Posted on 04/05/2007 4:42:43 PM PDT by areafiftyone
ALBANY, N.Y. Former Governor George Pataki says today that he would be "honored" to support either former Mayor Rudy Giuliani or Sen. John McCain if they win the Republican nomination.
Pataki hasn't yet ruled out a possible run of his own for the White House,
For his own part, Pataki says he would "continue to focus on policy" with speeches around the country. He delivered one on Iraq in January in which he was critical of the way the war has been handled.
Pataki's latest comments came as he prepared to travel to New Orleans for an April 13th breakfast speech on the rebuilding efforts facing his home state in the wake of the September 11th attacks. Pataki says he hopes some of the lessons of New York may help with the problems facing Louisiana in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
Hey George. I could be happy if you would just shut up.
I thought he was married...
Pataki not coincidentally picked to two biggest RINOs in the field.
Hey George: nobody cares who you would be happy with.
Sounds like he might be happier with Clinton.
I needed a little humor today. LOL!
Hillary would get my vote before Pataki!
(((RUDY PING))))
Pataki? Yes he is married and he has son who is a marine in Iraq.
Not me. I would walk across broken glass to vote for Pataki, McCain or Guiliani IF the alternative was Hillary Rodham Clinton.
But this is academic. There is no way any of those RINOs are going to win the nomination. Guiliani completely destroyed his chances with again claiming that poor women must be allowed public funding for abortions. That one statement exposed him on two fronts. First it again showed he supported abortion and secondly, thought we should pay for them which is socialism. Incredible.
Agreed. Some of the anti-Giuliani extremists around here refuse to admit there is anything to recommend him. In fact, there is a lot, to anyone who watched him turn NYC around.
BUT, abortion is the deal breaker, and he has just made it plain that he doesn’t understand that. So, he has just cooked himself. Open the oven, he’s done.
Hi guys:
Didn’t Giuliani endorse Cuomo over Pataki? And yet, Pataki is still on the rudy slippery-slide down the hill? Was there some kind of quid pro quo involved? I just don’t see how a politician would overlook that level of betrayal... scratching my head
No way
Maybe some Politicians aren’t as vindictive as most people think they should be. Rudy endorsed Pataki for two terms and went thru alot with him on 9/11. You don’t forget those things.
On abortion it is bad enough to support it but to state that we should pay for it? That was a defining moment in Guiliani's campaign IMO.
Of course you would be, all three of you are liberals.
LOL!
I thought Mr. Pataki was a lackluster governor of New York and I think he would make an even less stellar president. But, throwing around over-the-top statements like Hillary would get your vote before Pataki...Well, I suppose you were just exaggerating for effect. Right?
It’s one of those blunders that some candidates never recover from: Makaka times 10 for a Repulican candidate to say there is a constitutional right of poor women to get taxpayer funded abortions.
What was he thinking?
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