Nonsense, he’s pandering.
BY RICHARD SISK
DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU
Saturday, November 17th 2007, 4:00 AM
WASHINGTON - Rudy Giuliani Friday came up with “200 reasons” why he is better than Hillary Clinton or any other Democrat - the 200 judges he would name as President.
“I’m gonna give you 200 reasons” to choose him over Sens. Clinton (D-N.Y.), Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and former Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.), Giuliani told applauding strict constructionists from the Federalist Society.
“It’s the 200 federal judges the next President of the U.S. is likely to appoint,” Giuliani said.
The former mayor said that if Clinton won, she would name “judges who will be activist in the sense of trying to legislate social policy.”
The Federalist Society audience, which earlier rapturously welcomed members and Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, also gave frequent ovations to Giuliani’s standard riffs on 9/11 and against taxes and welfare.
Former Solicitor General Ted Olson, who introduced Giuliani, may have provided the gaffe of the day.
Just a week after the indictment of former Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik, Olson said Giuliani had shown “the wisdom and humility to surround himself with talented, dedicated and energetic people” as mayor.
If Rudy had a (D) behind his name, you’d be slamming him to the ground like the rest of FR.