Posted on 02/08/2007 11:30:41 AM PST by PhiKapMom
We used to live in CT and my husband and I stopped going to NYC in the 80's; we used to go to most Yankee home games and a lot of plays but the city just got too unsafe to visit. That all changed after Rudy.
If he can make it there, he can make it anywhere!
Thank you much!
You've probably gotten some freepmails too, and I wish I could share mine because some of the comments are priceless.
But we'll just wait patiently for these closet Rudy fans to join us :-)
Smart man! :)
You got it!
That would be AWESOME if she ran -- would love to Levin sent packing!
There's nothing conservative, or libertarian about a gun grabber.
That sounds great to me. :-) I already got a couple from people who are not posting on this thread a few minutes ago! The list is getting so big!
Got that right!
Some people voted for Carter because of his stellar personal life -- worst President ever and continues that way to this day!
Rudy is NOT a gun grabber. He had inner city gangs and violence to deal with . A big difference. Guns are a state's right issue, not a POTUS issue.
He's a gun grabber. He took away the right of law abiding NYer's to keep and bear arms. Those folks were not gang members. Rudy left rendered those folks defenseless against those murderous thugs. I have no respect for the man. He sued the gun industry in an attempt to cripple it, and impose an unjustified burden on gun owners.
"Guns are a state's right issue, not a POTUS issue."
Yeah, right. I musta forgot.
I'm sure Jane Wyman is with you.
I'm really not sure how much is there for the taking. The further left you go, the greater the antiwar sentiment gets. I'm not sure how someone can foresake a large swath of the right wing of the GOP by being pro-choice, pro-gun-control, pro-gay and pro-amnesty, but still pick up the difference running leftward on a pro-war platform.
It makes a LOT more sense to stay closer to home, hold the party together and draw in pro-war, pro-life and pro-gun Reagan Dems. Rudy, IMO, is NOT the guy to do that.
After seeing that 1,000+ post thread that Jim Robinson hosted yesterday regarding Rudy Giuliani's appearance on Hannity & Colmes the other night and his statements on gun control, I can't envision too many scenarios in which Giuliani wins in 2008.
I'm no closet Rudy fan. I'm right out in front and proud of it. Let's win this time, and we can do it with a candidate who is personable and likeable to run against Medusa over there.
From the near-utter disdain Rudy supporters have shown on FR towards core conservative positions such as abortion, guns and amnesty, along with offhanded comments that people concerned about such aren't needed for a Rudy victory, I can only surmise that they either think they can win without a large chunk of the base, or figure the base will put some ice on it and vote for Rudy if he's the nominee.
Neither seems to be a good approach for victory in November. And IMO running leftward will put Rudy into rather barren antiwar ground. I don't see any GOP gold in them thar hills. Just a lot of hostiles.
Hunter needs to get more visible real soon.
It's still very early. Dean was ahead of Kerry 40-12 in New Hampshire a month before the primary. A lot can happen in 11 months. The polls right now are just name recognition, but organization and drive means a lot now, too. And the Internet can be something of an equalizer as well.
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