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Meeting 'the real Rudy'
Scripps News ^ | Thursday, March 15, 2007 | DEROY MURDOCK

Posted on 03/15/2007 4:31:44 PM PDT by DKNY

The same Beltway experts who declared Sen. John McCain of Arizona the GOP front-runner, even as he under-polled fellow presidential contender Rudolph Giuliani, now parrot equally dodgy concepts. When Republicans meet "the real Rudy," they will abandon New York's former mayor like cattle fleeing a burning barn. Then, the wobbly Washington wisdom continues, Giuliani's three marriages, and his less-than-solidly-right-wing views on gays, guns and gametes will torpedo his buoyant presidential hopes.

These seers now detect unhappiness with the GOP aspirants. They cite a recent Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll in which 26 percent of Republican primary voters were dissatisfied with Giuliani, McCain and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, among others. However, 56 percent called these choices satisfactory. This mirrors the 57 percent of conservative Republicans who preferred Giuliani, versus 31 percent for McCain. More broadly, Republicans backed Giuliani by 38 percent to McCain's 24, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich's 10, Romney's 8, and 2 percent each for Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee.

But what if voters like Giuliani better upon understanding his pre-9/11 performance? Educating Republicans on his complete mayoral record _ and soon _ may be Giuliani's best bet for extinguishing the lingering grumbling about his candidacy.

I recently visited Baltimore, Charlotte, N.C., Richmond, Va., Salem, Ore., Seattle, and Johnstown, Pa., mainly to deliver speeches sponsored by the Young America's Foundation. I conversed with conservative activists, College Republican leaders, university professors and think-tank scholars, among others.

These Americans vividly remember Giuliani emerging ...

(Excerpt) Read more at scrippsnews.com ...


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1 posted on 03/15/2007 4:31:46 PM PDT by DKNY
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To: TitansAFC

ping. Murdock again. geeez.


2 posted on 03/15/2007 4:33:09 PM PDT by dynachrome ("Where am I? Where am I going? Why am I in a handbasket?")
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To: areafiftyone; PhiKapMom; BunnySlippers; FairOpinion

Rudy ping!


3 posted on 03/15/2007 4:33:17 PM PDT by DKNY ("You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it." --Margaret Thatcher)
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To: DKNY
_ Through robust policing, Giuliani drove overall crime down 56.1 percent,
while chopping homicides 66.6 percent, from 1,946 in 1993 to 649 in 2001.

_ Following national trends, abortions on Giuliani's watch dropped 16.9 percent,
while taxpayer-funded Medicaid abortions plunged 23 percent.

What a rino. Some of you tools have a huge surprise coming.

4 posted on 03/15/2007 4:34:24 PM PDT by PRND21
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To: DKNY

Murdock is a Rudy hack, doing dirty work againsy loyal republicans in order to give the Rudy campaign, with which he is connected, plausible deniability.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1801578/posts

Read the LINK!!!!!!!!!! It is only a few minutes old.


5 posted on 03/15/2007 4:34:39 PM PDT by TitansAFC ("My 80% enemy is not my 20% friend" -- Common Sense)
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To: DKNY; TitansAFC

Gag me with a pitchfork


6 posted on 03/15/2007 4:35:07 PM PDT by pissant (http://www.gohunter08.com/)
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To: DKNY

"the real Rudy,"
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Which woman you asking ?
The cousin, not my cousin, I didn't know ?

Where is my briefcase full of nuke buttons ?


7 posted on 03/15/2007 4:35:27 PM PDT by IrishMike ( What happens when aliens breed with sheep ? - Democrats)
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To: DKNY
Good article, thanks for posting.

I'm sure you'll be showered with gratitude.

8 posted on 03/15/2007 4:39:27 PM PDT by M. Thatcher
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To: PRND21
Some of you tools have a huge surprise coming.

No surprises, at least not for us... Rudy will the nomination.

