[areafiftyone]

(((((RUDY PING)))))

[msnimje]

I wonder if this will satisfy those asking, "Where's the beef?"

[concerned about politics]

Ex-NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani

Vote for a liberal - you'll get liberalism.

Don't vote (D/L). Don't vote (R/L). Vote for a philosophy.

Vote Conservative - you'll get Conservatism!

[P-40]

Looks like with all the unemployed Republican strategists right now they'll take any work they can get. :)

[MittFan08]

With the latest USA Today poll showing Rudy with a 16 point lead over his nearest rival- McCain, it's not at all surprising to see people flocking like crazy to Rudy. Lots of people want to work for a winner.

[Hydroshock]

Archives of the Mayor's Press Office
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: January 22, 1998

Release #034-98
Contact: Colleen Roche/Brenda Pérez (212) 788-2958

MAYOR GIULIANI COMMEMORATES THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ROE V. WADE SUPREME COURT DECISION

Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani today commemorated the 25th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision guaranteeing a woman’s constitutional right to privacy. At a press conference at City Hall, the Mayor was joined by Kelli Conlin, Executive Director of the New York State Affiliate of the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League (NARAL/NY); Irwin Schneiderman, NARAL Foundation Board Chair; Barbara Schack, NARAL/NY Board Chair; State Senator Roy M. Goodman, Council Member Andrew Eristoff; and Assemblyman John Ravitz.

"Twenty five years after the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision, its impact is as significant as ever," Mayor Giuliani said. "This decision has precluded government from interfering with a woman’s Constitutional rights. "I take this opportunity to restate the commitment of the Administration to protect women’s right to seek reproductive health advice and services if that is their choice," the Mayor concluded.

Ms. Conlin said, "The 25th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade is an important time to remember the values that define the right to choose, and to applaud New York’s important role in leading the nation in regard to reproductive health. The Roe decision transformed abortion from a criminal act to a legal medical procedure, allowing doctors to provide this important medical service to women, without fear of criminal prosecution. Women were finally spared the humiliation of back alleys, and the fear of death due to unsafe, unsanitary procedures.

Ms. Conlin continued, "New York City has renewed its commitment to reproductive health care for women consistently, most profoundly in 1994 with the enactment of the Clinic Protection Act, which has dramatically reduced the incidence of violence and harassment of women entering health facilities."

With more than 50,000 members, NARAL/NY works in the political arena to protect women’s access to safe reproductive health services, and to expand the reproductive rights available to women.

www.ci.nyc.ny.us

[Reagan Man]

So Rudy is choosing more members for his A-TEAM of Rockefeller Republicans.

Maybe the Rudy-Lovers can get his hired guns to join FR too. If they're on the Giuliani payroll, why not let them earn their money. We already have a few Bloggers for Rudy pushing his agenda and spewing his politics around here. Why not a few more.

[don-o]

Thank God! A Rudy thread.

[BunnySlippers]

Wow, I knew he'd have his people lined up before committing.

[RexBeach]

I thought K.C. Jones played for the Celtics?

[RexBeach]

I thought K.C. Jones played for the Celtics?

[Spiff]

I wonder how many of the people listed on his "beefed up" team know that...
Rudy Giuliani supports Partial Birth Abortion

[GEORGE] WILL: Is your support of partial birth abortion firm?
Mayor GIULIANI: All of my positions are firm. I have strong viewpoints. I express them. And I--I do not think that it makes sense to be changing your position....
ABC News February 6, 2000

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TUCHMAN: Giuliani was then asked whether he supports a ban on what critics call partial-birth abortions, something Bush strongly supports.
GIULIANI: No, I have not supported that, and I don't see my position on that changing.
- CNN December 2, 1999

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BLITZER: If you were in the Senate and [President Clinton] vetoed, once again, the [ban on the] so-called partial-birth abortion procedure, you would vote against sustaining that against the -- in favor of the veto in other words, you would support the president on that.
GIULIANI: Yes. I said then that I support him, so I have no reason to change my mind about it.
BLITZER: All right. So the bottom line is that on a lot of these very sensitive issues whether on guns, abortion, patients' bill of rights, taxes, you are more in line with the president and by association, with Mrs. Clinton, than you are against them.
- CNN February 6, 2000

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MR. RUSSERT: A banning of late-term abortions, so-called partial-birth abortions--you're against that?

MAYOR GIULIANI: I'm against it in New York, because in New York...

MR. RUSSERT: Well, if you were a senator, would you vote with the president or against the president? [Note: President Clinton was in office in 2000]

MAYOR GIULIANI: I would vote to preserve the option for women. I think that choice is a very difficult one. It's a very, very--it's one in which people of conscious have very, very different opinions. I think the better thing for America to do is to leave that choice to the woman, because it affects her probably more than anyone else....

MR. RUSSERT: So you won't change your view on late-term abortion in order to get the Conservative Party endorsement?

MAYOR GIULIANI: It isn't just that. We shouldn't limit this to one issue. I'm generally not going to change my views
- NBC Meet the Press, February 6, 2000

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***Note: the version of the Partial Birth Abortion Ban that Giuliani opposed in 2000, that he said he supported Bill Clinton in vetoing the Republican-controlled Congress's legislation, contained the exception for the life of the mother that Rudy is now trying to pretend is a prerequisite for his support of it.

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

Rearranging deck chairs on the titanic.

[madprof98]

Wow! Lotsa folks signing up for Rudy. Must be the Free Abortions for Everybody he promises.

[Ciexyz]

Most interesting.

[lilylangtree]

Giulani could have George Herbert Walker Bush in his camp and as a voter I would still say, "No thanks!"

[hosepipe]

Rudy Giuliani is weird.. Way too much time for him to do or say something weird before the election.. Mark my words.. Giuliani's greatest enemy is Giuliani..

Did I say the boy is wierd?..

[GoldenPup]

On that list, we didn't see Superman, The Incredible Hulk, Batman & Robin, or Spiderman. Too bad because that's who he is going to need to get elected POTUS. It's the GUNS Rudi...remember...its the GUNS!!!!