Liberals to Choose 2008 GOP Candidate

Capitol Hill Journal ^ | Jan. 5, 2006 | Lisa Fabrizio

[WatchYourself]

One of the liberal favorites for this treatment is Rudy Giuliani who, when actually in office, constantly bedeviled the left. Up until 9/11, he was portrayed as a bull-headed, dictatorial, tin god who was insensitive to minorities and in general, a detestable bully. Sure, he’s a pro-abortion, gun-grabbing, gay rights advocate, but what good was that when he was merely a mayor?

Now that they see him as a national figure, he is the epitome of all that secular liberals love; a divorced Catholic at odds with the Church over some of its most sacred public stances. But despite the fact that most conservatives would shun his candidacy like the plague, liberal pundits will nonetheless chant “Rudy, Rudy, Rudy,” for months to come.

Likewise, many in the media dream of reboarding the Straight-Talk Express of ‘maverick’ John McCain. How they love his wry charisma, his quick wit and especially the way he wrote a new Bill of Rights for terrorists after perverting the original one to silence political free speech in the name of campaign finance reform.

Can McCain garner enough backing from those on the right to win the nomination? Given their support for most of the Bush agenda, you’d think not. But again, the media think conservatives are too stupid to remember that McCain was considered so anti-Bush, he was reportedly offered the number two slot with John Kerry in 2004...

[Howlin]

Good post.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

Rudy is a far left wing, gun grabbing, for the murder of unborn and he loves the queer life style .
He screamed worse than Dean about Florida selling guns.
I know that big City people have a herd mentality.
If they like Rudy, have him run against Madam W. J. Clinton for the senate.
We do not need his type in federal government. We have too many of his ilk already.

[Graybeard58]

I'm not registered as a Republican

I'm not either. Living in Illinois, I go to the polls on primary election day, they ask me which ballot I want, I tell them and they hand it to me. Nobody is a registered anything.

[308MBR]

It's a crying shame we have to say "conservatives and Republicans" to call the tent to order. I can remember the day when the words were synonyms.

The very definition of a RINO is a liberal Republican.

[rcrngroup]

Great comments. I like the distinction you make between the RINO's & the CINO's. I agree with that.... a lot of the Senate Repubs are in fact CINO's, as in the example of Lindsey Graham.

I like your comment about prodding John McCain in the primaries at some televised event, and watching this unstable turncoat B@ST@RD have a volcanic explosion & meltdown on national TV! Ohhh would I love to see that!

I urge all Republicans running against McCain to wait until he has a Live audience the networks have to cover, then make him blow that short fuse he has similiar to Howie's famous screech. I want the little napolean exposed to America for the loose cannon he is.

[Gelato]

Rudy fought the homosexual agenda for his entire time as mayor.

It's telling that the Log Cabin Republicans declined to support Bush for President in 2004, yet they stand by Rudy Giuliani.

Leaders of the Log Cabin Republicans said Sunday the group is unlikely to endorse Bush next week in the wake of the move by a conservative-dominated GOP platform committee to strongly support a constitutional amendment banning same- sex marriage and oppose legal recognition of gay civil unions.

"The president's support of the federal Marriage Amendment, and (political strategist) Karl Rove's decision to use gay and lesbian Americans as wedge issues ... and the outrageous and insulting platform language has jeopardized that endorsement," said Patrick Guerriero, executive director of the Log Cabin Republicans.

The organization Sunday drew hundreds of supporters for a "Big Tent" Log Cabin event, which included New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

But the group's leaders said the views of moderate Republicans being showcased at the convention, such as Bloomberg and California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, clearly are at odds with the message the party is sending to the nation with its platform.

"The Republican Party can't have it both ways," Guerriero said. "They can't run a radical right campaign strategy that marginalizes gay and lesbians, and at the same put all of Log Cabin's friends out front at this convention.

