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Hating Rudy
With the Bush era coming to a close, Giuliani is supplanting the President as the Left's favorite whipping boy. This can only help his chances of capturing the Republican nomination.
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disagree. Giuliani has often cited his liberal foes to burnish his
own conservative credentials.
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“I find it difficult understanding those who try to make me out as an activist for liberal causes,” Giuliani said at his recent speech to the Family Research Council’s Value Voters’ Summit. “If you think that, just read any New York Times editorial while I was mayor of New York City.”
p>For a long time, Giuliani’s liberal adversaries from New York were convinced that there was no way that Giuliani could win the Republican nomination, but as it has become a more realistic possibility, their br> worries have grown. /p>“It’s totally unbelievable,” Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY), lamented in the New York Observer of Giuliani’s resilience in the presidential race. “I refuse to believe that this could possibly happen to our country. I have too much confidence in our country to believe that this could really happen.”
With enemies like Rangel, does Giuliani need friends?
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Philip Klein is The American Spectator’s Washington correspondent. You can follow him on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/Philipaklein
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