Posted on 11/13/2006 12:54:11 AM PST by des
anyone watching C-Span tonight? (from 11/03/06) earth to rove....listen to Rudy
"Isn't Rudy pro choice, pro-gay marriage and pro gun control? I've seen a number of liberal blogs rave about Rudy's liberal tendencies".....
Rudy might be those things, but so is HILLARY! I think Rudy is the only person who can beat her. He will draw the Independents, the Moderate Democrats AND the Men's votes. If it comes down to Hillary vs Guiliani...guess who I'm going to vote for!! Look what happened to Allen, he's as Conservative as they come and he couldn't even win back his Senate Seat. If he had been running against Hillary for President it wouldn't even have been a contest! She would have beaten him like a Drum.
Rudy's far from perfect, but IMO he's the reps only hope for POTUS in 2008. McCain would fade at the end, and none of the rest have a chance in hell.
Rudy's far from perfect, but IMO he's the reps only hope for POTUS in 2008. McCain would fade at the end due to the age thing, and none of the rest have a chance in hell.
For starters, anyone who thinks Hitlery Clintong is the be all, end all of the '08 election has already conceded defeat, believes the left wing media driven drivel, or has other motives.
Are you kidding me?!!! The Press D E S P I S E D him as mayor. Until 9/11 they did nothing but tear him apart and misrepresent his every word to show him in as bad a light as possible.
To be fair, it never fooled the voters once, and it said a lot more about the irresponsibility of the media than it did about Guliani, but to say that the press loved him is a gross distortion.
Do you have statistics to back this or is this merely opinion. I'm finding everyone has and OPINION. This doesn't mean they're correct.
There are many who claim that the reason Republicans lost is because they had abandoned conservative principles.
Frankly, I'm tired of hearing people's opinions. I want answers and hopefully, a strategy to take back control.
I consider myself a very conservative evangelical but I will not for one minute ever consider not voting Republican, or in any way allow RATS to gain control.
I will fight like heck in primaries to see to it that the most conservative person is elected but if my person loses the primary, after that, it's a unified fight to keep any RAT from gaining any power. We can never advance by losing.
Hillary, Rudy...run to tyranny or walk to it.
I am going to register as a Democrat -just so I can vote "anyone but Hillary" in the primaries.
IMO it's not so much "centrist" as "big tent", with tolerance to the many, and the cons should quit trying to chase out all who disagree with them.
Rudy and Arnold are the anti-Reagan. They in no way reflect Reagan's core values.
35% Rudy (R)45% Hillary (D) 20% Tancredo (I)
The transformation the guy brought to the city was nothing less than superhuman....mind boggling really.
Rudy's greatest weakness is his tendency to over reach....it could get him in trouble in DC. However, he would be a blast to watch operate; his iron fisted ways against the DC establishment. He'll get my vote.
If he runs as a Scalia Republican, his the social issues that militant Freepers would commit Harry Caray over should be of little concern.
The transformation the guy brought to the city was nothing less than superhuman....mind boggling really.
Rudy's greatest weakness is his tendency to over reach....it WILL get him in trouble in DC. However, he would be a blast to watch operate; his iron fisted ways against the DC establishment. He'll get my vote.
If he runs as a Scalia Republican, his positions on the social issues that militant Freepers would commit Harry Caray over should be of little concern.
Didn't watch it (watching the Bears beat the Giants instead) but I agree with your message: we need Rudy. In large measure, we need him because he can stand up to the media on a daily basis and take his message right to the people, explain his decisions, defend his administration. He did it for 2 terms as Mayor of NYC and helped that city and this country get through the most traumatic day in our lifetime. He'd be the LEADER we've been missing since Reagan's time.
Rudy is very popular in Pennsylvania and Ohio and would help the GOP carry those states in 2008. That will make it almost impossible for the Democrats to win, regardless of who they nominate. And although his personal life is nothing to brag about, professionally there have never been any charges of corruption around him, and believe me there would have been if the New York media could have found them. In 2008 voters are going to be looking for someone who is moderate, scandal-free, and has a record of management competence. Rudy's experience as a prosecutor would also stand him in good stead as a terrorist-fighter and crime-fighter. I think he is the front-runner after this election.
But go right ahead, conservatives, keep pushing for your ideological purity and make the GOP a 25% party in 2008.
I'd support Rudy in a NY minute!
All he has to say to make me comfortable is: "abortion and gay rights should be decided by the states and not by the courts... I don't believe there are specified rights for those things in the constitution but it's up to the Supreme Court to rule and relegate those issues to the States. And I believe in promoting strict constructionists to the Judiciary, like Roberts, Allito, Scalia and Thomas."
If we allowed our Federal system to work, these issues wouldn't have become the contentious problems they have. Let the States decide -- you and I may not be happy with the outcome (like South Dakota's voters rejecting their abortion ban) but that's the way the system is supposed to work.
Rudy rescued NYC from the dead and made it back into the greatest city in the world. Plus, we already know how he'll act when the SHTF. I think he's our best shot in '08.
His "zero tolerance" approach to crime transformed the city. Before Rudy, small episodes of vandalism, etc. were tolerated with a shrug of the shoulders. With Rudy, nobody got away with anything, even the most petty of crimes.
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