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Giuliani to give keynote at GOP convention
Associated Press ^ | August 20, 2008 | Liz Sidoti

Posted on 08/20/2008 11:19:49 AM PDT by Dukes Travels

WASHINGTON - Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani will give the keynote address at the Republican National Convention next month and Democrat-turned-independent Sen. Joe Lieberman also will take center stage at the GOP gathering.

John McCain's vanquished Republican primary rivals — and a slew of potential McCain running mates — also have speaking roles at the four-day gathering in St. Paul, Minn.

President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, first lady Laura Bush, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Lieberman, who was the Democratic vice presidential nominee in 2000 and is said to be under consideration for the same role with McCain, will open the convention on Monday, Sept. 1, with speeches that focus on service.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2008rncconvention; convention; guiliani; keynote; mccain; ny2008; rncconvention; rudy
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1 posted on 08/20/2008 11:19:49 AM PDT by Dukes Travels
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To: Dukes Travels

GoPuke Party holds convention.

yawwn.. (moderately)


2 posted on 08/20/2008 11:21:26 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE toll-free tip hotline 1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRget!!!)
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To: Dukes Travels

“Giuliani to give keynote at GOP convention”

Yes because he’s really representative of the G.O.P.

(sarcasm)

(God Zell Miller was better than Julie Annie)


3 posted on 08/20/2008 11:21:40 AM PDT by Grunthor (A government big enough to give you what you want, is powerful enough to take it away)
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To: Dukes Travels
Love is in the air....


4 posted on 08/20/2008 11:22:19 AM PDT by avacado
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To: Dukes Travels
Let's see, Guiliani gives the keynote speech, Lieberman also is going to give a speech and the Republican nominee is John McCain.

Yep, it is completely a RINO party! Let the RINO’s have their fun without me.

5 posted on 08/20/2008 11:23:07 AM PDT by MBB1984
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To: Dukes Travels

For the life of me, I just don’t understand why people make a big deal out of who speaks at the convention.


6 posted on 08/20/2008 11:23:26 AM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: Dukes Travels
Lookout!!! It's a RINO stampede!!!


7 posted on 08/20/2008 11:24:06 AM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: Dukes Travels

Very interesting. I would have thought this guy had vanished from the face of the earth . . . he’s been completely out of the public eye for months.


8 posted on 08/20/2008 11:29:10 AM PDT by Alberta's Child (I'm out on the outskirts of nowhere . . . with ghosts on my trail, chasing me there.)
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To: Dukes Travels

Shouldn’t there be a “Barf Alert!” appended to the title?

I mean, I’m just asking...


9 posted on 08/20/2008 11:29:11 AM PDT by papasmurf (This space left blank intentionly.)
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To: Dukes Travels

Actually, I think Guiliani is an excellent choice for the Keynote. He is well liked by moderates, independants and even some democrats.

Three groups McCain will need in November.

Who does Obama have that can counter Guiliani and Lieberman?

Hagel? As McCain continues to do well, look for Hagel to try to return to the GOP party.


10 posted on 08/20/2008 11:37:57 AM PDT by proudpapa (McCain '08)
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To: Grunthor
Let me make a principled argument as to why I believe you are wrong.

A good Lieberman speech could change the calculus of this election. Lieberman doesn't speak like Zell Miller, with the cadences of a Baptist preacher. When Zell speaks, his intensity can be scary if he is saying something inflammatory. Lieberman has this hangdog, aw-shucks manner of speaking that is disarming but which permits him to say the most inflammatory things without generating fear.

So imagine a speech in which Joe Lieberman indicts his old party, but not its rank-and-file members. It is a sorrowful, "The Democratic Party has lost its way," kind of speech. Imagine ending the speech with a series of inflammatory applause lines delivered in his aw-shucks manner. "The Democratic Party believes in fill-in-the blank, but not fill-in-the-other-blank." For example, "The Democratic Party believes in the United Nations, but not the United States." A good speech by a man leaving his old party -- because it left him first -- could turn into a genuine media event.

11 posted on 08/20/2008 11:40:48 AM PDT by Publius (Another Republican for Obama -- NOT!!)
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To: Publius

WGAS about Liebermann, I was talking about Julie Annie.


12 posted on 08/20/2008 11:41:57 AM PDT by Grunthor (A government big enough to give you what you want, is powerful enough to take it away)
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To: KC_Conspirator

In fact, why do we care who we elect to represent us to pass laws and tax us?

Pro-Abortion Republican National Convention:
Joe Lieberman, Rudy Giuliani, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Laura Bush


13 posted on 08/20/2008 11:43:40 AM PDT by donna (Pro-Abortion Republican National Convention - Lieberman, Giuliani, Schwarzenegger. Laura)
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To: proudpapa

Mayor Guiliani hates the UnAmerican Democrat Party, hope he rips them like he did in his speech last year....he threatened the State Dept Dims....saying the era of anti-Americanism must end!


14 posted on 08/20/2008 11:43:54 AM PDT by roses of sharon (SAVE YOUR GAS RECIEPTS, SEND TO PELOSI!)
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To: Publius

Has there ever been someone who ascended as high as Lieberman (VP nominee) to defect and cross over so quick (just 8 years?)


15 posted on 08/20/2008 11:45:00 AM PDT by AbeKrieger (Nobama.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Guilianni. Lieberman. Ah-nold.

When Rudy is the most conservative, you know the RINOs are in control.


16 posted on 08/20/2008 11:47:37 AM PDT by rightinthemiddle (The Mainstream Media Controls Our Party. Go, RINOS!)
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To: Dukes Travels

I can’t believe the guy responsible for Harry Reid being Majority Leader is speaking at “our” convention.


17 posted on 08/20/2008 11:48:42 AM PDT by rightinthemiddle (The Mainstream Media Controls Our Party. Go, RINOS!)
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To: KC_Conspirator
For the life of me, I just don’t understand why people make a big deal out of who speaks at the convention.

Just another thing to hold against McCain, I suppose. Rudy is one of the top speakers the GOP has and has huge star power. Seems like the most logical choice. If he were the VP pick, I could understand people being spun up. But keynote speaker is the perfect role for Rudy.

18 posted on 08/20/2008 11:49:40 AM PDT by Always Right (Obama: more arrogant than Bill Clinton, more naive than Jimmy Carter, and more liberal than LBJ.)
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To: NormsRevenge

I will have a pedicure scheduled for that night. Will have to see what else needs done for all the other nights....toilet bowl cleaning for sure.


19 posted on 08/20/2008 11:50:38 AM PDT by sheana
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To: donna

You forgot pro-life George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, John McCain...


20 posted on 08/20/2008 11:51:05 AM PDT by impeachedrapist
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