Posted on 04/20/2007 9:07:37 AM PDT by Mr. Brightside
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Agreed.
Or a ferret, for that matter.
I can certainly respect a "states rights" position on many of these issues, especially when you consider that the 10th Amendment clearly gives states broad powers when it comes to responsibilities that are not specifically assigned to the Federal government.
However, I would point out that when a candidate who has never before shown any interest in "states rights" starts talking like this, it is clearly a case of this candidate punting the issue away so as to avoid taking a real position on the issue (because he knows damn well that his position is extremely unpopular).
Nowhere was this more evident than in the 2004 presidential campaign, when John Kerry tried to duck the whole gay marriage issue by suggesting that each state should be free to do whatever they wanted on this issue. Even left-wing sycophant Chris Mathews couldn't believe his ears on this one, asking Kerry incredulously how he could possibly believe that when Kerry would never take the same position when it came to other areas where he (Kerry) obviously didn't give a damn about states rights (abortion, for example).
I don't vote for liberal candidates -- regardless of their party affiliation.
And here are the Rootybots trying to justify his flip-flops...
Quick Mable, put it in Spin Cycle!
And here is Rooty's campaign.......
USS Rooty Fruity Tooty
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Excellent point.
LOL, ain’t that the truth.
Are you kidding? Now's the perfect time to put Rudy through the meat grinder. If he's nominated, the MSM is going to tear him to shreds anyway.
I’m pleased that Rudy has reconsidered his past positions and I’m looking forward to his future statements on these issues.
Wheel in that big horse from the Trojans -- we can use it as a weapon against the donks! :) (nothing against you personally.)
Do I love Rudy Giuliani? No. Do I think he is Teddy Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan? No. Do I think he would be vastly superior to any Dim? Scoop Jackson is dead and Zell Miller ain’t running. So: YES!
Before absolutely ruling out voting for Giuliani, read his book, “Leadership.” It’s pretty impressive. So is he.
So much for STEADFAST on principles. He could get away with one such switch if he had made it before he started active campaigning. Reagan did that, then held to his new orientation . HE made the switch honestly, saying he was switching and giving his reasons as it was what the people who mattered desired, and therefore what the country needed.
He can’t win the War because he will not have any funds or a military with which to fight it. The congress that would come in with an election of Giuliani will be somewhat left of this one and the next one will be lefter still. I doubt he can beat Mrs. Bill, anyway. There are no reasons for the Republican “core” to vote for him and Democrats will vote against him because he is organizationally a Republican.
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