Posted on 06/26/2006 10:40:25 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Where's the barf alert?
BARF
rudy and mccain will split the rino vote in the primary and both are far too egotistical to drop out. This will allow a conservative to actually win the primary, that is assuming conservatives dont split the vote either ;).
NYC became a grand city again under Giuliani's mayorship. I saw it with my own eyes over years of visits. It always befuddled me when relatives living in Manhattan would kind of look at me oddly when I credited him with the improvements. After 9/11 they got over their NYT-ingrained mindset and at least understood where I was coming from.
That's enough praise for the man. I want George Allen as my next President.
Now yer talkin'.
I believe very strongly that if the demonrats put shrillary up, we can beat her with George Allen. Just need to get people familiar with the man at this point, as relatively few, including self-described republicans, recognize his name or know much else about him.
McCain is going nowhere. He's toast.
Did you vote for Hillary too on the sidebar poll?
McPain conjures hatred among conservatives. You're right, he's toast. I see him causing potential catastrophe as a third-party candidate. He's just the type of worm to go that route.
McCain will not have the money to run any kind of serious campaign. When he loses in the first 3 primaries he is toast unless he spends his own money.
How about instead of Republicans getting hung up on which candidate denounces abortion the most (not that he would have the power to outlaw it even if he won), we realize we are at war with an enemy few people want to say out loud.
Abortion is not an election issue with me. Illegal immigration, border security, spending cuts, tax cuts, and supporting our military are my priorities. The rest are not on my interest list. All the social programs, agencies, and departments should be eliminated.
I"m with you there on george allen, i think he'll make a fantastic candidate and far too many people underestimate him.
Its about the judges and other policies the executive has control over (FDA,HHS etc.). I want a pro-life president but Rudy can change his mind. Bush 41 said the right things after being "pro-choice". He acknowledged he was pro-choice again after he left the White House but then shut up when his son got into politics.
Rudy can make pro-life noise just like Bush 41 even though he may not believe it in his heart.
I think the presidency is about leadership. I certainly don't agree with everything that Bush does, but I respect his leadership.
Giuliani is a great leader. He took apart the Mob so completely that it has never recovered. He governed "the city that can't be governed." He did so much good in such a systematic way that Noo Yawk is still in pretty good shape under Bloomnerd. Rudy showed tremendous leadership in NYC on and after 9/11. I think he'd be a good candidate - much better than McCain. Allen I don't know much about.
If Rudy's soft on certain conservative issues, it's up to "da base" to roar on those issues to keep him in line. Our voices can make a difference - the conservative outcry prevented Miers, and produced Alito.
I read Rudy's book, "On Leadership." We could do a lot worse.
I'd say, "That's my two cents" - but a much better man has already patented that phrase on FR!
I agree; Giuliani is a born leader. I'll say again, as I've said before, that I think he would be a terrific VICE-presidential candidate, coupled with some more conservative candidate for president. Giuliani is a bulldog on terrorism, and the new prez could safely put G. in charge of the anti-terrorism efforts. Also, if the worst happened and something happened to the president, Giuliani has already demonstrated that he knows how to deal with an emergency. I hope he continues to run for president, just to keep his name in the ring so that someone with a better chance at the presidency will draft him for Vice.
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