[Liz]

The 11th commandment-----Thou shalt not speak ill of fellow Republicans-----applied to candidates, NOT voters. It was not intended to eliminate all vetting of candidates, all discussions of issues, or mention of the candidate's past record, particularly that which is clearly in the public record. What bothers me is Rudy and his Tooters rewriting history in an attempt to silence discourse.

As usual, calcowgirl's research is impeccable, and significantly elevates the discussion. Thank you, calcowgirl.

Giuliani's blathering is intellectually facile----and transparently obvious; he will say anything b/c he is consumed with an irrational lust for power.

In Giuliani's irrational, power-crazed mindset----US citizens are merely pawns in his power-grab. Giuliani needs to consider that the US is not a Third World banana republic. US citizens are not subject to the self-centered whims of an irrational, power-crazed dictator.

Rooty's campaign is engaged in a VERY dirty game played by remorseless people: the religious cleansing of the Repub party. The "Everything For Us Nothing For You" RINO types are squatting in the Repub party, plotting to kick so/con Repubs to the curb to obliterate all signs of the party's all-important social conservate base.

Rooty's Plan A was to thumb his nose at conservative primaries. Now he belatedly discovered he REALLY needs conservatives b/c he's losing in conservative strongholds-----crucial early primary/caucus states. That explains Giuliani's erratic contradictory statements on key issues.

[calcowgirl]

...he will say anything b/c he is consumed with an irrational lust for power.

And, amazingly enough, some seem to prefer a dictator to a leader and defender of the country and its people.