I love politics, I just don't think any of the candidates on either side are POTUS material. A POTUS Candidate should have proven EXECUTIVE experience. That eliminates everyone but Romney, Guliani, and Huckabee. Arkansas has a tiny economy, not big enough to qualify it's Gov. for the top executive position in the world. New York City has a bigger economy than many states and lots of countries. Giuliani has the executive experience for the job, but no foreign policy or military experience. His positions, however are the same as Hillary's and his personal life is a mess. Mitt has the best executive experience, but the same criticisms apply to him as to Rudy EXCEPT he leads an exemplary personal life.
I don't like the choices. There are thousands of people with better experience than any of these guys who won't run because they don't want to be savaged in the process. It's a shame. I will support the nominee, however, because any Republican is better than ANY Dem.
I beg to differ.
A POTUS candidate should be a proven leader. Period.
He can hire all the executives he needs.
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His positions are the same as Hillary's EXCEPT for:
-Death tax (Guiliani would eliminate; Hillary would reinstate)
-Income tax (Guiliani would keep Bush's tax cuts; Hillary would scale back)
-Capital gains tax (Guiliani would keep at 15%; Hillary would raise)
-Judges (Guiliani would appoint strict constructionists; Hillary would appoint Lawrence Tribe or worse)
-Iraq (Guilani would win; Hillary would surrender)
-Economic regulation (Guiliani would regulate as a last resort; Hillary would regulate for personal amusement)
-Defense/terrorism (Guiliani would increase the defense budget; Hillary would slash it)
-Iran (Guiliani would sanction; Hillary would make nice and acquiesce to the U.N.)
I'm a Fred supporter. And I started off as an anti-Guiliani guy. But the more I hear people say stupid things like "there's no difference between Hillary and Rudy on the issues," frankly, the more inclined I am to like him. In fact after Fred (and Hunter, who is going nowhere), I think Rudy is now my second choice.
Hey if you don't like Rudy, I understand. But don't say things that are just flat out wrong about him. Argue against him based on his own deficiencies - which admittedly are numerous.
Hank -