I long ago gave up on McCain- now I will work against him in primary season. Rudy will have a tough time with a lot of conservatives- but he's miles ahead of McCain in my book. Although I've not heard his take on illegal immigrants yet- he has proven leadership abilities- and he's strong on the WOT.
I'm not one to throw the baby out with the bathwater- I'll support Rudy if it comes to him.
There was an AP article on the Drudge site today talking about McLame giving a commmencement speech at some liberal university & getting booed. They described him as a "conservative Republican". Yeah right. The only traditional conservative view he has is on abortion. Beyond that he's a tax and spend, pandering liberal RINO who sticks his finger in the wind to "make decisions" just like Clinton did. No core beliefs, no backbone. Definitely not a conservative.
Herewith find Rudy's immigration politics while he was NYC Mayor:
Giuliani sued all the way up to the Supreme Court to defend the city’s pre-911 sanctuary policy to thwart a 1996 federal law decreeing that cities could not prohibit their employees from cooperating with the INS.
"Oh yeah?," said Giuliani to his naysayers, "Just watch me."
The INS, Rudy claimed, with what turned out to be grotesque irony, only aims to "terrorize people."
Very poor choice of words, Rudy.
Though he lost in court, Rudy remained defiant to the end.
On September 5, 2001, Rudy'a own boys---his handpicked charter-revision committee---ruled that New York City could still require that its employees keep immigration information confidential "to preserve trust between immigrants and government."
Six days later, on Sept 11, 2001, several foreigners who had overstayed their visas participated in the most devastating attack on New York City that our country had ever seen.