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Giuliani as the GOP presidential nominee would be a dagger in the heart of the conservative movement
(From a thread) | Credit to Spiff for the chart and flashbunny for the grapics

Posted on 04/22/2007 10:45:43 PM PDT by Jim Robinson

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To: Doofer
In case you don't know some of those Liberals in FReepers clothing have been zotted in the last couple of days.

Good. I'm concerned that we are at a point where the only difference between the Democrats and some Republicans (including President Bush, some in his staff, and some Republicans in Congress) is that what the Democrats want and what the Republicans want are the same thing and separated only by time. The Democrats would have us at a certain place within 10 years, the Republicans would have us at the same place within 20-30. In the end, we are still screwed.

More importantly, the direction we are headed, while it may not impact you or I now, it will impact our grandchildren and their grandchildren.

I look at it as I'm not voting for myself, I'm voting for my grandchildren.
161 posted on 04/23/2007 6:25:29 AM PDT by af_vet_rr
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To: flashbunny
I’m sure you can find some quotes in this link to make a great RINO Rudy trading card on Illegals. PS..All of it is in his own words, sourced and dated.

http://www.ibisnetwork.com/giuliani/text/immkenn.html

“Many don’t speak English, or speak it haltingly.(snip)..But the fact is, their children often out-perform native-born students...”

“So illegal and undocumented immigrants are going to remain, and even increase. And nothing that is now being proposed in Washington would realistically change that very much.”

” Section 434 of the federal welfare reform law, and Section 642 of the new immigration law, violate the Tenth Amendment.”

“Most likely, the federal government will reply that controlling immigration is one of their core functions. But this is a disingenuous argument.”

“”Executive Order 124” is not only bad policy, it is a violation of the U.S. Constitution. It is my opinion that the new law is unfair because discriminates based on immigration status.”

( Its a gold mine and lays out his position on illegals that any RAT politician would envy)

162 posted on 04/23/2007 6:25:50 AM PDT by Beagle8U (FreeRepublic -- One stop shopping ....... Its the Conservative Super Walmart for news .)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Too, the only states he would make competitive are the ones that should be solidly GOP.


163 posted on 04/23/2007 6:28:44 AM PDT by kenth (I got tired of my last tagline...)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
And you can bet that Rudy will blame “the far right” when he announces his withdrawal from the race.

Absolutely. This is why I say that Guiliani is the media's "dream candidate" for the GOP. It's a win/win scenario for them.

Case #1: Guiliani loses the GOP primary. In this scenario, the media (much like some recently banned posters here) gets to portray the GOP base as a bunch of "right-wing zealots" who destroyed the candidacy of "America's mayor" because of a few "minor" issues o disagreement. Not the media's preferred case, but a minor "win" for them anyway.

Case #2: Guiliani wins the GOP primary, but loses the general election. This is the media's preferred scenario. Here, the media gets to gleefully point out for weeks on end how the conservative influence in the GOP is effectively over -- all anyone need do is toss them some insincere platitudes and provide a credible "bogeyman" in the opposition, and the formerly powerful right wing of the party will follow like sheep. Plus, they get to unload with all of the anti-Guiliani ammo they have saved up (getting some negatives out now so they can claim "old news" during the GOP primary, but will suddenly find them relevant again in the general election). A possible bonus may be a long-term defection from the GOP by conservatives.

Case #3: Guiliani wins the general election. If the media has to live with any Republican winning, it might as well be Guiliani. He's certainly not going to betray their core principles of pro-abortion and anti-gun ownership. Plus, he's "colorful" enough to provide for four years of good stories about his latest gaffe.

164 posted on 04/23/2007 6:28:58 AM PDT by kevkrom (A vote for Guiliani is a vote to kill conservatism.)
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To: upsdriver
“I don’t care who he blames, just having him pull out is good enough for me!!”

Blame me Rooty..Blame me! I would be honored to be blamed personally.

165 posted on 04/23/2007 6:30:28 AM PDT by Beagle8U (FreeRepublic -- One stop shopping ....... Its the Conservative Super Walmart for news .)
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To: Beagle8U

LOL!! Same here!!


166 posted on 04/23/2007 6:33:49 AM PDT by upsdriver (DUNCAN HUNTER FOR PRESIDENT!!!!)
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To: upsdriver

In truth Jim and FreeRepublic should bet the credit.


