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br> Hawthorne, New Jersey /p>

From the standpoint of Mayor Rudy winning a GOP primary, this may be a large mistake. From the standpoint of the life, times, and doings of Mayor Rudy, it should be no great revelation.

Mayor Rudy may, in fact, have been a good Mayor of New York City. He may have beliefs in harmony with conservatives regarding prosecution of criminals, fiscal discipline, and general foreign policy.

He is decidedly 180 degrees out of phase with conservatives from the standpoint of abortion, gun control laws, gay rights issues, border control and illegal alien amnesty, growth of government issues, and to some extent entitlements.

p>Rudy may be a good President, or he may not. He might be able to beat Hillary, or not. There is one thing that is sure, certain, and incontrovertibly true, Rudy is NOT a conservative. He has never been a conservative. He never will be a conservative. Vote as you wish. Advocate for the candidate of your choice. Just don't try to seriously tell me that I, a conservative first and foremost, should back Mayor Rudy's quest for his own holy grail. br> -- Ken Shreve /p>

Giuliani's recent statements were not a gaffe of blunder, in the sense of erroneously saying something he doesn't believe. The statements were simply Giuliani making clear his position and intentions.

p>He wants to reach into your wallet to pay for your neighbor's abortion. It's that simple. br> -- Byron Keith /p> p> I feel some sympathy for these candidates trapped by years-old sound bites. I've changed my mind so many times -- and particularly in the last ten years -- that I'd hate to find myself sitting in the hot seat, trying to square what I said in 1987 with something I said in 1997 and something else again in 2007...

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