I don't believe that the insane Rudy is as popular with the little people as his press would have you (and him) believe
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Actually, I was among those willing to look Rudy over at first. He has never been a pleasant man, but he did an outstanding job of turning NYC around. I was working there at the time and witnessed the changes. Sure, Bratten ran the police, but he needed someone like Rudy backing him.
Right now, Bratten is failing in Los Angeles because he has agreed to work for a lousy mayor. He is making the same mistake that Dinkens did in New York: backing a bunch of law-breaking rioters for political popularity, and punishing the police who tried to maintain order.
So, I might have backed Rudy if he had changed his basic positions—right to life, guns, etc. But thankfully he has clearly revealed that he is hopeless on all those issues and therefore a terrible candidate for POTUS.
At least he has always been honest—unpleasantly honest. But evidently politically and morally blind. As a result, he is toast.
Fred Thompson would kick so much ass as President.
I really hope he clobbers the Rudy and Mccain flip floppers.
I agree with you 100%. North-easterners are so excited to be a possible swing state in the election, that they don’t care that their candidate is a RINO and will not appeal to middle America. Northeastern Republicans are real busy trying to convince conservatives that conservatives will vote for him. Yet, every single conservative I know will not vote for Rooty (and I’m from NYC).