Posted on 04/03/2007 4:02:00 AM PDT by Liz
The Giuliani '08 juggernaut just ran head-on into Podhoretz's First and Last Law of Politics, namely: No politician seeking the nation's highest office can do as much damage to another as he can do to himself. --SNIP-- The question before us today is whether Rudy Giuliani committed a blunder of comparable proportions by consenting to a Barbara Walters request for a joint interview with him and his wife Judi - during the course of which he said, embarrassingly, that he would welcome her presence at Cabinet meetings and listen to her closely on issues relating to health care.
Until that moment, he had handled his presidential bid as perfectly as could be imagined......his four months of bliss came to an end when ABC News released the first snippets of the Walters interview last Thursday..... Walters moment only revealed that Rudy ......thought he could say something cute about his wife that really wasn't cute at all - seemed perhaps more about currying favor with her than about finding the appropriate balance between portraying a loving marriage and depicting a future presidency. Of course, what Rudy was doing with Barbara Walters was an effort....- to neutralize the damaging effect of his marital history by being open and clear and honest. He did that well.....then he muffed it.
News of the Walters interview began a 96-hour ordeal for Giuliani that included the leak of his grand-jury testimony in the case of his former police commissioner's ties to a crooked contractor - potentially his most serious liability - and the revelations that Judi Giuliani has actually been married more than twice and had worked for a medical-equipment firm that used (and thus killed) dogs.
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Don’t bother with that writerscramp guy, he’s a paid Rudytroll, and trying to bait decent freepers.
“Rudy will lose Tennessee, Arkansas, Kentucky, West Virginia, Colorado, Louisiana, and most of the mountain states because he will disarm the GOP of its winning issues there - Abortion, Guns, and Gay Unions.”
Actually, he’s doing well in the South. Read the article recently posted on this site about how well he’s being received in NC. That is not untypical. There has been no opposition of any magnitude within the conservative southern community—except for a diehard my-way-or-the-highway fringe. Most conservatives have a good appreciation of the tremendous clout in the blue and purple states that Rudy brings to the table.
It's embarrassing that he (and most JulieAnnie apologists) would even POST on a conservative forum!!
P.S. I should have known better!
“i am FROM pennsylvania, my husband is from upstate NY, we live in suburban VA outside of DC, my brother and his family live in Ohio. i know NO ONE who is a rudy supporter. my liberal friends actually support hillary or [don’t laugh] Kucinich. the libs are from NYC and have told me that while they or their families might THINK about voting for rudy, when push comes to shove, they will vote for a dem.”
You keep bringing up these personal anecdotes. They prove nothing. In fact I never claimed he’d take NY which is pretty safely Hillary territory. But he will force her to spend a great deal of money to protect her home turf. And he WILL take NJ and CT where he continues to poll strongly. The loss of either state would cost Hillary the election. But she not only stands to lose NJ and CT, but OR, IO, PA, OH, MN, FL and probably CA.
“i am FROM pennsylvania, my husband is from upstate NY, we live in suburban VA outside of DC, my brother and his family live in Ohio. i know NO ONE who is a rudy supporter. my liberal friends actually support hillary or [don’t laugh] Kucinich. the libs are from NYC and have told me that while they or their families might THINK about voting for rudy, when push comes to shove, they will vote for a dem.”
You keep bringing up these personal anecdotes. They prove nothing. In fact I never claimed he’d take NY which is pretty safely Hillary territory. But he will force her to spend a great deal of money to protect her home turf. And he WILL take NJ and CT where he continues to poll strongly. The loss of either state would cost Hillary the election. But she not only stands to lose NJ and CT, but OR, IO, PA, OH, MN, FL and probably CA.
You may be correct, I suspect something similar hence my line “You should get a job writing for SNL (after your job shilling for Rudy is over) thats how funny you sound.” in #234
Anyone who supports Rudy on FR is either dumb or a troll who should be banned instantly.
Once was enough, no need to spam the thread with your bogus drivel.
If FreeRepublic wants donations from conservatives,,,,
allowing so-called conservatives to SPEW LIBERAL MANTRA in support of a liberal like JulieAnnie,,,,
is HARDLY going to help the cause!!
Someone mentioned people being paid to shill for Rudy on FR and it seems wierd that some of them shut up and stop responding when someone fronts them out on this. Maybe there is something to it?
You are a very funny man.
Or maybe it is too idiotic to respond to.
You are a real piece of work.
After all,,,,why in the world would ANY conservative support someone SO LIBERAL,,,,
that the Republican Party wouldn't even invite him to their national convention in '96?????
Are you ever going to debate, or just follow me around thread to thread to attack me?
I’m touching a raw nerve.
'when you are taking FLACK'''
you are OVER THE TARGET!!!...lol
Nobody likes a tattle tale
Another twofer like the Clintons? No thank you! : )
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