Rudy Runs the Rapids

U.S. News and World Report ^ | 4/1/07 | Mort Zuckerman

[areafiftyone]

Mot too shabby coming from the owner of the NY Daily News who hated Rudy from the Get go when he was mayor.

[areafiftyone]

Mot=Not

[areafiftyone]

(((RUDY PING))))

[Dreagon]

Rudy has no chance. He has already peaked and his star has started to dim. People already know all the positives they care about regarding him, it's pretty much all negatives that are coming out now.....especially as more conservatives find out who he really is. Social conservatives see no difference between him and Hillary as far as issues they care about. Rudy can lead the Republicans nowhere but to defeat.

[areafiftyone]

Rudy has no chance. He has already peaked and his star has started to dim.

Jeeze that's not what a Florida and a North Carolina poll said today. Are you trying to convince me or yourself?

[dirtboy]

Giuliani, a Republican mayor in a city that was Democratic by a margin of 5 to 1, correctly believed that public safety is the most fundamental civil right.

The public can be quite safe and still have no civil rights - Moscow had very little crime during the Soviet era.

The most important civil right is to have government follow its own rules.

[aligncare]

New York was transformed from the crime capital of America into the safest large city in America.

Yes. By employing a liberal agenda of higher taxes, more regulation, increased welfare rolls, and cutting police services. /sacrasm

[JohnnyZ]

He is suggesting, in other words, that he would appoint people whose judicial philosophy is directly contrary to his own. He has also retreated from his long-held support for banning assault weapons, too easily available to criminals. Giuliani's rationale is that his previous position was made from his perspective as mayor of New York City and should not apply to the country at large. No doubt he will soon seek a way to get around his previous position on the issue of gay rights. If you believe all this, he has a bridge to sell you in Brooklyn.

No one can honestly believe this tripe. But the liberals are trying to seize this opportunity to take control of the Republican Party (wait - that didn't happen yet? you ask?) The lies they come fast and furious, rationalizing away any semblance of principle the GOP still clings to.

Well, the libs are out of luck -- we're not going to buy the crap they're selling. Not now, not ever.

[zarf]

Remember: Hillary is not a gun grabber. She would be a safer bet than Rudy.

If it comes down to Rudy or Hillary: VOTE THIRD PARTY OR HILLARY!

[Alberta's Child]

Those of us in New York knew Giuliani long before he emerged from the tragedy of 9/11 as a national hero and America's Mayor. Prior to that terrible day, Giuliani had shown his capacity for decisive leadership in coming to the rescue of a city that seemed out of control. New York was transformed from the crime capital of America into the safest large city in America.

Dear Mr. Zuckerman:

If Giuliani's track record in New York City is such a strong indicator of his ability to run the country, then why is it that almost NOBODY-- especially conservative people and organizations -- considered him a viable White House candidate before 9/11?

Sincerely,

Alberta's Child

[aligncare]

Events tend to propel people to national prominence. Then they are in a position to run. Call it fate.

[veronica]

"Some men are born great... others have greatness thrust upon them."

[GSlob]

"If it comes down to Rudy or Hillary: VOTE THIRD PARTY OR HILLARY!"
You have a nice sense of irony. Otherwise go see a doctor.

[KATIE-O]

Not a bad article for old Mort Zuckerman. I think the media has as much as they are going to get from the Barbara Walters interview where they took Rudy's words out of context and tried to turn Judy into another Hillary. He's doing great and will continue to do so.

[Alberta's Child]

Call it fate.

Or excessive media hype -- whether it's warranted or not.

[KATIE-O]

"....If it comes down to Rudy or Hillary: VOTE THIRD PARTY OR HILLARY!.........."

Either way is a vote for Hillary. No way, Jose! I will vote for the prevailing Republican!!

[noname07718]

It is very easy to predict defeat and to preach the negative. It takes rational thought and convincing logic to illustrate the path to success.

I await with baited breath your brilliant hypothesis on how and with whom, we will be successful in 2008.

A negative posit without a positive alternative is a very specious post.

[noname07718]

Please check the facts before you go off and say less than intelligent stuff. You sound like a knee jerk liberal with that beyond the ken statement. Rudy lowered the tax burden for NYC more than the Federal Government did under Reagan!

[noname07718]

Sorry Areafiftyone. Didn't see it was you and the "/sacrasm
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Tom