Mona Charen: Is Guiliani a Conservative? He Just Might Be

Southern Illinoisian ^ | 2/11/07 | Mona Charen

[AmericaUnited]

Rudy is not perfect, but he beats by 10 miles, ANYONE on the RAT side. What's not to understand by this?

[ExpatGator]

Wow, even Mona has the hots for old elitist, gun-hating Rudy.

I hope she and the others understand that if he is nominated Hillary will be our next president.

[freedomfiter2]

Is Giuliani a conservative? He might just be


Well then he should come out of the closet so we can tell.

[USS Alaska]

Well, this will get the "conservative purists" out of their burrows. They will tell us all about their right to vote only for a "true conservative" {we agree, you can be as stupid as you choose} and if the pubbies don't meet their requirements, they will sit the next election out. OK, come on and flame, I'm ready.

[Afronaut]

There is no question that Giuliani's position on abortion and gun control will offend many Republicans. But let's be clear, he is no liberal.

Oh my!

[BibChr]

Well, since you ask, Narses, for one. And he provides some substantiation.

[kellynch]

Just the opposite. If Newt is nominated, Hillary is President.

[quark]

If Mona has to ask the question, then he isn't! Ronald Reagan is the yardstick -- if you don't measure up, then you're not a conservative.

[meg88]

I think Rudy could be the kryptonite to the 'Hillary/Obama' or Richardson ticket.

[Constitution Day]

The name is 'Giuliani'.

Sigh.

[ExpatGator]

"If Newt is nominated, Hillary is President"

I agree with that statement.

However, way too many of us will never vote for Giuliani. The Republicans better come up with a viable candidate or the Pantsuit will be back in the Whitehouse digging through more FBI files.

[Williams]

Wow, conservative commentators are totally goo goo eyes over Rudy! This is something to behold.

[Alberta's Child]

There is no question that Giuliani's position on abortion and gun control will offend many Republicans. But let's be clear, he is no liberal. His conservatism has been tempered in New York City - so it is steely indeed.

I went through an interesting exercise with another Freeper last week, and based on Rudy Giuliani's well-documented track record on ten different issues I reached the conclusion that he would probably have a rating from the American Conservative Union (ACU) of about 20-25. OK -- so that's not exactly Dennis Kucinich territory . . . but it is so far from "conservative" that the author of this article has really lost a lot of credibility on this one.

[pissant]

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[ExpatGator]

Rudy is kryptonite to most of us who have sworn to uphold and defend the constitution. He will split the party worse than the jug-eared old fruitcake Perot.

[meg88]

Both Kristols are firmly in the Rudy camp.

[MittFan08]

If you judge based on governmental spending, George W. Bush has had the most liberal administration since LBJ.

Everyone has their own issues that have priority, but spending and taxes mean more to me than the social issues. And Guiliani cut taxes and spending in NYC.

[meg88]

'Rudy is kryptonite to most of us who have sworn to uphold and defend the constitution

How so?

[MittFan08]

"However, way too many of us will never vote for Giuliani."

The overwhelming majority of you will in the general election when you contemplate Hillary being president.

Those who say otherwise remind me of those who repeatedly insisted on this board that they would vote third party because of slights from the Republicans in Congress on immigration, spending, etc. But when the election actually rolled around no one was talking about actually voting third party.

In most cases, the "third party" threat is something which people say so that they can feel like they are in control of the process.

I will vote for any Republican who is nominated- even (God help us) McCain. The idea of seeing Hillary celebrating on election night can be very motivating.