Posted on 06/14/2007 10:31:53 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
WILMINGTON, Del. - Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani, in an indirect swipe at President Bush, said Thursday the overwhelming attitude that the U.S. is headed in the wrong direction reflects a lack of leadership.
The nation's bleak mood was evident in the most recent Associated Press-Ipsos poll in which only 21 percent said they believe things in the U.S. are heading in the right direction, the worst mark since the AP-Ipsos poll began in December 2003.
Speaking at a Flag Day rally in Wilmington, Del., Giuliani told more than 200 supporters: "What we're lacking is strong, aggressive, bold leadership like we had with Ronald Reagan."
The same AP-Ipsos poll found public approval with the job Bush is doing at 32 percent, matching an all-time low.
The former New York mayor said he's running for president to keep the United States on offensive against terrorist and to challenge big government.
Before the rally, Guiliani attended a $1,000-a-plate fundraising breakfast that drew about 120 people.
He was joined at the rally by former FBI director Louis Freeh. Freeh, who lives in Wilmington, Del., serves as senior homeland security adviser for Guiliani campaign and heads the candidate's Delaware campaign.
Giuliani was making his second campaign appearance in Delaware this year. While the state has only three electoral votes, Guiliani said it could play a crucial role in the presidential race.
"When you look at 2000 and 2004, one state makes a difference," he told reporters after the rally. "You never know which one it's going to be."
Dang straight!! There wasn't a camera, television or otherwise, within 100 miles St. Rudy didn't know the location of. The way he walked in front of the cameras, his little posse following close on his heels. I suppose he could have gone to the Emergency Command Center but the President of 9/11 had set it up right next to the Twin Towers. So it wasn't there anymore.
Guess 'studying' on terrorism since 1975 really paid off huh? Let's see where do I put the Command Center. Well let's put it right next to the last place the terrorists attacked....
You're right we need St. Rudy's leadership. It's about time the Keystone Cops have a revitalization....
There, fixed it.
Gee Rudy! What was your first clue?
lol
Lats I checked, all the 9-11 hijackers entered legally. Hey, I am no fan of breaking the immigration laws of this country, but then again, I speed everyday on the way to the office. Now, for illegals who break other laws or end up on public assistance...there is the door. But we do need a system that enables the US to import the temporary workers that just about every industry says it needs in order to expand economically.
Leadership!? The liberal camera hound can’t even “lead” his own family.
Ah, see, you gave yourself away. My wife is from Louisiana...no KFC in this family, only Popeyes Extr
I didn’t want you to have to go so far out of the way.
OUCH! Good point, though.
Regardless of how they entered, 6 of the hijackers were illegally here on 911. Rudy's sanctuary policy would have provided them with sanctuary in NYC for as long as they wanted. BTW, Rudy's sanctuary policy was itself illegal and Rudy's attempts to get a court to allow them were slapped down. Even then, Rudy said he would continue the policy in defiance of Federal law and the Orders of two Federal Courts.
Law and Order my patoot.
“Nation lacks strong leadership”
And he thinks we would get that from him? It is to laugh.
Finally, I can agree with Giuliani on something when he says we “lack leadership”. Trouble is, I don’t think he can provide “leadership” either.
We have 8.5 million people in NYC--many are transient. Most people live in apartments with people beside them, over them, and under them. Urban people usually don't want their neighbors armed since they usually don't really know who their neighbors are. Anyone who wants some oversight over guns is always attacked on this forum as being against the 2nd amendment.
I personally like the idea of an armed citizenry but I would prefer that certifiably crazy people or career criminals not be armed to the teeth. We have a gang and drug posse problem in many areas of our city and we don't want cops and civilians getting blown away in a gang war. Guiliani is not a gun grabber--he enforces laws that citizens of NYC put in place. They are local laws not state or federal laws. Aren't true conservatives in favor of decentralized government and letting people have the freedom to run their own local governments? Do the people of NYC have to subscribe to the same code of behavior as the people of Dallas or the fate of the republic is at stake?
The NYC micromanager has said he is running against “big government”
My main concern with Guiliani as it relates to the 2nd Amendment is the enviroment he comes from, grew up in, and lived and worked his entire adult life.
New York City is not an accurate portrayal of America in this particularly narrow focus. Its the aberration.
So his view on firearms is subject to his upbringing, enviroment, and professional experience.
No thanks. I don’t trust him on 2nd amendment issues because his views reflect inner city thinking.
I’m also not enamoured by any man that hops into a dress and puts on eye liner at the drop of a hat. Be honest, when Rudy gets bored either in his personal life or his professional life, he gets himself in trouble.
No thanks. Had my fill - for a lifetime - with Clinton of that nonsense.
They are just like the "Palestinians."
You don't hear what I do in Spanish. Yo habla Espaniol mui, mui buen... (I don't write it well.)
You also didn't notice the Mexicans chanting "Osama" during a soccer match with the USA??? Or how about all those carrying signs that glorified Bin Laden during those protests last spring?
Mexico hasneber been and never will be a friend of the USA. They even oppose our war efforts to this day.
Screw Mexico...
I pray that neither you or I get killed by one of the 1200 that is the exception.
Being a “tough-talking” sarcastic and often obnoxious guy is not going to help Rudy as Commander-in-Chief if he can’t do the first thing a commander needs to do, which is to get the troops behind him.
In a democracy, that means, first, Congress, and second, his military leadership.
As a former-Mayor, he has no network of sergeants and lieutenants in the House and Senate. None. And his drop-dead attitude isn’t likely to win him many.
As a former-Mayor, he also has track record of throwing out his most battle-hardened “soldier” over an issue of sheer ego. That would be would be his highly-successful crime fighter chief of police, William Bratton.
In a relationship that says much about Mr. Giuliani’s leadership style, the two had a falling out as Mr. Bratton was capturing some of the applause for the city’s crime drop, and so Rudy unceremoniously dumped Bratton in 1996.
After that, the two didn’t even speak to each other for 10 years.
This doesn’t bode well for Giuliani as somebody who can lead a nation.
I don’t take it as axiomatic that he’d be an effective president in time of war. He could very well be a disaster.
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