Giuliani is GOP's best shot against Hillary, said Ford

NY Daily News ^

[kinghorse]

then you better start allowing the Executive to send in the guard to clear out some of these agencies. The bureaucrats laugh in the face of elected officialdom. They know those guys come and go.

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

Rino opines, so what. NEXT!

[kinghorse]

Rudy will get his as kicked so far up around his ears he’ll look like a skinny dumbo. Only an idiot couldn’t see what that ticket would yield. We have no change in the NE anyway. Why bother.

[kinghorse]

change=chance

[preacher]

and “clean” also. Biden

[kinghorse]

McCain could be the one if events play out like I think they may. I know McCain but events are going to overcome the presidential race if this nuclear proliferation deal keeps getting hotter. The strike on Syria could get big and other strikes could come. It may be a perfect spot for an old curmungeon but undoubtable American like John McCain to rise again. Just saying.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

If they don't see someone they agree with they wait until next time. Rudy will NOT get these people out of their busy lives and to the polls. It's that simple.

Not only that Dan, is that conservatives aren't going to volunteer for Rudy's campaign in the general, like hand out flyers and man the phone lines like they did for Bush in 2000 and 2004. The conservative blogs won't lift a finger to help Rudy when the MSM/Hillary unleash their hit pieces on Rudy. If Rudy's nominated, there will be a 3rd party, the RNC will face drastically decreased donations and Pubbie candidates in Congressional, state, and local races will get their asses kicked.

Rudy's nominated = 3rd party

[kinghorse]

McCain is on the right side of the immigration issue for hispanic males who will decide who gets voted for in their households. These hispanics want nothing to do with Hillary and even less with her running mate Obama. Be smart people. The hispanic vote will go to McCain if he's the nominee. /love sunday morning politics

[freekitty]

No, he isn’t.

[calcowgirl]

he is the only candidate currently announced who is capable of defeating X42's spouse

Hogwash. He saw that he was losing in the NY Senate race so the spineless loser backed out. Hillary and Rudy are the two most divisive charachters in the race. If he wins the primary, we all lose.

[jonathanmo]

Yeah, he didn't really have cancer or anything. It was a big ruse to get out. Yeah, sure.

RDS rampant talking point number 16.

[Diggity]

Some things are just self evident.

Hope you all have as much fun with Hillary winning the white house as you did voting for Fred.

John

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

Nominate Giuliani and I stay home on election day.
The Republican party deserves to lose so that they will learn from defeat and next time nominate someone who will stand up for true conservative principles.

[Racehorse]

Oh, I think chemo-therapy might have had a little to do with it.

Didn’t feel much like racing around the state when I went through mine. :-)

[Grunthor]

“Jerry Ford wasn’t sure Hillary Clinton could be elected President, but he was absolutely certain which Republican had the strongest shot at stopping her: Rudy Giuliani.”

Ford lost to CARTER FGS! Why would anyone listen to this RINO?

[Sadecki]

RINO’s like Ford almost killed the Republican party.

Watergate almost killed the GOP.

Moderates have always been an important part of the Republican party -- what do you think George W. Bush is? A conservative? The guy supports civil unions. Among many other things that could be considered moderate.

The rise of modern conservatism in the GOP movement was more a reaction to the horrible Presidency of Carter -- though Reagan's charisma and political saavy cannot be underestimated.

Whether it is fair or not, the 2006 loss of Congress is being blamed on the Conservatives in the party -- that they had 12 years to further conservative ideals and instead through pork, scandal of all stripes, and a huge expansion of government, seemingly morphed overnight into democrats.

That is why a lot of Republicans like myself, who is conservative in many areas is really not interested in getting into a pissing contest over who is the most conservative. We could care less. We are more interested in voting for the Republican -- and we are a diverse party. And the fact that republican moderates like Romney and Rudy are leading the pack, is not so much a refection on the GOP losing it's soul as it is a reflection of the punishment being meted out to the conservative movement within the party that dropped the ball.

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

Now, whether you like Rudy or not, he is the only candidate currently announced who is capable of defeating X42's spouse.

Illogical... you are begging the question.

Anyone who thinks Mrs. Clinton is the be all, end all of the '08 election has already conceded defeat.

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But it is a practical and political reality.

No it is not; it is an impractical stupidity. He couldn't (or wouldn't) beat her in a senate election.

[EternalVigilance]

I’m always amused, in a sad and ironic sort of way, by the spectacle of the compromisers blaming the results of their compromises on those who would not compromise.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Moderates have always been an important part of the Republican party -- what do you think George W. Bush is? A conservative? The guy supports civil unions. Among many other things that could be considered moderate.

Bush is pro-life and pro-2nd Amendment though, and during the 2000 campaign, he was talking about local control of education and reining in spending. Conservatives didn't know that he'd disappoint us on spending and the borders.

Whether it is fair or not, the 2006 loss of Congress is being blamed on the Conservatives in the party -- that they had 12 years to further conservative ideals and instead through pork, scandal of all stripes, and a huge expansion of government, seemingly morphed overnight into democrats.

So electing more moderates is the answer? ROFL

And the fact that republican moderates like Romney and Rudy are leading the pack, is not so much a refection on the GOP losing it's soul as it is a reflection of the punishment being meted out to the conservative movement within the party that dropped the ball

Nice twisted logic there. So conservatives are being "punished" because of the fault of elected Republicans who became RINOs and now the only solution is to elect more RINOs because of the perception that Republicans lost was because of conservatism. Ohhhhkay.

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

Whether it is fair or not, the 2006 loss of Congress is being blamed on the Conservatives in the party...

By liberals who stymied any chance of anything nominally "conservative" coming out of Congress... double talking RINOs...