Posted on 09/24/2007 9:17:58 AM PDT by Ol' Sparky
WASHINGTON -- -- After Congress passed a landmark welfare law with support from both parties, one prominent mayor became furious. His concern: a provision that would lead, he believed, to the "inhumane" treatment of illegal immigrants. He promptly dispatched his lawyers to file suit against the federal government.
This was no bleeding-heart liberal championing the rights of illegal immigrants, but the Republican mayor of New York, Rudolph W. Giuliani.
"I believe the anti-immigration movement in America is one of our most serious public problems," Giuliani said in announcing the lawsuit in 1996. "I am speaking out and filing this action because I believe that a threat to immigration can be a threat to the future of our country."
Today Giuliani is running for president, and one of his leading GOP rivals, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, is pointing to his record as mayor to accuse him of being soft on illegal immigration. That charge threatens to undercut the image Giuliani has sought to cultivate as the law-and-order champion best equipped to keep the U.S. safe.
Under attack, Giuliani is striking a tougher, less welcoming tone toward illegal immigrants. He is calling for stricter border control, tamper-proof identification cards for noncitizens and the deportation of foreign-born criminals.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
“Under attack, Giuliani is striking a tougher, less welcoming tone toward illegal immigrants. He is calling for stricter border control, tamper-proof identification cards for noncitizens and the deportation of foreign-born criminals.”
In other words, Rudy is a ho!
Well this statement is a lie, he most certainly IS a bleeding heart liberal, just because he calls himself a republican doesn't make him a conservative.
Guiliani is to Conservativism as Bill Clinton is to fidelity.
Quit while you’re ahead Rudy! It’s only downhill from here.
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Rudy is already desperate :-)
Hannity and Dick Morris will spin this for him.
ping
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