I am voting on the ISSUES, not for a fancy Madison Avenue designer label...
NON-NEGOTIABLE issues:
1. War.2. Border.
3. Terrorism.
4. 2nd Amendment.
Julie-Annie can go to hell and so can the Republicans if they are dumb enough to push that swill...
Pro law enforcement is not necessarily right wing. When the laws being enforced are those that infringe upon our rights, I’d say that the enforcer is left wing and pro government.
“Bush era conservative” is an apt description that means not very conservative at all.
That’s why many of us do not like Rudy and will not vote for him.
Once again, liberals lie. Rudi found the trash "art" to be offensive but he did not try to censor anything. He felt it should not be displayed in a building that was funded by the taxpayers. Put it in a private museam or collection. Wouldn't vote for Rudi but I agreed with him on this stance.
I found how the World had been misled by prostitute Writers,
to ascribe the greatest Exploits in War to Cowards,
the wisest Counsel to Fools,
Sincerity to Flatterers,
Roman Virtue to Betrayers of their Country,
Piety to Atheists,
Chastity to Sodomites,
Truth to Informers.
(III:8;5)
Jonathan Swift
Rino rudy a liberal statist. I will never vote for the pro abortiion, anti gun, pro gay worthless SOB.
Baloney.
Reverse psychology.
The libs love McCain, but they'd be comfortable with Julie.
As is typical of David Greenberg and his fellow liberals, anyone slightly to the right of Karl Marx could not possibly be a lefty.
I am voting on the ISSUES, not for a fancy Madison Avenue designer label...
NON-NEGOTIABLE issues:
1. War.2. Border.
3. Terrorism.
4. 2nd Amendment.
Julie-Annie can go to hell and so can the Republicans if they are dumb enough to push that swill...
Don’t be like the alleged “conservatives”on this site who I am actually am beginning to believe are plants from KOS or DU no matter how long they have been here.
I refuse to believe anyone would endanger their lives and the lives of their own families just to make a political point (not voting if RG gets the nod)not to mention put an end to our very way of life. This is why I have come to the conclusion that those who say they will stay home or vote third Party are liberals in conservative clothing.
The only other possible excuse is sheer mind numbing stupidity along with a stunning lack of the smallest quantity of common sense.
> Here’s a NY leftie who really hates Rudy. The article gives a good idea of why some of us here on FR are not totally opposed to him.
Oh please— it’s clear this lib’s standards are to the left of Che Guevara! This ultra-lib probably bitches about Hitlery being too far right as well. Castigation by ultra-liberals is expected to be heaped on 99% of the population. That’s a mighty bit, filthy barrel to choose from, FRiend.
>> As any New Yorker can tell you, the last word anyone in the 1990s would have attached to the brash, furniture- breaking mayor was “liberal” <<
As any real NYer, except this idiot, would KNOW, Rudy Giuliani received the endorsement of NY’s Liberal Party. That’s right: Rudy LEGALLY had “liberal” attached to his name.
Please be very careful about saying anything positive about Giuliani on Free Republic.
We can’t let our own “Clinton Derangement Syndrome” color our judgment. If we do, we’re no better than the moonbats and their BDS.
Yeah, we might have to endure 4 years of another, and probably worse, Clinton. But if we keep compromising our principles, where does it stop? In 2000, I wasn’t happy about Bush, but he was a better choice than Gore. But we’ve seen that he isn’t as conservative as we had been lead to believe. If we compromise on Rudy (who clearly isn’t as conservative as Bush) then what can we look forward to in the next election?
President Bush is as non-conservative as I’m willing to accept. He is the line in the sand.
And outside of Free Republic, there are a whole lot of people who are not totally opposed to him. This could have something to do with that "current GOP frontrunner" status that Giuliani consistently appears to be enjoying.
this moralist and self-styled lawman has exhibited all the key hallmarks of Bush-era conservatism.
And that is precisely the problem. We don’t need any more Bush era “conservatism”. We need Reagan era conservatism. Rudy isn’t the guy to deliver that.
the prosecutor-turned-proconsul made his mark on the city not by embracing its social liberalism but by trying to crush it.
That is what worries me, I want nothing of a “Bush era” conservative.
No more fooling around with this insane nonsense.
Go away, Rudy.
"...Well, what about Reagan? This president, renowned for his naps, granted amnesty to 3 million illegal immigrants in the 1986 Simpson-Mazzoli bill. As governor of California, he signed the most liberal abortion legalization bill in America, then flip-flopped and became an abortion opponent. What did he do about it as president? Gave us Sandra Day O'Connor and Anthony Kennedy, the two swing votes that upheld and enshrined Roe v. Wade for the past quarter-century...
This is a recent editorial by Krauthammer and it can be found: HERE.
Waste of time. I remember the 90s well enough to know Rudy was the devil incarnate to the left, second only to Newt. But now in 2007 the cranks have their feet wedged firmly in the mud, and their fingers stuck tightly in their ears. Their first commandment is “Thou shalt not say anything sensible about Giuliani”.
I’m not even particularly a Rudy for prez supporter. I can live with him as the nominee if that’s how it goes down. But the sheer childishness of the Rudy haters, the petulant foot stomping DO IT MY WAY OR ELSE churlishness turns me off more then I can describe. But really what more can you expect from people who’s idea of a clever political argument is to call him “Julie-Annie”.
In 1992 there was a radio show in the afternoons I’d listen to sometimes when I had to be on the road, a show syndicated out of Florida called “For the People” which was an Art Bell type format before I ever heard of Art Bell. Generally silly but more entertaining then local talk shows.
The host was a Ross Perot fan, and shortly before the election the show stopped talking about flying saucers and such, and began attacking of GH Bush. Traitor was one of the nicer names he and the callers threw at Bush. Days of this. I’ve often wondered how satisfied were those callers by the Clinton years.
The point is I really think the hard core Rudy haters are beyond reaching, but there aren’t enough of them that it will matter. In 1992 there was a Ross Perot who could appeal to ordinary concerned people as well as to the nutcases and fanatics. Ron Paul is no Ross Perot, nor is Pat Buchanan. The fringe without a big chunk of the regular voters won’t turn the election whether it’s Rudy or whoever else is the nominee.
“Bush-era conservatism” — kind of an oxymoron, isn’t it?
I like Giuliani. But I want an ironclad promise that a) he appoint strict constructionists to SCOTUS, b) that he fight and veto any legislation further restricting the 2nd, and c) that he fight against the forces of evil in this cold culture war.
The candidate who can best move this country from the left to the right and offer my grandchildren the American dream gets my vote.