Rudy clearly reduced the crime rate in NYC dramatically, but saying that, he has so much baggage from the personal side of things which the media would’ve had a field day with. Aside from that, he’s essentially a liberal Democrat on virtually everything else (to his credit, he at least didn’t try to cynically or hypocritically switch positions). But on illegals, his record was clear. He’s very sympathetic to their cause, and that’s a no-go. Also, too, his promises to appoint Conservatives to positions. Why would you appoint people you have a fundamental disagreement with ? I wouldn’t, and I don’t know many pols that would. I think a lot of people were expecting too much from him.
I probably was expecting too much of him, too. I just admired what he did for NYC and how he handled 9-11. The only thing I admired about McCain was his Military service more than 3 decades ago.
I agree with everything you stated except him being pro-illegal. I think after 9-11, he changed. And more so than McCain, I think he loves this country more than his ego. I would have liked to see him as head of homeland security or something of that nature.
Heh, his personal life has way too much baggage.
Again, maybe I was expecting too much from him (scotus appointments, etc.). But I trusted him more than McCain. One of the things I really liked about him was that he didn’t care about the media. He didn’t court them like McCain did. I thought his speech at the convention rocked.
He’s not a conservative. I get that now. I liked him more than I did McCain.
Yeah, he’s a social liberal, from what I learned on here.