Posted on 10/18/2007 3:17:16 PM PDT by DesScorp
New York may be Rudy Giuliani’s home town, but the local Conservative Party has little time for the former mayor.
The state’s small Conservative Party hosted Fred Thompson this week, in what was seen as a snub to Giuliani whose support for such issues as abortion and gay rights rubbed many members the wrong way.
Thompson is “not a panderer,” said supporter Al D’Amato, a former U.S. senator from New York.
Asked if he meant Giuliani and Mitt Romney were “panderers,” D’Amato replied: “You’re in the media. You know what they said before they were running for office and what they say today.”
Observers trace conservatives’ dislike back to Giuliani’s stint as a federal prosecutor in New York in the 1980s through his terms as mayor. Giuliani famously endorsed liberal Democrat incumbent Mario Cuomo over challenger Republican George Pataki, a D’Amato protege, in the 1994 governor’s race.
“It’s visceral. They don’t like the guy,” said Doug Muzzio, a professor of public affairs at New York’s Baruch College. “It’s not only political. It’s personal.”
The head of the Conservative Party, Mike Long, said if his party were to hear a speech by Giuliani like they did by Thompson, “We would have to have another event.”
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NY = cobalt blue.
Too bad that NY only has about 10% - 20% (if that high?) conservative voters.
“Too bad that NY only has about 10% - 20% (if that high?) conservative voters.”
True, but look at Al Gore in 2000....it’s a bad, bad sign if you can’t even carry your own state.
Come On Fred...Buy the Rush Smear Letters!
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