Posted on 04/16/2007 9:09:11 AM PDT by Ol' Sparky
Rudy must be stopped
By Joseph Farah
In case you hadn't noticed, Rudy Giuliani is leading all the polls in the race for the Republican presidential nomination.
This is scary to me.Given the likelihood of Hillary Clinton winning the Democratic nomination, Americans like me would have no choice. We'd be completely disfranchised from the presidential election. We would be morally prevented from voting for either major party candidate.
The good news is there's still time to stop Rudy.
My objections to Rudy are hardly confined to the issue of abortion. In fact, besides our shared passion for the New York Yankees, I can think of precious little on which I agree with Giuliani. But let's examine his extreme position in favor of killing unborn babies for any and every reason imaginable.
Giuliani began his campaign for the presidency by attempting to moderate his position on the life issue. He told nationally syndicated radio host Sean Hannity he favored parental consent laws, he opposed public funding of abortion, he opposed partial-birth abortion, he favored the appointment of strict constructionists to the U.S. Supreme Court.
All of this was meant to tickle the ears of soft-headed Republicans. It was meant to portray Giuliani as something other than an extremist, a zealot, the same so-called "Republican" who refused to support a moderate Republican candidate for governor of New York in favor of Mario Cuomo.
Giuliani even suggested his positions on the abortion issue had been consistent all along – that he was not modifying his stances in an effort to attract pro-life voters.
But, in this age of the Internet, there is just no hiding past positions on issues.
Indeed, Rudy has been consistent – consistently pro-abortion.
While saying he is personally opposed to abortion and thinks we should discourage it, he advocates every imaginable incentive for women to have them – discouraging laws requiring women to see ultra-sound images of their in utero babies before crushing their skulls, discouraging any cut in taxpayer funding of abortions and describing this hideous, abominable procedure as a "constitutional right."
I don't believe Rudy Giuliani is really personally opposed to abortion. I don't think he cares a whit about unborn babies. And, even if I am misjudging his heart, it really doesn't matter what he thinks. What matters is what he does, how he acts.
What would you think of someone who said he personally opposed slavery, would never own a slave himself, but fought fervently for the right of others to own slaves.
Would you believe that person is really opposed to slavery? Would you care that he was "personally opposed"? Would you grasp that this person was trying to have it both ways on one of the most crucial moral issues men can possibly ever face?
Here's what Giuliani said in 2000 on he subject of banning partial-birth abortions: "I would vote to preserve the option for women."
I believe that was the real Giuliani. That was a reflection of his heart and mind on this issue. He would preserve the option for women to kill their babies even at the very moment of delivery – when the child is "viable" in every sense of the word. This is a position even more extreme than the one taken by the muddled thinkers who gave us Roe v. Wade.
This is why I can never, under any circumstances, cast a vote for Rudy Giuliani as president, no matter whom he is running against.
He's unfit. He's immoral. He's got no standard of right and wrong guiding him. His positions are indecent, disgusting and abominable.
If he can't be trusted on a relatively simple issue of life and death, he can't be trusted on anything in my book.
We still have time to ensure that we have a real presidential contest in 2008. We still have time to ensure that Republicans offer us an alternative to Hillary Clinton in 2008. We still have time to find an alternative to Rudy Giuliani in 2008.
Let's get busy. We've got our work cut out for us. It's time to jump off this Giuliani bandwagon.
Take the pledge with me: "Under no circumstances will I cast a vote for Rudy Giuliani as president, no matter whom he is running against."
Farah's a loon.
Dead on target.
I second the motion.
I’ll take Rudy over Hillary as POTUS anytime......
He’s right on Rudy, though. I might hold my nose and vote for the man, if he is the nominee. But more likely, I’ll find another party to vote for.
You know, with the headline “Rudy must be stopped,” this Farah thread may rival his “Why I can’t vote for Bush” threads for how many times it will be posted.
Joe Farah is 100% correct on this one.
‘World NUT Daily’
I’ll take that pledge...
If we are going to have a liberal as president, let’s at least have one that all the republicans can oppose. Rudy would be worse than Hilary because he would have a better chance of getting liberal legislation passed.
I’m not voting for him, however.
Farah is a loon but even a blind sow can find an acorn once in awhile.
The real loons are the idiots who run around promoting liberals like Rudy Giuliani to be the GOP nominee. You liberal trolls belong over at DU with the other leftwingers, not on this conservative forum.
True. But in this case, he's right (a refreshing change).
Rudy’s not my favorite, but he’s not Hillary.
Nonsense.
Rudy vs. Hillary? No contest: Rudy.
I want whichever candidate is going to prosecute the War on Terror. I can overlook anything else we disagree about.
Rudy will be the nominee. Get used to it.
He would cut off his nose to spite his face? Why give the WH to Herevilself? If Rudy is the nominee, every republican that fails to vote for him is a traitor.
And if there is someone else, get at it. Time is short.
That's all anyone can expect from people who disagree with the nominee because the fact is that Bitch Hillary will be the Dem candidate.
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