Bloggers to Blame for Rudy's Bad Week? (Rudy Blames Bloggers for His Woes).

Townhall.com ^ | Friday, April 06, 2007 | Matt Lewis

[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!

[veronica]

What a life. Living for bad news about the GOP candidate. I guess that’s what separates me from others here. I don’t live for bad news about any GOP candidate. The level of hatred for Rudy among some here rivals Cindy Sheehan’s hatred for Bush.

[mkjessup]

Not to worry. When Duncan Hunter drops out due to lack of interest from the voters, I won't gloat. Much...:)

Veronica, thank you once again for putting on FULL display the mindset of you RudyBots (ohhh sorry, you don't like that word do you? TOO BAD!), note that Duncan Hunter hasn't even been a part of the discussion on this thread for well over a 150 posts, but as soon as Rudy's impending crash and burn raises your frustration beyond your ability to cope, you lash out like a petulant child, and make a snide remark about one of the few true conservatives in this race, and that demonstrates without doubt what you're all about, i.e., Rudy or nothing.

If you can't have Rudy, you're going to start trash talking about candidates who do NOT have a flip-flop problem like Rudy does, who do NOT have three marriages in their past, who do NOT believe in murdering unborn children, who do NOT believe in the Second Amendment and the RKBA, I can hardly wait to witness your own meltdown and temper tantrum on the day Rudy drops out, I wouldn't be surprised if you got yourself banned.

[gate2wire]

No offense was intended towards TSR.
I’m so sick of Rudy I’ve considered leaving FR for a while.

[veronica]

Fred Thompson...

"WALLACE: What about civil unions?

THOMPSON: I think that that ought to be left up to the states. I personally do not think that that is a good idea, but I believe in many of these cases where there's real dispute in the country, these things are not going to be ever resolved. People are going to have different ideas. That's why we have states. We ought to give great leeway to states and not have the federal government and not have the Supreme Court of the United States making social policy that's contrary to the traditions of this country and changing that overnight. And that's what's happened in a lot of these areas.

WALLACE: On the other hand, you have taken some stands that conservatives may not like. For instance, you voted for John McCain's campaign finance reform.

THOMPSON: I came from the outside to Congress. And it always seemed strange to me. We've got a situation where people could give politicians huge sums of money, which is the soft money situation at that time, and then come before those same politicians and ask them to pass legislation for them. I mean, you get thrown in jail for stuff like that in the real world. And so I always thought that there was some reasonable limitation that ought to be put on that, and you know, looking back on history, Barry Goldwater in his heyday felt the same thing."

States rights re: civil unions, and I see no retreat on CFR.

[mkjessup]

What a life. Living for bad news about the GOP candidate. I guess that’s what separates me from others here. I don’t live for bad news about any GOP candidate.

Hey sweet cakes, I'm not 'living' for bad news about Rudy, don't you start lying again and trying to put words in my mouth, got it?

And get this: when you're opposed to a liberal RINO like Rudy (as I am), bad news for Rudy, is GOOD news for the Republican Party, for conservatives, for the Constitution, and for the United States of America, and I make NO apology for it!

The level of hatred for Rudy among some here rivals Cindy Sheehan’s hatred for Bush.

There you go again, babbling that meme about 'hate hate hate', it's not hate baby, it's rock solid opposition to your boy Rudy, and that's the way it is, so deal with it.

Funny you should invoke Cindy Sheehan, you and your fellow RudyBots are almost but not quite up to her level of shrill irrationality.

[George W. Bush]

article: Enough of the hand-wringing. Politics is tough. Get a helmet!

I think Michael Dukakis might still have one he could borrow.

[veronica]

I have said over and over that I will support and vote for whoever gets the nod.

It is YOU folks who refuse to commit to voting GOP, no matter what.

[mkjessup]

No offense was intended towards TSR.

Oh I'm sure of that, no doubt about it.

I’m so sick of Rudy I’ve considered leaving FR for a while.

Think how you'll feel if all the freakin RudyBots get their way and put that liberal RINO-Stealth-'Rat in the White House?

[stephenjohnbanker]

A “clean” dive : )

[dforest]

You still don’t get it.

[veronica]

BTW - that interview with Fred Thompson is from March 11, 2007.

[Vision]

LOL, can you imagine how he would handle actually being POTUS?

[stephenjohnbanker]

“I think Michael Dukakis might still have one he could borrow”

LMAO!

[narses]

“It is YOU folks who refuse to commit to voting GOP, no matter what.”

Right. If the GOP violates Natural Law, bye-bye. You embrace ANYTHING that is GOP. Not me.

[mkjessup]

States rights re: civil unions, and I see no retreat on CFR

You don't see anything except what the RudyCollectiveBrain tells you to see.

If Fred Thompson gets into the race, it's curtains for Rudy.

Maybe your boy can give another speech in Vito Corelone's voice about 'making us an offer we can't refuse' or something like that eh?

You are to the point of actually trying to defend the indefensible, from government funded infanticide, to restrictions on the RKBA, it goes on and on and on, and with every statement from Rudy, your job gets harder.

I'm enjoying the show.

[mkjessup]

I have said over and over that I will support and vote for whoever gets the nod.

Talk is cheap. Just ask Rudy. He knows.

[mkjessup]

Hey, it’s time for dinner. I’ll be back later. I’m having the true-conservative stew, with big chunks of all-American beef, potatoes, carrots, and a dinner roll.

I hear you RudyBots are going to be having crow at one of your future get togethers, bon appetit’!

Chow for now! [7:00 pm EDST]

[veronica]

Hypocrisy is not attractive. :)

[stephenjohnbanker]

Yum!

e-stew me, please : )

[George W. Bush]

I hear you RudyBots are going to be having crow at one of your future get togethers, bon appetit’!

A meal served cold at that little AF nightclub called, what is it, the Salt Sea?

I think I'm already hearing the dinner bell.