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...consistency is preferable to pandering.

Just so.

Several Republicans said they differed from him on key issues but would vote for him nevertheless. "I don't like his position on gun control," said Ken Crenshaw, 63, a retired soldier. "I've belonged to the National Rifle Association for 35 years so I'm pro-gun. But he's a proven leader so he's the right man at the right moment."

The voice of realism...and victory over the Satanic...erm, Democrat Party.

Regards, Ivan

1 posted on 02/23/2007 1:43:07 AM PST by MadIvan
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To: areafiftyone; BunnySlippers; PhiKapMom; Mrs Ivan; odds; DCPatriot; Deetes; Barset; fanfan; ...

Ping!


2 posted on 02/23/2007 1:43:34 AM PST by MadIvan (I aim to misbehave.)
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To: MadIvan

Reading just the headline, I thought this article was about Barack Hussein Obama


3 posted on 02/23/2007 1:44:21 AM PST by expatguy (http://laotze.blogspot.com/)
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To: MadIvan

Is this his website?

http://www.joinrudy2008.com


5 posted on 02/23/2007 1:52:57 AM PST by Jim Robinson (It's "originalists" not "constructionists.")
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To: MadIvan

IMO the political landscape is changed forever not only by 9/11 but also by www., cnn, fox, etc.


6 posted on 02/23/2007 1:55:20 AM PST by tkathy (Sectarian violence? Or genocidal racists? Which is a better description of islamists?)
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To: MadIvan
Mr. Giuliani is seen as the epitome of a spirit that was not broken

Amen!

9 posted on 02/23/2007 2:07:34 AM PST by WestVirginiaRebel (A liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel-Robert Frost)
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To: MadIvan
Agreed.

It seems that since, oh, maybe the sixties, we all have our lists of positions, and we match them up to what a candidate says. Whoever gets the most matches wins our vote.

I have met so many non-conservatives who either respected or even LOVED Ronald Reagan. They didn't vote for him as much on the issues as they did on his passion, his ability to move the country in a direction he could explain.

If Reagan were running today, how many here would say "Look at his abortion record in California--never gettin MY vote!"

I'm starting to see McCain fade, Hillary stumble and Giuliani, Romney and Obama moving ahead. This can change at any time, but I am sensing many people want A LEADER, not just someone who spouts the "right" positions. After all, if we voted in 1984 or 2004 based on the deficit spending (NOT a conservative position), shrinking the size of government, or making abortion illegal, where might we be today?

10 posted on 02/23/2007 2:21:18 AM PST by Darkwolf377 (Republican, Bostonian, Bush supporter, atheist, pro-lifer)
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To: MadIvan

GO RUDY


13 posted on 02/23/2007 3:41:57 AM PST by GeorgefromGeorgia
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To: MadIvan
"the face of the 9/11 response"

I reserve that distinction for GWB.

19 posted on 02/23/2007 4:05:23 AM PST by blam
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To: MadIvan

Looking at the "keywords", I'd say that the spammers have already hit this thread. Rudy has his faults, and don't we all? I'd have to say, when it comes to asskicking and name taking, Rudy is up to the task.


22 posted on 02/23/2007 4:09:57 AM PST by TheSpottedOwl (Are those coyotes I hear, or is Hillary singing again?)
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To: MadIvan
"The voice of realism"

The voice of a man with no convictions worth fighting for.

28 posted on 02/23/2007 4:16:15 AM PST by Afronaut (Supporting Republican Liberals is the Undeniable End to Freedom)
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To: MadIvan

Rudy will be strongly challenged by a conservative. Of that there is no doubt. And this notion that only he can beat Hillary is preposterous.


31 posted on 02/23/2007 4:32:31 AM PST by pissant
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To: MadIvan

Sorry, Ivan. Rudy's dragiing more chains than Jacob Marley.


77 posted on 02/23/2007 11:33:57 AM PST by PzLdr ("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
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To: MadIvan

Didn't the ex-mayor accept a knighthood from the Queen? Isn't it actually Sir Rudy?


78 posted on 02/23/2007 12:27:36 PM PST by George W. Bush
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