Posted on 01/28/2007 2:42:18 PM PST by PhiKapMom
My list keeps getting shorter. Brownback? Backstabber. Tancredo? Wamped out on the WOT. THAT is my personal litmus test. Amnesty and pro-life are second. Gun rights are right behind. But I also realize that I won't get all that I want. But if I get very little of what I want, I will have plenty of company - and the GOP needs to give those people a reason to stay home, not a reason to leave. It's kinda like having an abusive wife yelling at you, asking why you never are home.
But if Ron Paul won, I think I might have to leave the country. His idea of national defense is to hire pirates.
Hehehhe.
Presidents have less power to change the laws and affect public policy than we typically ascribe to them. But there's no doubt the President is the Commander-in-Chief.
Presidents have more power than we are used to - Bush, using a veto ONCE in six years, made us forget that he could be a stop sign to a lot of the nonsense we've seen.
I agree with you that it is early yet. And money - big money - is going to be required. I like anyone who takes votes away from McCain at this point :-)
And on the dem side - I am not so sure that Hillary is invincible :-)
This will be a fascinating year. I do agree with others that it is accelerated now. If CA moves up their date - as well as FL and SC - things will be over in a flash!
Thanks again.
He is a liberal.
Good point!
Not at all. Apparently, we strike a raw nerve when we mention abortion, gun control, the homosexual agenda and Giuliani Patners' Bernie Kerik. Let's see how much dirt comes to the surfact within the next year or so.
The veto is very situation-driven. Gerald Ford used it 66 times in his abbreviated term, yet you'd be hard pressed to convince me that he affected policy as much as George Bush has.
I wish he had used it about 10 times so far, but up until now Congress was largely giving him what he wanted or could at least live with.
And you didn't answer my question: Do you think killing innocent babies is a way to win hearts and minds?
And much more; however, in your wee universe, he never ever did anything at all, that can even remotely be considered to be Conservative, because you refuse to acknowledge what he has actually done.
Yes, I know that. Has he changed position on any of the issues that I listed?
But I do think the next six months will be enlightening!
I thought I'd help you and others out with that very question. I just manually put together the table below. It should be very informative to Republicans and conservatives who haven't yet surrendered their values.
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Giuliani | Clinton | GOP Platform |
| Abortion on Demand | Supports | Supports | Opposes |
| Partial Birth Abortion | Supports | Supports | Opposes |
| Roe v. Wade | Supports | Supports | Opposes |
| Taxpayer Funded Abortions | Supports | Supports | Opposes |
| Embryonic Stem Cell Research | Supports | Supports | Opposes |
| Gay Marriage | Supports | Supports | Opposes |
| Gay Civil Unions | Supports | Supports | Opposes |
| Openly Gay Military | Supports | Supports | Opposes |
| Defense of Marriage Act | Opposes | Opposes | Supports |
| Amnesty for Illegal Aliens | Supports | Supports | Opposes |
| Special Path to Citizenship for Illegal Aliens |
Supports | Supports | Opposes |
| Tough Penalties for Employers of Illegal Aliens |
Opposes | Opposes | Supports |
| Sanctuary Cities/ Ignoring Immigration Law |
Supports | Supports | Opposes |
| Protecting 2nd Amendment | Opposes | Opposes | Supports |
| Confiscating Guns | Supports | Supports | Opposes |
| 'Assault' Weapons Ban | Supports | Supports | |
| Frivolous Lawsuits Against Gun Makers |
Supports Filed One Himself |
Supports | Opposes |
| Gun Registration/Licenses | Supports | Supports | Opposes |
| War in Afghanistan | Supports | Supports Voted for it |
Supports |
| War in Iraq | Supports | Supports Voted for it |
Supports |
| Patriot Act | Supports | Supports Voted for it 2001 & 2006 |
Supports |
I do not speak for Mr. Guiliani. If he announces his intention to run I am sure he will provide you all the information you require to make a decision about his candidacy. To quote you, the web site "is what it is."
You are welcome...
If Bush had done a Gandolf and said to earmarks "YOU SHALL NOT PASS!", we'd be a lot better off now.
Hey Spiff, how do you feel you are doing so far in saving the country from immorality and preventing abortion nation-wide? :-)
Oops. Gotta fix that:
OverNearly one million abortions were performed in New York City while Rudy Giuliani was Mayor.
I had never even heard of earmarks until a couple of years ago.
They're not part of the bill that is signed or even voted on.
How they are remotely constitutional is beyond me.
Nah, I don't need to. The truth does not need to be in a large font.
Rudy is pro choice.
Pro gun-control
Pro amnesty.
Defied federal law and federal court orders to keep NYC a sanctuary city.
Took guns away from long-term permit holders that never had David Dinkins take away their guns.
Rudy has massive personal baggage that will only feed the Clinton slime machine.
Rudy pushed Bernie Kerik to be head of Homeland Security, and Bernie went down in flames with massive ethical problems, much to the embarassment of President Bush. What other Rudy cronies are waiting out there to blow up in the face of the GOP?
Should I go on?
Hey Spiff, which candidate are you endorsing?
Like most of the crap nowadays.
I'm not sure of you know yet, Rudy is NOT a social conservative :-)
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