Giuliani Speaks Truth to the GOP (and still leads in the polls)

Donklephant ^ | 4/17/07

[meg88]

Rudy is the new straight talker. No doubt about it.

From the NY Post:

Giuliani made his sharpest case for moving beyond social issues this weekend in Iowa, telling The Des Moines Register, “Our party is going to grow, and we are going to win in 2008 if we are a party characterized by what we’re for, not if we’re a party that’s known for what we’re against.”

Asked about abortion, he said, “Our party has to get beyond issues like that.”

The GOP and the modern conservative movement have always prided themselves on being the idea people.

Rudy wants to regain that and capture the nation’s imagination.

Good for him, but easier said than done.

He’s going to have a tough time convincing the social issues voters that he won’t abandon their fight to overturn Roe v. Wade.

I guess we’ll see if his tune is the same come January of next year.

[juliej]

Our party has to “get beyond Rudy” - who is a social liberal.

[Jaysun]

Asked about abortion, he said, “Our party has to get beyond issues like that.”

Nice.

[Mr. Mojo]

The average GOP voter has no idea where Rudy stands on many issues.

But eventually they will.

[advertising guy]

Rudy needs to STFU or go toe to toe with Fred Dalton Thompson and Thompson can shut him the hell up.

[stm]

Guiliani would not know the truth if it came up and bit him in the ass.

Fred in 08!!!

[The Blitherer]

The average GOP voter has no idea where Rudy stands on many issues.

I'm starting to think even Rudy has no idea where he stands on many issues.

[#1CTYankee]

The GOP and the modern conservative movement have always prided themselves on being the idea people.

Rudy wants to regain surrender that and capture the nation’s imagination.

[Petronski]

Asked about abortion, [Rudy] said, “Our party has to get beyond issues like that.”

[VOMIT]

[xsmommy]

that pesky matter of abortion is a real fly in the ointment for rudy, of course he wishes we could all MOVE ON from it.

[ElkGroveDan]

Asked about abortion, he said, “Our party has to get beyond issues like that.”

If we really want to "grow" we need to get beyond even more issues like the Second Amendment, taxes, smaller government, the war on terror etc. Let's just tear up our platform entirely so we can "get beyond" all those nasty, messy "issues".

[Hydroshock]

Rino Rudy is all over the map on abortion. I seriously doubt he knows where he stands.

[meandog]

What is this “Donklephant” source, Meg88? As for RUDE-e-e-e, he can go jump in the lake at Central Park along with Bloomberg, Shumer, Hildabeaste, Nadler and the rest of N.Y.’s collection of gun-grabbing-partial-abortion-backing kooks. I’ll take McCain anyday!

[wagglebee]

Rudy is a pandering flip-flopper, just like every other liberal!

[meg88]

Looks like Rudy is going to tell primary voters that the war on terror issue trumps all.

[chad_in_georgia]

yeah Rudy, let’s just move beyond all of the issues that make us distinct from the Rats.

[Petronski]

Honestly, the more I hear Rudy talk, the more I think his supporters here are plants from DU.

Read this link. It will do your heart some good. LOL

[dforest]

Its good his talkins’straight, because his wardrobe sure ain’t.

[stm]

And Pro-Life forms a part of the bedrock of the GOP, though moral relativism on the part of the RINO’s is trying ot erode it.