Posted on 01/05/2006 8:00:38 PM PST by 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...
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You believe the Republican Party was conservative in 1980?
Prove it.
And don't tell me because Reagan was nominated. Reagan was one man and it took him several tries to finally win the right to represent. We're speaking of the Party here.
If you are going to contend the republican Party was akin to conservatism in meaning, go back, get the votes...the records...the Senators...and PROVE the majority represented conservatism in context of the times.
I can no more do that than jump through the rim of my rectum and disappear.
The longer I think about this, the more I remember Bob Dole, Howard Baker.....etc.
I guess this is just another good reason for the northeastern US to secede so the rest of us can live like Americans.
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