Posted on 04/06/2007 11:16:37 AM PDT by TitansAFC
Has it crossed your mind that this may be an extremely rough primary in 2008? I asked him.
"It has, and it will be," Giuliani replied. But he also said he did not think the attacks would come directly from other Republican presidential candidates.
"I think more of this comes from the atmosphere in the blogging atmosphere, in the instant news atmosphere, and the minute analysis atmosphere," he said.
Is Rudy blaming bloggers for his recent bad publicity?
Rudy's recent problems have arisen from interviews he granted or speeches he gave.
The most damning information has come from YouTube videos, which merely give the voters a chance to hear Rudy -- in his own words. His primary problems -- the ones that have stuck -- have not come from bloggers scurrilous accusations -- they have come from bloggers reporting his own words.
Debate and argument are healthy for Democracy. And as a conservative, I am happy that we are having these fights now -- rather than in the General Election. Imagine if we didn't find out that Rudy Giuliani was in favor of taxpayer-funded abortion until two weeks before the Genereal Election. In that scenario, we could actually have a Republican candidate who is more pro-choice than the Democrat nominee ...
By going through this process, bloggers are ultimately doing two things:
1. Helping inform the voters to make a better decision regarding who best represents their values.
2. Ensuring Republican voters have enough information to nominate a strong Republican candidate who has been tested -- before going into a General Election.
Granted, not all bloggers are responsible. That's how free speech works. But the cure for our problems is more debate and argument -- not less.
Enough of the hand-wringing. Politics is tough. Get a helmet!
Well if nothing else, at least he's on track with that "truth in advertising" thing. :)
Kerry was beaten up as a waffler for trying to "nuance" everything, on a daily basis. In other words, he'd s__t his drawers in a 2 hole crapper while trying to make up his mind...
If Rudy is this “Squishy”, “The Balrog” would have made mincemeat out of him in ‘08.
i don’t think anyone has said he shouldn’t post here, i think the assertion was made, however, that no paid rudy campaign staffers post on FR. that is, obviously, incorrect.
"Still, these numbers must be kept in perspective. While down from stratospheric levels, Giuliani’s numbers remain the highest of any 2008 Presidential candidate."
Ah.
I said that I didn’t know of any. Now I do.
There’s a huge difference between flip-flipping your positions and correcting mistakes regarding implementation of a policy.”-—
You must have missed the several posts with his recent quotes implying he wouldn’t be against just “removing all limits and requiring full disclosure.”
I see. Until you declare you are not expected to have core beliefs.
LOL...
You asked for evidence of his numbers declining and that is what I gave you.
Does anyone know what his screen name is? And is he a pollster?
I wouldn’t be surprised in the least if a few of the other Rudy or Mitt supporters were paid staff, vendors, or top-level in-state volunteers. In fact, I would be surprised if they weren’t. Same with some of the other campaigns too. FR is a political site. Almost everyone wants to “play the game.” That’s just the way it is.
K.
BTW - there is a GOP debate coming up. I would think Thompson should declare soon and get in on it, if he’s a serious candidate.
Does anybody besides me think it’s funny that we have political partisans whining about other political partisans posting here?
Hysterical. Once one can get beyond the hypocrisy, that is.
what the heck was with post 123?
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