Posted on 04/23/2007 2:17:05 AM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
Judging by the cranky feedback, supporters of Rudy Giuliani's bid for the Republican presidential nomination did not like my column last week. To sum up, I argued that Giuliani was pro-abortion and therefore did not deserve support from conservatives.
Rudy backers offered three comebacks. Some simply chose to ignore his shameful pro-abortion record. Others proclaimed that abortion was just one issue and Rudy is a conservative on most others, especially fiscal issues. Finally, another group decided that his policy positions really don't matter because Rudy is the only guy who can beat Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Since we dealt with Giuliani's sordid abortion background last week, let's move on to the other two responses. Is Rudy a conservative on most other issues? Based on his record, he is, at best, a mixed bag.
He does deserve a conservative thumbs-up in a few areas. Obviously, crime in New York City declined by big numbers while he was mayor from 1994 to 2001, due, in part, to policing changes during his administration. Mayor Giuliani also frequently spoke about school choice. While not investing any real political capital, his stance took courage as mayor of the big-union Big Apple.
For good measure, Giuliani put together a deal to privatize the city's bloated, patronage-ridden Off-Track Betting Corp., but his successor dropped the ball....."
(Excerpt) Read more at newsday.com ...
I hear his jock strap consists of a thimble and two rubber bands!
My dad is a born and raised NYer and still lives up there. He is VERY familiar with Rudy. He said there is no way in hell he would vote for a gun grabbing, illegal loving RINO, and my dad is a hardcore republican.
On what grounds? I think before that would happen, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid would have to face treason charges.
Well, I am in the deep South, too and no one I have talked with will support him and his liberal views.
He is a liberal and no conservative will support him.
He would not be in danger of that since his beliefs are like the democrats. Why would they be critical of one of their own?
He’s got plenty of support in Georgia.
ROTFLMBO-——thath tho thmall.
I thought you would apprethiate that!
Yeth. Thankth.
;-)
In other words, his fiscal conservatism is pure myth.
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