"This party has a choice to make, about whether it will be the party of (former New York mayor) Rudy Giuliani and Arnold Schwarzenegger or the party of Jerry Falwell and Pat Buchanan,'' he said. ...

"The Log Cabin Republicans, Giuliani, and Schwarzenegger are the future of this party.''

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/08/30/MNGRB8GIL81.DTL

Guilt by association is one proof of Giuliani's stance. But it is repeatedly said in the press (not FR) that Guiliani opposes any effort to Constitutionally protect marriage. Were the reports not true, he would dispute them.

Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani is one of a number of high-profile Republicans who have denounced efforts to amend the U.S. Constitution to ban gay marriage. (AP photo)

He's not just to the left of Bush, he's to the left of many Democrats.

[Gelato]

Here's another quote that shows Rudy's socially liberal stance:

"I'll uphold a woman's right of choice," and, "I would oppose going back to a day in which abortions were illegal." -- Rudy Giuliani, Sept. 1, 1989

[Gelato]

Meet The Press, March 7, 2004:

MR. RUSSERT: You disagree with the president on that [ban gay marriage], don't you?

MR. GIULIANI: Well, I don't think it's right for decision at this point. I think this should play itself out in more states. I certainly wouldn't support it at this time, but I don't think this is one of the critical issues.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4456277/

Giuliani needs to re-examine his priorities. Immorality would destroy our nation from within.

[tkathy]

Rudy would beat Hillary like a drum. (No other candidate at this point would). Also, he would make a great, articulate leader of the WOT.

[madprof98]

He is radically pro-abortion and serious social conservatives will reject him for that reason alone. I know two people in myown household who would skip the presidential race if he were on the ballot.

[Soul Seeker]

Sure....

Maybe you'd like to clarify when that day was? To my recollection before the rise of conservatives the Northeastern Republicans controlled the Party (Liberal Republicans) and that was why it was the minority party for decades. Reagan ran against the establishment, meaning, Liberal Republicans. He was the anamoly, not the synonym.

If the two-- conservatism/Republicanism-- were joined it was long before most people living today were alive.

I reject your statement until/IF you can prove otherwise.

[CFC__VRWC]

Rudy is a gun grabbing, illegal alien loving, corrupt scumbag. He aint gonna make it past the Michigan primary.

Maybe, but he's still infinitely better than McCain, who's about two steps ahead of the guys with the white coats and butterfly nets, IMHO.

Doesn't matter anyway - neither one has a prayer of coming close to the GOP nomination. The New York Times did not pick the new Pope, and they sure as hell aren't going to pick the 2008 GOP nominee.

[small voice in the wilderness]

McCain? Is that an Indian name? If not, why is he getting all of those contributions from Indians?

I think he's from one of the lesser known tribes, the Pile-o'-Hockie Tribe. They were a nomadic type, preferring to upturn and destroy established villages, rather than building one of their own. Trading Post Reform was their claim to fame, until it was discovered they had eagle feathers of their own that were never disclosed. Although the tribe was officially disbanded and scattered long ago, a few have continued to exert pow-wow power in places of commerce and politics. John "Running Bare" McCain is such an example.

[peyton randolph]

LOL. Let's hope that old Running Bare gets scalped on or before the '08 GOP primaries.

[CFC__VRWC]

Besides, "Running Bare' make heap big wampum exempt from Great Spirit of Campaign Finance Reform. You could look it up.

[cgbg]

The last time a RINO won the nomination was McCain, er Alexander er Anderson er Rockefeller.....

;-)

[small voice in the wilderness]

LOL! No need to look it up. Just notice the scalps Running Bare proudly displays. The only scalp that seems to have escaped was Traficant's hair piece. Barbara Boxer is now wearing it.

[Crawdad]

McCain's Pirate Name is Black Jack Cash.

[308MBR]

How about early November, 1980?

[gathersnomoss]

I am looking forward to this jolly good sporting event...the liberal follies without a clue.