It amazes me how folks here at Freerepublic just don’t get it with Rudy....he is the man, he is the right guy at the right time and everyone here will be singing his praises 6 months after he is President, I guarentee it, if we should be so blessed that he wins.
What makes him the right guy at the right time? And what, exactly, has Rudy911 done that atones for his very lengthy list of liberalism? (Hint: the answer is “nothing”).
I guarantee you that everyone here at FR would be cursing the very name of Rudy911 after 6 months of a Rudy911 regime. Also, the SoCon and GunCon exodus would be massive, and likely unrepairable. If we go by his actual record, we have a crime-fighting Liberal with a shaky Fiscal record in Rudy911, and a history of working against Republican candidates for key offices. A judicial Liberal with an extensive list of appointing liberal judges, habitually filing junk lawsuits, and using the full power of the government against Conservative progress in fighting for Illegal Immigration restrictions, Welfare reform, School Choice, the repeal of the Commuter Tax, Life Issues, and Second Amendment Rights. And a man who spent nearly all of his life protesting US wars, and doing everything he could to avoid serving his country when needed.
I would say that there is a better chance that you are - literally, not figuratively - severely mentally retarded than that Rudy911 would reign in such a way that Conservative would be “singing his praises” in six short months as Overlord. Nothing in his history, worldview, or the way the man has conducted his life gives ANY indication that he would be ANYTHING other than a nightmare for Conservatives, a description he has been proud to wear for the entirety of his life until running for the GOP nod.
We get it with Rudy911 - the problem is that folks like you are too busy creating a fictional Rudy911 in your own minds to face the reality that he’s nothing close, has never been anything close, and will never be anything close to a friend to Conservatives. He has always been, and always will be, a remorseless and relentless enemy of Social and Gun Conservatives.
Plus, he wouldn’t win. Folks like me would be working our butts off making a third party candidate as effective as possible. We’re going to need a Conservative Party to support if the GOP leaves us to become the Grand New Party. And I’ll be damned if I’ll let Rudy911 win the Presidency without giving my last ounce of blood to stop him.
I'm sure the orderly will up your dose if you just tell him about the problems you're experiencing...
Other than tax cuts, the biggest domestic issue of the 2004 election was President Bush's support of a Constitutional Amendment to define marriage as being between a man and a woman. Unfortunately, Rudy Giuliani has taken a "Kerryesque" position on gay marriage.
Although Rudy, like John Kerry, has said that marriage should remain between a man and a woman, he also supports civil unions, "marched in gay-pride parades" ...dressed up in drag on national television for a skit on Saturday Night Live (and moved in with a) wealthy gay couple" after his divorce. He also very vocally opposed running on a gay marriage amendment:
His thoughts on the gay-marriage amendment? "I don't think you should run a campaign on this issue," he told the Daily News earlier this month. "I think it would be a mistake for anybody to run a campaign on it -- the Democrats, the president, or anybody else."
Here's more from the New York Daily News:
"Rudy Giuliani came out yesterday against President Bush's call for a ban on gay marriage.
The former mayor, who Vice President Cheney joked the other night is after his job, vigorously defended the President on his post-9/11 leadership but made clear he disagrees with Bush's proposal to rewrite the Constitution to outlaw gays and lesbians from tying the knot.
"I don't think it's ripe for decision at this point," he said on NBC's "Meet the Press."
"I certainly wouldn't support [a ban] at this time," added Giuliani..."
Although Rudy may grudgingly say he doesn't support gay marriage (and it would be political suicide for him to do otherwise), where he really stands on the issue is an open question.
“....he is the man, he is the right guy at the right time and everyone here will be singing his praises 6 months after he is President, I guarentee it, if we should be so blessed that he wins.”
If he wins(big IF), we will be likely living in fear of an attorney general that makes Janet Reno look good!! You want that?