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I realize that many conservatives consider Rudy Giuliani unpalatable because of his pro-choice position on abortion.
Fair enough. But I have a lot more respect for someone like Rudy who is honest and forthright about his position on abortion even if it happens to be a deeply unpopular one than someone like Mitt Romney whose pro-life position amounts to one of convenience rather than conviction.
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martin j smith| 6.12.11 @ 7:59AM
My problem with above two are: One they were 2008 losers and two they are not trying to attract the base of the Conservative base of the Repub Party
Rudy was not serious in 2008. Mitt I think has bagage not only in the social issues ( which for me are NOT THE ISSUE ) BUT IN REGARDS OBAMA CARE LIKE IN MASS AND HIS RECENT COMMENT ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING. Simply put, I do not trust him especially after experiencing GWB and the John McC terrible irresponsible campaign.
Look I would vote for Mickey mouse over Obama but as a PREFERENCE both are very low on the totem pole--at the very bottom for me.
Michael L. Hauschild| 6.12.11 @ 9:55AM
I have exactly the same amount of respect for both, none. Both are anti-gun and with the threat of civil unrest (it is already happening in many places by the way) they were the first casualties.
Teflon93| 6.12.11 @ 10:31AM
"But I have a lot more respect for someone like Rudy who is honest and forthright about his position on abortion even if it happens to be a deeply unpopular one than someone like Mitt Romney whose pro-life position amounts to one of convenience rather than conviction."
Replace "abortion" with "slavery" and see if you don't find something wrong with your formulation---if not your conscience.
SoCon| 6.13.11 @ 12:30AM
I don' think possessing a conscience is a serious consideration for Aaron or Rudy.
Gold BC| 6.12.11 @ 11:14AM
I'm curious to win the nomination you need to accumulate delegates hence win many state primaries and caucuses. What states could Giuliani win? Iowa and Dixie states are off the charts so what would be the winning combination? Just asking.
Chuck| 6.12.11 @ 11:19AM
To win the general election it is incumbent that the GOP pick a candidate who can win the 11 former confederate states including Kentucky and West Virginia. Romney is severely challenged and Rudy can't therefore I recommend southerner Rick Perry who can.
C Bowen| 6.12.11 @ 7:58PM
Rick Perry, the guy who wanted to force every girl to take venereal disease vaccines would do well in the South?
Yikes--and here I thought the South was conservative--guess I got some bad info.
SoCon| 6.13.11 @ 12:32AM
Perry is a non-starter for me because of his state-forced Gardasil disaster legislation.
Mimi| 6.12.11 @ 1:55PM
Rick Santorum was interviewed on Meet The Press this A.M. ......As done before they tried to trip him up on his Pro-Life stance...I think they try this to be a game changer and destroy all the candidates they can...Sickening! But the GOOD man today proudly claimed in explicit moral terms his faithfulness in his view on Abortion claiming LIFE begins at conception! No GREY in this guy. Rudy and Mitt it's too late for you. A lot of people here in N.Y. wanted Rudy to run in 2010 for Senate 2 seats were up and the DEMS TOOK THEM BOTH. Now there would have been a golden opportunity for Rudy to....Come,..." To the aid of his country"! As for Mitt , HOW can he not know how the TIDE has changed and the Country longs for a CONSERVATIVE to be our man or women...Look at the POLLS add up conservative numbers and compare the numbers for RINO'S
C Bowen| 6.12.11 @ 7:59PM
Did they ask Santorum why he voted for budgets, year after year, to subsidize abortions via Planned Parenthood?
Or contra your point, did they help keep up the ruse?
Red Phillips | 6.12.11 @ 3:38PM
A Rudy nomination would be a great boost to the Party ... the Constitution Party that is.
Steven Ertelt| 6.12.11 @ 4:07PM
Oh please, Giuliani vacillated just as much as anyone else.
Giuliani explained that he opposed the partial-birth abortion ban in the 1990s and supported President Clinton’s two vetoes of it because he didn’t think the life of the mother exception was strong enough. He previously told CNN’s Inside Politics in a 1999 interview, that he does not support even a modest ban on the gruesome partial-birth abortion procedure saying, "No, I have not supported that, and I don’t see my position on that changing."
Yet, in a Fox News interview in February, 2007. Giuliani said that he supports a ban on partial-birth abortion as long as there is a provision to protect the life of the mother. "If it has provision for the life of the mother, then I would support it," he told the Fox News program. http://www.lifenews.com/2007/04/26/nat-3071/
The ban *always* had a provision for the life of the mother.
Giuliani also flip-flopped on taxpayer funding of abortions.
California spokesman Bill Simon told the press in March that the former New York City mayor favored the Hyde Amendment. "I have an assurance that he is in favor of the Hyde amendment," he told National Review Online on March 1.
Then, Giuliani told CNN that he would support taxpayer funding of abortions “If it would deprive someone of a constitutional right, yes, if that’s the status of the law, then yes, I would, yes.”
Later, Giuliani said he supported the Hyde Amendment and appeared to back off of his comments on state-funded abortions.
"I would want to see it decided on a state by state basis," Giuliani said. "And what that means is I would leave the Hyde Amendment in place."
"It’s been the law now, 17, 18 years, it’s part of the constitutional balance that I talked about yesterday and the Hyde Amendment leaves the funding issue largely to the states," he added. "They have to decide how they’re going to do it."
Whatever you think of Romney, at least he didn't tell pro-lifers to "get over" protecting unborn children, as Giuliani did. http://www.lifenews.com/2007/04/16/nat-3038/
PattyMor| 6.12.11 @ 4:58PM
In days before Obama, a couple of guys like Mitt and Rudy probably had a shot to make it through the primaries. But, with the country in such dire shape, we simply can not afford a go along to get along type of guy. The country needs a solid conservative that can corral both the Dems and the Reps into doing the right things. And stop the gov'ement from involving itself where it doesn't belong.
SoCon| 6.13.11 @ 12:33AM
I agree: NO MORE RINOS!!
Loadmaster| 6.13.11 @ 9:12AM
Mitt and Ruby time have come and gone. This race for the GOP nominee will be a race that we've never witnessed. It will not be traditional and it's outcome will be the same. Whoever wins this race will have to be a totally committed conservative. No purity test or anything like that but if the candidate has a hint of being a RINO they will not win. Big change is coming for the GOP and Mitt and Rudy are not the ones to make this happen. They will be status quo. The conservatives groups are coming out big in 2012. Our goal will be to increase the House seats, win the Senate and take the WH. It's time we take back America. It will not be easy or fun but it's a battle that we must have and we must win. The GOP establishment will be cleansed. The Dem's will go into exile for many moons.
Don't doubt me on this.
NoLib| 6.13.11 @ 3:41PM
The only point I'm doubting you on is your statement that "Dems will go into exile for many moons." I'd like to believe you but the GOP ain't called the stupid party for nothin'!