Posted on 04/20/2007 5:35:09 AM PDT by areafiftyone
In two terms as mayor of New York, Rudy Giuliani turned a city beset by crime and violence into one of the safest, most livable metropolises in America. And he fearlessly led New York as it confronted the despair and destruction following September 11. But the turmoil of Giuliani's private life prompted many to dismiss his quest for the Republican nomination for President as the folly of a man with too much baggage to be a serious candidate. Never one to put much stock in political pundits or conventional wisdom, Giuliani has soldiered on, and as of Apr. 18, early polling had him leading the GOP pack.
What would you do differently in Iraq?
I think the policy in Iraq has to be: Clear, hold, and build. As soon as you get to a situation of considerably less violence, you have to get the Iraqis to rebuild their infrastructure, open their factories, fix their roads and schools. The statistic that worries me the most about Iraq, in addition to the obvious violence that has to be reduced, is its 60% unemployment, at least as of a month ago. If there's 60% unemployment in Iraq six months from now, it's going to be very hard to create stability.
When should the troops pull out?
I can't emphasize [enough] how irresponsible Congress has been. The idea of having a timetable for withdrawal, which many of the Democrats used to say they would never doParagraph .is very, very dangerous. I can't remember in the history of war when an army or a country has announced its retreat and then given the enemy a timetable of that retreat.
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Giuliani | Clinton | Dem Platform | GOP Platform |
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Abortion on Demand | Supports | Supports | Supports | Opposes |
Partial Birth Abortion | Supports Opposed NY ban |
Supports | Supports | Opposes |
Overturning Roe v. Wade | Opposes | Opposes | Opposes | Supports |
Taxpayer Funded Abortions | Supports | Supports | Supports | Opposes |
Embryonic Stem Cell Research | Supports | Supports | Supports | Opposes |
Federal Marriage Amendment | Opposes | Opposes | Opposes Defined at state level |
Supports |
Gay Domestic Partnership/ Civil Unions |
Supports | Supports | Supports | Opposes |
Openly Gay Military | Supports | Supports | Supports | Opposes |
Defense of Marriage Act | Opposes | Opposes | Opposes | Supports |
Amnesty for Illegal Aliens | Supports | Supports | Supports | Opposes |
Special Path to Citizenship for Illegal Aliens |
Supports | Supports | Supports | Opposes |
Tough Penalties for Employers of Illegal Aliens |
Opposes | Opposes | Opposes | Supports |
Sanctuary Cities/ Ignoring Immigration Law |
Supports | Supports | Supports | Opposes |
Protecting 2nd Amendment | Opposes |
Opposes | Opposes Supports bans |
Supports |
Confiscating Guns | Supports Confiscated as mayor. Even bragged. |
Supports | Supports Supports bans |
Opposes |
'Assault' Weapons Ban | Supports | Supports | Supports | |
Frivolous Lawsuits Against Gun Makers |
Supports Filed One Himself |
Supports | Opposes | |
Gun Registration/Licenses | Supports | Supports | Opposes | |
War in Afghanistan | Supports | Supports Voted for it |
Supports | Supports |
War in Iraq | Supports | Varies Voted for it |
Supports Weak support |
Supports |
Patriot Act | Supports | Supports Voted for it 2001 & 2006 |
Opposes | Supports |
Look at it this way.
A Presidential candidate running for the highest office in the land, where you are vowed to uphold and defend the Constitution, has constantly advocated national gun control.
Think about it.
It is sad thay you have to lie and spin the truth about Rudy.
The irritation is the less than frank tactics used to sell the very liberal Rudy, not just from Rudy supporters here on FR but also in many media sources.
Just look at the major correction in the Washington Times this week regarding Dr. Land. A writer actually had the nerve to mislead the readers to believe Dr. Land said he would vote for Hillary. The very same tactic is used here on FR and people are getting very wise to it.
1 US quart = 32 US fluid ounces. ;-)
Oh, you meant how much it costs - guess I'm in the stupid half. Haven't bought baby cow food in decades.
LOL! Hey I’m a female I don’t know until I get to the store.
There's a bold courageous statement.
I really don't like to question the motives of people who post here, but this is the kind of thing that really makes me wonder.
We've already been through the whole "Bolton is advising Giuliani" thing and there is not a shred of evidence that Bolton has any involvement with Giuliani other than a Giuliani campaign spokesperson claiming he "talks to many people" and including Bolton in that statement. How often does he talk to Bolton? When was the last time? How extensive is his involvement with Giuliani?
You may think making claims like this is no big deal, but the day after you posted the original article claiming Bolton's "advisory" role another Rudy backer claimed not only was Bolton and "adviser", but had "de facto" endorsed Giuliani. There has been a pattern (I'm not saying by you) of pro-Giuliani posters making exaggerated or false claims that are debunked, but take on a life of their own and continue to be repeated. To this day I continue to see posters claim that Ronald Reagan personally chose Giuliani for the DOJ.
My god I explained that I didn’t say he was on Rudy’s team or endorsing Rudy just that he was advising him. He’s on nobody’s team.
Did Bolton give him the statistic? When was the last time Bolton "advised" Giuliani on Iraq? Did he speak with him prior to making this statement?
The use of the term "advising him" has connotations beyond the occasional casual conversation.
Rudeo is trying to buy votes by posing as a well-meaning man who is merely "confused" and "forgetful" who "didn't really mean'" what he said.
One particularly revolting thing Rudeo does is to "laugh" off his blunders----for example, Rooty/Juti calculatedly announced Juti's Cabinet plans on 20/20. As a ferocious backlash emerged, Rooty and Juti announced they had a good "laugh" over the Cabinet idea.
There you have the "Oh, that Rudy's just kidding again" strategy.
The end result is for all voters on a particularly volatile issue, say abortion, to be conned into thinking Rudeo is on their side.
The intrinsic evil Rudeo's electoral con games bring to American politics cannot be dismissed.
Every time incorrect information is posted about Rudy, someone corrects it. No wonder you think we are all afraid of Rudy.
Oh come on, she was just saying that since he talked with John Bolton, he probably had the 60% number right.
However, there is no evidence that John Bolton has ever said unemployment in Iraq is 60%, or that Rudy got that number from John Bolton. That was complete speculation, and probably wrong.
the nationwide unemployment in Iraq is not 60%. I’ve seen the 60% number somewhere, and my guess is Rudy saw it as well, but misapplied it to the entire country.
He is still correct that a country with high unemployment will be an unstable country.
That is the nastiest statement made yet against the pro-life people here. So you haven’t seen us protesting abortion? Why is that? Are you one of the people inside?
His record on gun control speaks for itself, have fun with that.
Rudy bump.
I think his leadeship skills are also head and shoulders above any Republican candidate who is running. I like his answers about Iraq, Tax Reform, and especially when he calls Congress "irresponsible" in their efforts to set time limits on troop withdrawal.
We can surmise that Rudy puts Half-and-half into his coffee instead of milk.
Actually its not nasty. I repeated what that freeper said and I used his words and told him/her to do something about it. What’s wrong with that? You like just sitting here on your tush and complaining and blaming Rudy for all the woes in the world? In the meantime I see nothing being done by freepers but blaming Rudy left and right. Look and see - every Abortion thread is about Rudy. Truth is in the pudding. And by the way stop looking for trouble.
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