Posted on 01/22/2008 4:51:53 AM PST by StatenIsland
Rudy Giuliani may have made a great mistake by not campaigning in New Hampshire, Nevada, Iowa and South Carolina. But between Rudy Giuliani (and, for that matter, Mitt Romney) on the one hand and John McCain on the other, there is little question as to who more embodies mainstream conservative and Republican principles.
But Giuliani is not merely more of a conservative than John McCain. In fact, if it is Ronald Reagan that Republicans want, Giuliani is extraordinarily close to that venerated man. Ronald Reagan stood for two great beliefs: that big government is a big problem for a free society and that America must be militarily strong and lead the war against global communism.
Substitute "global jihadism" for "global communism" and you have Rudy Giuliani's twin pillars. His one major weakness in appealing to all conservatives is that he is for abortion rights. Let me, then, briefly address all those who, like me, consider nearly all abortions immoral.
Ronald Reagan was pro-life, and it mattered little to the pro-life cause. Concerning abortion, what matters most in a president is the type of judges he appoints to the Supreme Court. As George Will wrote on behalf of Giuliani, "The way to change abortion law is to change courts by means of judicial nominations of the sort Giuliani promises to make." It is extremely unlikely that John McCain would appoint similarly conservative judges. After all, why would he appoint judges like Scalia and Alito who apparently differ with him on the constitutionality of McCain's own "campaign finance reform" laws?
Pro-life Republicans need to ask themselves: Will a Democrat or Giuliani as president render abortion less common in America? The best is the enemy of the better. And Giuliani is far better on abortion than any Democratic nominee.
Giuliani is for school vouchers, against bilingual education, for reducing taxes further, for reducing government spending. And he has well-thought-out positions on how to achieve these things. He also has the experience of cleaning up the most liberal major city in America.
I write this column aware that Giuliani may have lost his chance at getting the Republican nomination. But I could not live with my conscience if I did not articulate one week before the potentially decisive Florida primary why I believe Rudy Giuliani would make an excellent president of the United States.
I'm not that confident that one would. However, unless Fred Thompson rises from the dead, the primaries aren't going to give us one. Currently conservatives are holding an unsuited, 7-high hand, why not hope for a re-deal? We have absolutely nothing to lose.
We get permanent tax cuts from all of the candidates.
Rudy may be a newfound FisCon, but he’s still liberal on too many issues to take him seriously. Even as a FisCon, he’s a new convert. On the war, he’s a guy with newfound tough rhetoric and a history of dodging his country’s call to defend itself. The man protested more U.S. wars than half of the elected Democrats. He opposed the surge until the White House finally endorsed it, and he’s never even visited the troops in Iraq - EVER!
The man filed more lawsuits against Conservative organizations and to thwart Conservative legislation than the ACLU. He appointed more Liberal judges than Jimmy Carter.
Now imagine him with his own Justice Department - Dear GOD don’t let it happen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He was one of the most fervent enemies of the Pro-Life movement ever elected anywhere. And he was and is a fierce advocate of Gun Control and the normalization of gay culture in America.
Some of us have other issues than just our wallets. That’s the problem with you Rockefeller types - you don’t.
I’ll take Hillary over Rudy ANYDAY - and sleep well at night KNOWING I made the right choice.
May God save the GOP from this nightmare of a man, Rudy Giuliani.
As they have for 40 years running, GWB has almost put them out of business, since they have been exposed now as an organ for the left.
Just imagine the new life McCain, Huck, Oprah’s Kid and Hillary would give them.
Horror!
Conservatives are a minority. Please make a note of this. You act as though thats not the case.
Here are recent Survey USA General Election polls in AL, KS, and Va. McCain Runs strongly against Hillary and Obama.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1956735/posts
McCain does have a lifetime ACU rating of in the 80s.
However, If McCain is not your “cup of tea”, then may I recommend Romney as an alternative. Romney has a good at taking Florida and the nomination. I could live with Romney.
Good post...it took courage amongst the pitchfork weilders who will belittle you.
Perhaps if you read my post more carefully, you would note that I wasn't confident that a conservative would result from a brokered convention but that we have nothing to lose. It's hard to imagine how we could get anyone less conservative than what the primaries will give us.
Then that makes his track record in New York City — in which he displayed a pathological hostility to anything that smacked of “original intent” on the Federal level — all that much more disgraceful.
If you liked Roberts and Alito, and Rudy supported both, you’ll be pleased with his court appointments and the Democrats will not.
Rooty Toot also thinks that Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a good choice and he was not about to oppose any nominees in 2005 that had popular support among conservatives.
“And he [Roberts] fits that category, in the same way Justice Ginsburg fit that category.
I mean, she was — she maybe came at it from a very different political background, very qualified lawyer, very smart person. Lots of Republicans supported her. I expect, and listening to Senator Nelson, I expect that John Roberts will get support from a lot of Democrats.”
-Rooty Toot on Hannity & Colmes, July 21, 2005
“Presidents, going back to the beginning of the republic, generally appoint people on the Supreme Court that they believe agree with them. It’s sort of an extraordinary thing to ask of President Bush. Nobody asked it of President Clinton.”
-Rooty Toot on Hannity & Colmes, July 21, 2005
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,163223,00.html
This means that Rooty Toot plans to appoint pro-abortion justices.
Sorry, I also meant to ping you to this.
The only case for Rooty is a “suitcase” to send him packing out of the 2008 race.
I would never vote for a pro choice GOP candidate that has no desire to see the light.
He goes against the pro life platform.
This means that Rooty Toot plans to appoint pro-abortion justices.
How did “Read my lips: no new taxes” work out for you twenty years ago?
Yep. I will not vote for any of them.
I'm talking specifically about his blatant hostility to at least four of the ten amendments in the Bill of Rights.
How the hell can anyone reconcile his pathological fear of guns -- and his disgraceful attempts to use the Federal court system to impose HIS gun control agenda on other states in which he had absolutely no jurisdiction -- with any notion of "original intent" under our nation's constitution.
That lisping, effeminate little weirdo should stay in New York City where he belongs.
Thanks — that’s a great post.
That lisping, effeminate little weirdo should stay in New York City where he belongs.
Pass.
Hey Narses, I see that you are back. Can’t say I missed your posts.
nearly all?
I hope that you or those you love never get the diagnosis of cancer. Believe me nothing about the diagnosis or the treatment of cancer is as simple as you make it seem.
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