Posted on 11/16/2007 4:31:52 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Fred Thompson rolled onto Republican rival Rudy Giuliani's turf yesterday and rapped the ex-mayor's record on social issues as out of step with conservative voters.
Following a Midtown fund-raiser, Thompson said Giuliani's pro-abortion, pro-gun control and pro-illegal-immigration positions as mayor are wrong for the GOP.
"He believes in federal funding for abortion. I have a 100 percent pro-life voting record and voted against federal funding for abortion on a number of occasions," said Thompson.
He said he has consistently supported the Second Amendment right to bear arms while Giuliani backed gun-licensing restrictions as mayor.
"Rudy has supported a variety of gun-control bills. I do not think it makes America safer to make it more difficult to prevent law-abiding citizens from protecting themselves," Thompson said.
Thompson also targeted his rival for providing services for illegal immigrants as mayor.
"I've been a consistent conservative my entire career. I believe in the rule of law - and that includes immigration . . . When I was passing a law to outlaw sanctuary cities, he was going to court to provide to preserve sanctuary cities," he said.
As a presidential candidate, Giuliani said he now supports gun rights, backs some restrictions on abortion and vows to vigorously crack down on illegal immigration through stricter border enforcement.
The Giuliani campaign dismissed Thompson's criticisms as a sign of desperation.
"Considering his poll numbers are plummeting across the board and his campaign has never managed to pick up steam, looks like Fred Thompson should have stuck to his day job," said Giuliani spokeswoman Maria Comella.
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Because the commiecRATs MSM wants RinoRudy to be the GOP candidate.
That way no matter which party wins the Presidency we get a liberal.
Poll numbers mean nothing. Votes count and the earliest voting is a couple months away.
Mayhaps Rudi is feeling some heat.
Wow, a Presidential candidate speaking out against Rudy on some serious issues. What a concept!
Laugh about it shout about it when you've got to choose
Anyway you look at it you lose
Ala Hillary!The queen of smirk and cackle.
Rudy who?
(Good job, Fred)
Rudy’s an OK candidate—he’s just running IN THE WRONG PARTY.
In other words, Giuliani will undo what Gingrich and the real Republicans did in 1994 by sending the GOP back to years of minority status.
Giuliani and his shills love to claim that reversed the raising crime rate in NYC. As with so much of the Giuliani myth, the truth is that perception is more a matter of spin than fact.
In 1990, William Bratton was appointed Chief of Police of the New York City Transit Police by Mayor Dinkins. He significantly brought down crime in the subways which earned him an offer from the city of Boston to become Superintendent in Chief of the Boston Police Department.
In 1994 George Kelling, the social scientist from whom Giuliani got the “broken windows” theory of crime reduction, pushed Giuliani to hire Bratton as New York City’s Police Commissioner. Unlike Giuliani and his shills, Mr. Bratton readily acknowledges the fact that crime was already falling under Mr. Dinkins and his Police Commissioner, Ray Kelly. What hadn’t been turned around, he admits, were the quality-of-life offenses “that reminded people of crime,” from the squeegee men who flocked to crowded intersections to the aggressive begging that could be seen on the streets and in the subways.
Mr. Bratton also admits that the majority of the new cops Giuliani takes credit for putting on the streets of New York were authorized to be hired under the “Safe Streets, Safe City” program were approved in Mayor Dinkins’s tenure but had not actually made it to the streets until Mr. Giuliani took office.
When one looks close there is no “there” to Giuliani. He is totally a product of spin and self promotion.
Nice, attack but no denial of what Fred said.
Fred supporters should consider making one of those timelines showing Rudy making statements favoring abortion and gun control with dates and then a contrasting set of Fred’s recorded Senate votes opposing abortion and gun control laws.
It could be quite effective.
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How gracious. Just what we expect from the Giuliani campaign.
But, but...only Rudy can take on Hillary, don’t ya know?!/sarc
Even his campaign reeks of arrogance unworthy of my attention or my vote.
I agree. I will not even vote if we don’t have a real Conservative, like FRed or Duncan, on the ballot.
Democratic Poll Numbers from this time last election(from Zogby). Poll numbers mean nothing.
Not Sure 34%
Howard Dean 15
Wesley Clark 10
Dick Gephardt 9
Joe Lieberman 9
John Kerry 7
Al Sharpton 4
John Edwards 3
Dennis Kucinich 2
Carol Moseley Braun 2
Other 6
Good for you, we need more people like you so Hillary can be our queen.
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