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Goodbye Rudy, Tuesday (Giuliani a goner--tawdry personal life a turnoff)
NY TIMES ^ | January 23, 2008 | Timothy Egan

Posted on 01/25/2008 5:08:53 PM PST by Liz

For 50 days, Giuliani had the Sunshine State nearly to himself........he’s sucked up to Miami's Cuban vote, pandered in Cape Canaveral about the space program, tried to scare retirees in South Florida. There he is riding in a fire truck in a Miami parade, trailed by angry firefighters who blame him for multiple failures when NY was attacked.......in the Panhandle, he's the consummate Yankees fan trying to look down-home on the Redneck Riviera.

Yet, the more they see of Giuliani, the more his poll numbers tank...... Rudy’s campaign is in meltdown. Amazing how much voters bring up his tawdry personal life. They laugh about Rudy in drag and Rudy when he lived with a gay couple.....in a state full of mothers who live for phone calls from long-distance adult children, there’s one thing they can’t abide – Rudy’s wreck of a family life......people roll their eyes over the story of how Giuliani’s third wife picked him up in a cigar bar while he was still married to the second Mrs. Hizzoner.

I heard no end of condemnation over the mayor’s estrangement from his two children. He spent more than anyone but Mitt Romney in NH, and finished a distant fourth. And as Michael Powell and Russ Buettner documented in a remarkable piece in the Times earlier this week, Giuliani ruled by crushing anyone who dared to cross him.

(Excerpt) Read more at egan.blogs.nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: fl2008; giuliani; giulianitruthfile; ihaterudy; ihaterudyihaterudy; liberalgiuliani; liberalrudy; lizcrapsherself; lizgonenuts; lizpeesherselfagain; lizspewsagain; lizspewsbile; lizunhinged; rinogiuliani; rinorudy; rudy
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To: Vigilanteman
It makes you wonder why Rudy wants the nomination for the big enchilada so badly...............

He's the hand-picked lapdog of The Endless War Hopefuls.


61 posted on 01/25/2008 7:01:44 PM PST by Liz (Rooty's not getting my guns or the name of my hairdresser.)
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To: Vigilanteman

You’re right


62 posted on 01/25/2008 7:12:12 PM PST by HANG THE EXPENSE (Defeat liberalism, its the right thing to do for America.)
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To: babygene

Good, that is what you are going to get.


63 posted on 01/25/2008 7:13:03 PM PST by shrinkermd
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To: roamer_1

Not all but alot to be sure.I am and will remain disgusted.


64 posted on 01/25/2008 7:13:15 PM PST by HANG THE EXPENSE (Defeat liberalism, its the right thing to do for America.)
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To: Kuksool

Rudy appears to dislike campaigning although he thrives well when holding office. Although he admits it his pro-abortion stance hurts him. He needed to campaign vigorously outside of Florida. He may be a good choice for VP IMHO.


65 posted on 01/25/2008 7:17:06 PM PST by tflabo (Truth or tyranny)
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To: Seruzawa
“As they have done... so shall they do” is my political commandment.

An uncommon wisdom nowadays. My compliments.

66 posted on 01/25/2008 7:26:30 PM PST by roamer_1 (Conservative always, Republican no more. Keyes '08)
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To: Liz
Rudy had way too much baggage and you really never want to be the Front Runner. Now after Tuesday he will be yesterday’s news. He was counting to much on the transplanted New Yorkers voting but they aren’t going for him. So we are probably going to get down to McCain and Romney. If that is the choice then I guess absent any other alternative I will vote Romney. Lord Deliver US if the Fall Nominee is McCain.
Conservatives have been in the Wilderness before and we can survive but we need a new voice and who will it be????
67 posted on 01/25/2008 7:31:52 PM PST by Captain Peter Blood
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To: CASchack

Boy, it is almost enough to make me support Rudy Giuliani, an article like this from the New York Times.

If they are against it, I am almost always for it.

Whatever it is.


68 posted on 01/25/2008 7:36:15 PM PST by rlmorel (Liberals: If the Truth would help them, they would use it.)
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To: red flanker
Here's a series of names:

" Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, Hamilton and yes Giuliani "

What name does NOT belong in this series?

69 posted on 01/25/2008 7:37:54 PM PST by trickyricky
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To: yldstrk

Rudy puts Rudy first.


Hopefully so will Florida.

Rudy would be a great president, and the GOP races needs him on Super Tuesday.


70 posted on 01/25/2008 7:40:52 PM PST by Senator Goldwater
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To: martin_fierro

You are so right. The NYTimes would never criticize Hillary like this.


71 posted on 01/25/2008 7:41:15 PM PST by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: buccaneer81

There are faint rumblings from the Chamber of Commerce, some businesses, locals, etc. to get rid of the Redneck Riviera name. They are even talking down Spring Break.

With the small beach motels gone and condos not renting to anyone under 25, it might happen.


72 posted on 01/25/2008 7:44:14 PM PST by jch10
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To: Captain Peter Blood

Lord Deliver US if the Nominee is McCain..............amen.


73 posted on 01/25/2008 7:46:51 PM PST by Liz (Rooty's not getting my guns or the name of my hairdresser.)
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To: NoCountryForLiberals

I noticed Rudy’s compatriots treated him with kid gloves at last night’s debate. I think they felt guilty for taking his votes.


74 posted on 01/25/2008 8:00:59 PM PST by littlehouse36 (Why be Europe?)
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To: Romneyfor President2008

RealClearPolitics - Articles - The Case for Rudy Giuliani


75 posted on 01/25/2008 8:02:57 PM PST by 2ThumbsUp
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To: pepsi_junkie

Tortoise Romney has inched by Hare Rudy.

It’s a classic tale.


76 posted on 01/25/2008 8:06:28 PM PST by littlehouse36 (Why be Europe?)
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To: Vigilanteman

“And he doesn’t p*ss on conservatives with nearly the enthusiasm that McCain and Huckabee do”

THANK YOU!!! I have been trying to nail it for weeks, just why these two grate on me.


77 posted on 01/25/2008 8:09:11 PM PST by littlehouse36 (Why be Europe?)
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To: jch10
There are faint rumblings from the Chamber of Commerce, some businesses, locals, etc. to get rid of the Redneck Riviera name. They are even talking down Spring Break. With the small beach motels gone and condos not renting to anyone under 25, it might happen.

Going too upscale will ruin the charm of PCB. And raise the prices.

78 posted on 01/25/2008 8:10:12 PM PST by buccaneer81 (Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
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To: jch10

BTW, we stay at Long Beach Resort on Front Beach Rd. Love it there.


79 posted on 01/25/2008 8:11:36 PM PST by buccaneer81 (Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
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To: Liz

Rudy’s UBER-Liberal Past has caught up with him, just like many of us predicted it would back when FreeRepubic was crawling with Rudy-Bots!


80 posted on 01/25/2008 8:23:43 PM PST by SoConPubbie
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