McCAIN ON MTP WAS A SENATOR... AND HILLARY IS A MONSTER' (Dick Morris on Giuliani) |
Posted on 02/05/2007 7:50:30 PM PST by Mia T
McCAIN ON MTP WAS A SENATOR... AND HILLARY IS A MONSTER' (Dick Morris on Giuliani) |
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Who am I kidding, I drink it all day long. It's especially good when it accompanies one of your new threads.
Careful. Caffeine and politics can be a deadly combination. ;)
unsafe at any speed. ;)
"a law that would make it illegal to perform a specific abortion procedure conducted in the last six months of pregnancy known as 'partial birth abortion,' except in cases necessary to save the life of the mother."
This is exactly Rudy Giuliani's position.
Moreover, he will appoint justices who are strict constructionists, in the mold of Alito, Roberts and Scalia. Isn't that the bottom line to stop these horrendous procedures and to protect life and liberty?
Yet some here are arguing, threatening, that if the candidate is too 'liberal,' they will place their de facto vote for a Stalinist. Does this make any sense?
The political direction of our government lags behind, but reflects the political direction of the electorate. If the conservative cause grows, it will be reflected in political wins. If it is in decline, it will face losses.
It does the conservative cause no good to become petulant and self-destructive.
Personally, I will back whichever candidate gets the nomination. I understand that it is crucial to keep the clintons out of the White House.
But some who find the Republican candidate too 'liberal' will be placing their de facto vote for a Stalinist (and a rapist, and someone who wants to crush the Religious Right and who was the proximate cause of 9/11).
And the payoff: a Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court instead of an Alito, Roberts or Scalia, marginalization, if not worse, of their religious beliefs.... And G-d knows what depth of failure in the War on Terror. Good going.
I find it hard to believe that those people aren't able to discern the difference between Giuliani and clinton. Frankly, if true, it is frightening.
I am advocating for Giuliani not because of his ideology. I am advocating for him because I believe he can win, and because I believe he possesses the qualities that this country desperately needs in these perilous times.
The other night, I heard a man who is not perfect, but a man of rare intelligence, humility, warmth, competence, strength and leadership.
We will be fortunate, indeed, and our babies, born and unborn, living and not yet imagined, will be infinitely safer, if he is our next president.
BUMP!
thanks, PGalt. :)
DITTO BUMP.....You have summed up my thoughts exactly!
Keep up the good work & please ping me to any RUDY threads you post or find!
thank you Julie.:)
will do.
Taylor-Dayne-and-I-almost-finished-painting-ceiling bump
I hope you aren't on a ladder. ;)
That woman, that Ms Klinton, is on a mission.
Anyone who would make statement like that probably shouldn't be allowed to vote.
Anyone who would make statement like that probably shouldn't be allowed to vote.
:) Probably not.
Not knowing exactly what your implying, I'll refrain from commenting. :^P
I was cautioning against a syncope-induced fall, i.e., her music's swoon factor. ;)
Rudy Giuliani's announcement that he will seek the Republican presidential nomination brings to my mind a book I wrote in the early 1990s, "The Conservative Crack-Up." By 1994 and the arrival of Newt Gingrich's "Contract With America," it became apparent that the movement was not dead but rather on its way to palmy days. This was what I anticipated in "The Conservative Crack-Up," where I was careful to note that though the movement embraces contending factions, they all come together at election time. The libertarians, the social conservatives, the hawks--all recognize that the Democrats' alternative to them is a greater threat than they in good conscience could allow into government. One also knows a political leader by the action he takes. As mayor, Mr. Giuliani took on the nanny state that city government had become.... He cleaned up the crime-ridden streets, cutting crime by 64% and murder by 67%. By cutting spending and taxes, he turned an economic basket case into an economic marvel. In eight years he reduced or extinguished 23 taxes. Every year he was in office, New York City's economy grew faster than the nation's. Then came September 11 and he displayed to the nation the traits he had so successfully displayed in reviving his city. He was decisive, efficient, prudent, and--something only those at his side in Gracie Mansion already knew--brave. After the first plane struck the World Trade Center, he instantly rushed to the scene. Arriving just after the second plane hit he re-established governance nearby as the towers came down. He was in genuine peril but coolly oversaw the rescue work and communication with the outside world. He had already demonstrated his awareness of the danger and nihilism of terrorists. In 1995 he expelled Palestine Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat from commemorations of the United Nations' 50th anniversary sponsored by the city, saying, "When we're having a party and a celebration, I would rather not have someone who has been implicated in the murders of Americans there." Mr. Giuliani's knowledge of international terrorism has steadily grown to the point that he is now acknowledged as one of the world's foremost authorities on terror. That alone in these times should commend him to the majority of the American electorate. Still, he has another asset.... "Not since Teddy Roosevelt took on Tammany Hall," Mr. Malanga writes, "has a New York politician closely linked to urban reform looked like presidential timber." As an urban reformer and seasoned warrior in the struggle against international terror, Mr. Giuliani will be a formidable candidate for the presidency. Surely conservatives of all stripes will recognize this. What they need to hear next is where the mayor stands on conservative social issues. Mr. Tyrrell is founder and editor in chief of the American Spectator, a contributing editor of The New York Sun, and an adjunct fellow at the Hudson Institute.
... Ever since the conservative movement's ascendancy within the Republican Party in 1964, these grim diagnoses have been handed down episodically. Every time there is dissatisfaction among conservatives or they suffer some electoral setback, the liberal pundits step forward and pronounce the modern conservative movement at death's door. In my book I ventured the witticism that "conservatism is America's longest dying political movement."
... Well, one knows a politician by the company he keeps, and Mr. Giuliani has around him the financial people who created the libertarian-conservative Manhattan Institute. He relied heavily on the institute's policies while governing New York. He will rely on libertarian-conservative policy makers in his race for the White House and once there.
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Not Since T.R.
R. EMMETT TYRRELL JR.
February 8, 2007
Which gives him a great chance to win New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and California. After which, even if half of the South refuses to vote for a "damyankee", it will not matter.
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