Giuliani: Bush's dream ticket

Scotland On Sunday ^ | 29 Feb 2004 | BEN MCCONVILLE IN NEW YORK

[cmsgop]

Oh Please.........

[Mulder]

He may as well pick Hitlery for VP.

She's about as "conservative" as Guiliani.

[mathluv]

Rudy is fine for NY, but waaaaaay too liberal on social issues.

[Bringbackthedraft]

Ah ha, I just posted this on another thread and predicted it as a Oct suprise, I guess I should have said September. This is the Dem's worst nightmare! Kiss your butt good-bye Hillary 08!

[Hand em their arse]

Give me a break, would never happen. Guiliani is WAY too NY for the rest of the country. I love him because I'm from NJ and think nobody is better than him but this would never happen!

[FastCoyote]

Personally, I plan my entire life around the opinions of Al Neuharth. How could one go wrong building a life based on the Oracle of USA Today?

[Mulder]

This is the Dem's worst nightmare

It's America's worst nightmare also.

The totalitarians have already taken over the democratic party (I believe their murder of Congressman McDonald completed this task).

Should Bush select the gun-grabbing statist Guiliani, the totalitarians will also own the Republican Party.

[cynicom]

The author might be shocked to find out that the sun does not rise and set in New York City.

[MegaSilver]

He’s the Republican no Democrat could say anything negative about.

And that became a good thing WHEN?

[jocon307]

"He saved New York City. Twice."

It is true, it is 100% true. And the first time, he did it single-handedly. I grew up in Manahttan, and have lived in the NY Metro area for nearly every single day of my life. NYC was truly teetering on the edge of the abyss. Giuliani pulled it back, throught the force of sheer will, it seemed to me. He was called a racist, a Nazi, every slur in the liberal book, but he never even blinked.

I disagree with him on many issues, but to me he'll always be a hero because he saved my beloved city. As the man says, not once, but twice.

I would vote for him for anything. There is no question that Cheney will NOT run for president. Putting Rudy on the ticket now, and thereby making him the presumptive candidate in 2008 is OK by me. However, he is very bad on the pro-life, etc. issues, and that may alienate the base. Plus, I know NY Dems who love Giuliani, but they wouldn't vote for him.

[bobo1]

I prefer Cheney.

Blessings, Bobo

[XRdsRev]

As a fellow New Jerseyan, I agree with you that Rudy was the right guy for New York City but he definately is not a good fit for National Leadership unless the Republican Party wants to become Democrat-Light on Social Issues. Another thing is that Rudy is definately NOT a team player....he wants to be number 1 not 2.

[billorites]

The list of inaccuracies is astounding.

Bill Frist is not a former doctor. Like he was defrocked?

Cheney has a stent in a coronary artery, not a pacemaker.

The list goes on...

[Leroy S. Mort]

Neuharth said the ideal time for the announcement would be at the Republican convention in September, commemorating 9/11 at Ground Zero.

I hope they have sense enough to insert a bathroom break between this and when they roll Osama Bin Laden down the aisle of the Convention on a gurney. That'll serve NBC right for not covering the convention gavel to gavel. Neuharth is a loon.

[southernnorthcarolina]

Amazing to get the inside scoop on U.S. politics from Scotland, is it not?

P.J. O'Rourke on the Scots:

SCOTS

Racial Characteristics:

Sour, stingy, depressing beggars who parade around in schoolgirl skirts with nothing on underneath. Their fumbled attempt at speaking the English language has been a source of amusement for five centuries, and their idiot music has been dreaded by those not blessed with deafness for at least as long. The latter is produced on a device resembling five flutes that have grown a piss bladder. Formerly, the Scots painted themselves blue and ranged far and wide over the British Isles, but good fortune prevailed and they were conquered by their betters. What passes for an alcoholic beverage in the dreary province to which the Scots have been driven has enjoyed a short vogue among fairies and advertising types, but this appears to be giving way to cocaine.

Good Points:

Attractive plaids.

Proper Forms of Address:

Scotty, Jock, legs, plaid ass.

An Anecdote Illustrating Something of the Scots Character:

In recent years, the small Scottish Nationalist movement has become so desperate that it's been kidnapping money and ransoming it for people.

[kennedy]

When pigs fly out of my butt.

If Giuliani runs against Hillary for NY Senator, I'll be all for it. Hell, I'll even contribute to his campaign, but he is waaay too liberal for Bush to ever pick as VP. Bush knows that he will win the election by motivating his base, not by angering his base trying to pick up a few liberal voters.

[Salman]

Julie Annie? Gimme a break. Here's the real dream running mate:

[Bullish]

I prefer Cheney.

I do to. But if we're going to save this country from Hillary and her mob than we have to use every available tool and Rudy may just be the sharpest knife in the drawer.

[PLK]

The real dream ticket is Bush-Rice - surely the strategists MUST be considering this at some level!

I want to be saying "President Rice" in 2008. First woman, first black, and an evil Republican to-boot. It's too delicious .....