167 posted on 04/23/2007 6:37:44 AM PDT by Beagle8U (FreeRepublic -- One stop shopping ....... Its the Conservative Super Walmart for news .)
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To: Beagle8U

* GET the credit...lol


168 posted on 04/23/2007 6:38:31 AM PDT by Beagle8U (FreeRepublic -- One stop shopping ....... Its the Conservative Super Walmart for news .)
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To: Beagle8U

Well, sure, if you’re talking about credit!! I thought we were talking about blame!

I always get blamed for things, never any credit!lol


169 posted on 04/23/2007 6:43:02 AM PDT by upsdriver (DUNCAN HUNTER FOR PRESIDENT!!!!)
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To: Jim Robinson
While I agree with your assessment of Mayor Giuliani, his nomination will be a dagger in the heart of the Republican Party, not the conservative movement.
170 posted on 04/23/2007 6:54:46 AM PDT by Old_Mil (Duncan Hunter in 2008! A Veteran, A Patriot, A Reagan Republican... http://www.gohunter08.com/)
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To: AZRepublican
AZR said: "..if chances are..conservative justice appointed to the court.."

Dear AZR; here is where you have missed something very important to our Republican form of government.

The fate and the morals of our nation should not hinge on who is sitting on the Bench.

If we had a Congress with some "sack" as one writer put it, they would make sure that the Supreme Court was not trying to legislate from the Bench.

As it is, our linguinie-spined Congress has not, and apparently will not do the job they were sent to Washington to do.

It is with your own Congressman you need to reconcile your values.

171 posted on 04/23/2007 7:06:16 AM PDT by Designer II
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To: Designer II

AZR is no longer here. Forget about him.


172 posted on 04/23/2007 7:08:39 AM PDT by gpapa
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To: Rastus
"..Land of the Dead. Is it just me, or is he the spitting image?"

I think he looks like Carville to me.

173 posted on 04/23/2007 7:11:44 AM PDT by Designer II
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To: Spiff
A decade!? Heck, it will probably take conservatives a decade to just recover from all the stuff that Bush and the Republican-controlled Congress did to use for the last 8 years. Giuliani would set back conservatism almost 3 decades. Giuliani with a Democrat-controlled Congress would probably kill modern conservatism.

You're looking at a lot longer than that to undo just what Bush has done. I hate to think what happens if he gets his amnesty "guest worker" stuff pushed through, and considering it's a Democrat Congress, he probably will.
174 posted on 04/23/2007 7:14:49 AM PDT by af_vet_rr
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To: upsdriver

“I always get blamed for things, never any credit!lol”

Rooty and his liberal Bots will lay blame, Conservatives will give credit.


175 posted on 04/23/2007 7:21:57 AM PDT by Beagle8U (FreeRepublic -- One stop shopping ....... Its the Conservative Super Walmart for news .)
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To: EYE33
Here.....Here....!

Properly, that's "Hear! Hear!" It is a shorthand exhortation to Listen to Wisdom!

176 posted on 04/23/2007 7:30:13 AM PDT by arthurus (Better to fight them over THERE than over HERE)
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To: Prokopton
"There, quite simply, would no longer be a connection between conservatives and the GOP"

Very true, W has killed the GOP, who cares who the GOP nominates, however it is will be a globalist, anti-american elite anyway.

177 posted on 04/23/2007 7:37:34 AM PDT by jpsb
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To: AZRepublican

“His personal views should not be a barrier in allowing a liberal an easy walk into the WH.”

That statement doesn’t make sense. I see him as to the left of some of the dems...


178 posted on 04/23/2007 7:38:56 AM PDT by babygene (Never look into the laser with your last good eye...)
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To: GovernmentShrinker

“even if they WERE identical on their stated positions on all issues, I’d take the honest one over the dishonest one in a second.”

That’s crazy talk... You’d take someone who was evil with conviction over someone who would govern by polling?


179 posted on 04/23/2007 7:52:49 AM PDT by babygene (Never look into the laser with your last good eye...)
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To: Anita1

“Thompson voted YES on allowing more foreign workers into the US for farm work.”

Legal immigrant farm workers are not and have not been the problem...


180 posted on 04/23/2007 8:00:55 AM PDT by babygene (Never look into the laser with your last good eye...)
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