toughness in dealing with terrorists attracts broad admiration.
Rudy is also increasingly seen as the most likely Republican to defeat Hillary Clinton. All the matchups featured in news media showing him ahead in key states like Florida and Pennsylvania also bolster his standing on the right.
Giulianis strong showing among conservatives could, as mentioned above, be seriously challenged by Fred Thompson, based on his true-blue conservative credentials.
Rudy just said he's not supportive of a border fence.
Rudy is pro-abortion, pro-gay and anti-gun. Wouldn't his judicial nominations reflect that philosophy?
Perhaps Hillary is the worst thing that could happen to this country (Hussein Obama wouldn't be the "worstest"?), but she'd be only marginally worse than Rudy.
LOL, your faction is pitiful, IMO.
Despite the way some people like to define conservative, I still think of conservative in the political sense as a small government approach to issues.
Rudy's approach involved the government cracking down. He didn't support people's right to be defend themselves. He supported the government taking stronger control over the populace by enforcing laws more rigidly and consistently.
He actively fought against people's right to bear arms and tried to drive gun companies out of business with liability suits blaming them for the criminal actions of others.
He was more fiscally conservative than the New York Democrats.
He's not really conservative. He's not completely liberal. You can't to use the term fascism without invoking images of Hitler, and Rudy does not have the racist or ultra-nationalist tendencies that are inherent in fascism.
He doesn't easily fit into a category I guess, but he sure isn't conservative.
I think you mean Authoritarian.
Why is the rino being schooled by a "conservative" think tank?Answer: He doesnt have core conservative beliefs!Duncan Hunter would not require a"conserative" think tank because: Duncan Hunter is a conservative and doesnt need a script. So sorry roooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooody
Granted, thats just the tone the article gives off, he does know conservatism, he just disagrees with it on all social issues and agrees with Hillary and Obama on social issues.
In all fairness to Rudy, he disagrees with conservatives on some Constitutional issues as well.
More like "Conservative Sink Tank"
Did the think tank tell him to stop grabbing guns?
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