9 posted on 03/15/2007 4:39:39 PM PDT by DKNY ("You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it." --Margaret Thatcher)
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To: DKNY

add ... win to the above


10 posted on 03/15/2007 4:40:21 PM PDT by DKNY ("You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it." --Margaret Thatcher)
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To: M. Thatcher
I'm sure you'll be showered with gratitude.

I'm feeling the love!!!... LOL

11 posted on 03/15/2007 4:41:15 PM PDT by DKNY ("You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it." --Margaret Thatcher)
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To: Blackirish; Jameison; Sabramerican; BunnySlippers; tkathy; veronica; Roccus; Jake The Goose; ...

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


12 posted on 03/15/2007 4:41:53 PM PDT by areafiftyone (RUDY GIULIANI 2008 - STRENGTH AND LEADERSHIP)
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To: dynachrome

Another episode of "pimp my rino"


13 posted on 03/15/2007 4:41:56 PM PDT by flashbunny (<--- Free Anti-Rino graphics! See Rudy the Rino get exposed as a liberal with his own words!)
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To: DKNY
Rudy will the nomination.

But, but...Hunter has new pictures on his website!

14 posted on 03/15/2007 4:42:09 PM PDT by PRND21
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To: TitansAFC; narses; All
Murdock is a Rudy hack, doing dirty work againsy loyal republicans in order to give the Rudy campaign, with which he is connected, plausible deniability.

HE LIKES RUDY NOW BUT HE DIDN'T ALWAYS. Narses has a spam that he/she posts with a Murdock Link that is very much ANTI-RUDY!!

15 posted on 03/15/2007 4:44:34 PM PDT by areafiftyone (RUDY GIULIANI 2008 - STRENGTH AND LEADERSHIP)
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To: DKNY

"When Republicans meet "the real Rudy," they will abandon New York's former mayor like cattle fleeing a burning barn."

Enough said!


16 posted on 03/15/2007 4:44:47 PM PDT by stockpirate (To learn about John Kerry, FBI files and the VVAW read my about me page on FR.)
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To: PRND21
But, but...Hunter has new pictures on his website!

Oh well that is an unexpected event... never mind, he wins...lol.

17 posted on 03/15/2007 4:45:27 PM PDT by DKNY ("You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it." --Margaret Thatcher)
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To: DKNY

---"No surprises, at least not for us... Rudy will the nomination."---

Well, then your new-look, progressive GOP will be asking the Chamber of Commerce CEOs to do their groundwork. Because of the top 10 groups generally credited with the success of the 72-hour GOTV program, registering new voters, and the biggest grassroots success, I can guarantee you that not a one of them is going to run their engines for Rudy - not the Right-To-Life, not the NRA, not the Family Research Council, not the NHRA, not the Christian Coalition, and so on.

The arrogance of you Rudophiles is truly damning. You will be losing more than a temporary alliance if you are successful in pimping him on those of us who find him entirely unacceptable.


18 posted on 03/15/2007 4:46:21 PM PDT by TitansAFC ("My 80% enemy is not my 20% friend" -- Common Sense)
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To: PRND21

"Let's say somebody is acquitted, and it's one of those acquittals in which the person was guilty, but there is just not quite enough evidence beyond a reasonable doubt," the Mayor said. "That might be a situation in which the car would still be forfeited."

Keep sweeping. That Rug is getting a huge bulge already


19 posted on 03/15/2007 4:46:37 PM PDT by pissant (http://www.gohunter08.com/)
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To: stockpirate; DKNY
"When Republicans meet "the real Rudy," they will abandon New York's former mayor like cattle fleeing a burning barn."

Gee the "Real Rudy" has been out there for quite some time now. I don't feel any fire or a wind from the Republicans fleeing! Tick...Tick.. Tick.. Waiting Waiting... AND Here they Come.. Uh! Nothing Happening!

20 posted on 03/15/2007 4:48:49 PM PDT by areafiftyone (RUDY GIULIANI 2008 - STRENGTH AND LEADERSHIP)
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