--The New York State Liberal Party on its endorsement of Rudy Giuliani for Mayor: "When the Liberal Party Policy Committee reviewed a list of key social issues of deep concern to progressive New Yorkers, we found that Rudy Giuliani agreed with the Liberal Party's stance on a majority of such issues. He agreed with the Liberal Party's views on affirmative action, gay rights, gun control, school prayer and tuition tax credits. As Mayor, Rudy Giuliani would uphold the Constitutional and legal rights to abortion." N.Y.S. Liberal Party Endorsement Statement of Candidate Giuliani for Mayor of New York City April 8, 1989
--On the Republican Party: "Mr. Rockefeller represented 'a tradition in the Republican Party' I've worked hard to re-kindle - the Rockefeller, Javits, Lefkowitz tradition." Rudy Giuliani told the New York Times July 9, 1992
--Village Voice Interview with Guiliani: He was asked: "What kind of Republican Is [Giuliani]? A Reagan Republican?" Giuliani pauses before answering: "I'm a Republican." Village Voice January 24, 1989
--On Attending 1996 Republican Convention: Rudy expressed his pleasure when he wasn't invited to the Republican National Convention in San Diego. "If I take three or four days off from city business, I want to do it for a substantive purpose. It didn't seem to me any substantive purpose could be served by going to the Republican convention." said Rudy. Rudy! An Investigative Biography of Rudolph Giuliani, Page 459, by Wayne Barrett
--On Barry Goldwater: Giuliani described John Kennedy as "great and brilliant. Barry Goldwater as an "incompetent, confused and sometimes idiotic man." New York Daily News, May 13, 1997 --On President Bill Clinton: Shortly before his last-minute endorsement of Bob Dole in the 1996 presidential election, Giuliani told the Post's Jack Newfield that "most of Clinton's policies are very similar to most of mine." Rudy! An Investigative Biography of Rudolph Giuliani, Wayne Barrett.
--The Daily News quoted Giuliani as saying March 1996: "Whether you talk about President Clinon, Senator Dole.... The country would be in very good hands in the hands of any of that group." An Investigative Biography of Rudolph Giuliani, Wayne Barrett.
What sounded pretty good to some, until Giuliani added last week during a CNN interview that he thinks a person who believes the Constitution should be interpreted as written could also vote to uphold Roe v. Wade and that he supports public financing of abortions for poor women who want them.Twisting himself even further, Giuliani said denying a poor woman tax dollars to pay for an abortion would deprive her of a "constitutional right."
---"Over the objections of a furious Mayor Giuliani and city legislators from both parties, the New York state legislature has abolished the New York City commuter tax. The action, done to apparently affect a local legislative race in suburban Rockland County, could cost New York City $360 million. NPR's Margot Adler reports."--- NPR Report
---"Let's face it: Rudy Giuliani argued for the reinstatement of the tax,..."--- NY Sun report [Giuliani] says ruling out a tax increase is "political pandering." Newsday, August 31, 1989
"When I ran for Mayor both times, I was asked very, very often to do the following: Pledge that you will never raise taxes. I refused to do that. Pledge that you will lower taxes. I refused to do that." -- Rudy Giuliani, New York Times, October 25, 1994
Mr. Giuliani criticized Mr. Pataki’s proposal to cut taxes as “a shell game” that would hurt everyone in the state… -- New York Times, October 30, 1994
[GEORGE] WILL: Is your support of partial birth abortion firm? Mayor GIULIANI: All of my positions are firm. I have strong viewpoints. I express them. And I--I do not think that it makes sense to be changing your position.... ABC News February 6, 2000
TUCHMAN: Giuliani was then asked whether he supports a ban on what critics call partial-birth abortions, something Bush strongly supports. GIULIANI: No, I have not supported that, and I don't see my position on that changing. - CNN December 2, 1999
BLITZER: If you were in the Senate and [President Clinton] vetoed, once again, the [ban on the] so-called partial-birth abortion procedure, you would vote against sustaining that against the -- in favor of the veto in other words, you would support the president on that. GIULIANI: Yes. I said then that I support him, so I have no reason to change my mind about it. BLITZER: All right. So the bottom line is that on a lot of these very sensitive issues whether on guns, abortion, patients' bill of rights, taxes, you are more in line with the president and by association, with Mrs. Clinton, than you are against them. - CNN February 6, 2000
MR. RUSSERT: A banning of late-term abortions, so-called partial-birth abortions--you're against that? MAYOR GIULIANI: I'm against it in New York, because in New York... MR. RUSSERT: Well, if you were a senator, would you vote with the president or against the president? [Note: President Clinton was in office in 2000] MAYOR GIULIANI: I would vote to preserve the option for women. I think that choice is a very difficult one. It's a very, very--it's one in which people of conscious have very, very different opinions. I think the better thing for America to do is to leave that choice to the woman, because it affects her probably more than anyone else.... MR. RUSSERT: So you won't change your view on late-term abortion in order to get the Conservative Party endorsement? MAYOR GIULIANI: It isn't just that. We shouldn't limit this to one issue. I'm generally not going to change my views - NBC Meet the Press, February 6, 2000
| Giuliani/Clinton/Dem vs. GOP Platform Comparison |
|
Issue
|
Giuliani |
Clinton |
Dem Platform |
GOP Platform |
| Abortion on Demand |
Supports |
Supports |
Supports |
Opposes |
| Partial Birth Abortion |
Supports
Opposed
NY ban |
Supports |
Supports |
Opposes |
| Roe v. Wade |
Supports |
Supports |
Supports |
Opposes |
| Taxpayer Funded Abortions |
Supports |
Supports |
Supports |
Opposes |
| Embryonic Stem Cell Research |
Supports |
Supports |
Supports |
Opposes |
| Federal Marriage Amendment |
Opposes |
Opposes |
Opposes
Defined at
state level |
Supports |
Gay Domestic Partnership/
Civil Unions |
Supports |
Supports |
Supports |
Opposes |
| Openly Gay Military |
Supports |
Supports |
Supports |
Opposes |
| Defense of Marriage Act |
Opposes |
Opposes |
Opposes |
Supports |
| Amnesty for Illegal Aliens |
Supports |
Supports |
Supports |
Opposes |
Special Path to Citizenship
for Illegal Aliens |
Supports |
Supports |
Supports |
Opposes |
Tough Penalties for
Employers of Illegal Aliens |
Opposes |
Opposes |
Opposes |
Supports |
Sanctuary Cities/
Ignoring Immigration Law |
Supports |
Supports |
Supports |
Opposes |
| Protecting 2nd Amendment |
Opposes
|
Opposes |
Opposes
Supports bans |
Supports |
| Confiscating Guns |
Supports
Confiscated
as mayor.
Even bragged. |
Supports |
Supports
Supports bans |
Opposes |
| 'Assault' Weapons Ban |
Supports |
Supports |
Supports |
|
Frivolous Lawsuits
Against Gun Makers |
Supports
Filed One
Himself |
Supports |
|
Opposes |
| Gun Registration/Licenses |
Supports |
Supports |
|
Opposes |
| War in Afghanistan |
Supports |
Supports
Voted for it |
Supports |
Supports |
| War in Iraq |
Supports |
Supports
Voted for it |
Supports
Weak support |
Supports |
| Patriot Act |
Supports |
Supports
Voted for it
2001 & 2006 |
Opposes |
Supports |
Democracy is now and always has been MOB Rule by mobsters..
Basically Tribal Law with creative tribes.. very primitive government..
Nothing democratic about it at all.. never was never will be..
Fully as democratic as any Mafia..
