Posted on 04/06/2007 11:16:37 AM PDT by TitansAFC
Has it crossed your mind that this may be an extremely rough primary in 2008? I asked him.
"It has, and it will be," Giuliani replied. But he also said he did not think the attacks would come directly from other Republican presidential candidates.
"I think more of this comes from the atmosphere in the blogging atmosphere, in the instant news atmosphere, and the minute analysis atmosphere," he said.
Is Rudy blaming bloggers for his recent bad publicity?
Rudy's recent problems have arisen from interviews he granted or speeches he gave.
The most damning information has come from YouTube videos, which merely give the voters a chance to hear Rudy -- in his own words. His primary problems -- the ones that have stuck -- have not come from bloggers scurrilous accusations -- they have come from bloggers reporting his own words.
Debate and argument are healthy for Democracy. And as a conservative, I am happy that we are having these fights now -- rather than in the General Election. Imagine if we didn't find out that Rudy Giuliani was in favor of taxpayer-funded abortion until two weeks before the Genereal Election. In that scenario, we could actually have a Republican candidate who is more pro-choice than the Democrat nominee ...
By going through this process, bloggers are ultimately doing two things:
1. Helping inform the voters to make a better decision regarding who best represents their values.
2. Ensuring Republican voters have enough information to nominate a strong Republican candidate who has been tested -- before going into a General Election.
Granted, not all bloggers are responsible. That's how free speech works. But the cure for our problems is more debate and argument -- not less.
Enough of the hand-wringing. Politics is tough. Get a helmet!
Those filthy right wing red-necked churls are actually listening to and parsing what I say! How DARE they! Their duty is to vote, not think! They wouldn’t even be allowed into the Russian Tea Room, even if they could find the City on a map, and they judge ME?
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A friend and pretty astute political pundit told me that Guiliani is intentionally throwing it all out right now. If he survives he stays in the race if his poll numbers dip substantially he will pull out.
Oh yeah, a “vast” right wing conspiracy! :) Probably true, right wingers don’t want libs to win and vice versa. Not that Rudy’s a lib, after all, he does have that “R” behind his name. /snicker
Okay, seriously. Regardless of what you think about Rudy, what's incorrect about this statement?
All of the candidates are having to come to grips with the impact of the blogs and the Internet in general. Rudy can't blame bloggers for the issues (and I don't ~think~ he is) that are out there. But the promotion of them is certainly attributable to the blogosphere.
Any serious candidate will realize this and respond accordingly. Let's face it, if it wasn't for YouTube, George Allen would still be in the Senate and would be the presumed front runner.
So even after McCain-Feingold, Rudy thinks we have too much Freedom Of Speech? Classic.
That’s right up there with the Hates Crimes Laws he favors. Curse that Constitution!
Oh well, at least he’ll enforce out right to hunt, as expressly written in the Second Amendment (/sarcasm).
So does Fred Thompson.
You make a good point.
Okay, I'll repeat it slowly. The Giuliani campaign made a huge mistake of trying to sell him as a conservative here at FreeRepublic.
That’s in a past tense. DID support CFR. Not anymore.
Good work!
>2. Ensuring Republican voters have enough information to nominate a strong candidate who has been tested...<
Duncan Hunter’s 26 years in Congress, and a string of success story chairmanships, as well as author of many important bills, is more than our beloved ex-Congressman Abe Lincoln had as background when he was elected President.
So does Fred Thompson.
So does did Fred Thompson.
There. Fixed it for you.
Fred Thompson supported the bill initially, but has recently denounced it as a mistake.
Nobody here is an official part of the Giuliani campaign. The “who pays you to post that” paranoia is just that. Paranoia.
Actually, Fred's record as a Senator is why I've been referring to him more as a Veep than POTUS. Hunter would be a far better candidate up front.
He's going to melt down when he realizes that he can't turn off YouTube or whitewash transcripts of his previous statements as easily as he told people to "Eff off!" in New York.
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