Go Rudy! Cut those taxes, beat the terrorists, strengthen the borders, give us good court nominees, beat Hilary! Go Rudy Go!

Rudy Giuliani is a sad One Trick Pony. If it wasn’t for 9/11 he would be a less attractive Ed Koch.
Can you say 9-1-1? Gooood boy Rudy. You can have a sugar cube…just not a country!

Rudy is not exactly a one trick pony. I’m 5 hours away from NYC and I can still say he did a lot for the city, beyond holding things together on 9/11. His record in that city is remarkable from my point of view, and I think those who have been using 9/11 against him are reaching. The fact is that his leadership and public face on a day where many were wondering “Where is our president?” held the city together, and gave the country hope. It’s easy to forget how important his role was on that day, and it shouldn’t be minimized.

The fields still wide open……………GO RUDY!!!!!!!!!!!!! My entire family voted early in support of AMERICAS MAYOR AND CLEAR CHOICE FOR PRESIDENT……….RUDY GIULIANI. As a Moderate, Latina Republican he’s the only candidate I trust to protect my families freedoms. He’s not only has the guts it going to takes to secure our country but the steadfastness to insure the liberties and right to choose that are dear to each and every American. He’s been a proven tax cutter and responsible fiscal conservative. Hang in there Rudy…………………..there’s a whole lot of ball game left to go!!!!!

Anyone who says Rudy is a one trick pony is ignoring what he did for 8 years as mayor, and what he did rolling up the mafia in NYC, and the work in Reagan’s justice department, and the 6 years he spent after being the mayor, traveling the world and getting foreign policy experience to add to his domestic experience.

Rudy is the best candidate in either party, and let’s just hope the GOP is smart enough to realize that he towers above current “frontrunners” Mitt, Huck and McCain, all of whom are seriously flawed.

There are three viable candidates to run against the democrats: 1) Romney 2) McCain 3) Rudy.

Rudy should be the GOP nominee. Here is the reason why:

http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/01/rudy_giuliani_should_be_gop_no.html

[...] as he seeks to reinforce his new fiscal conservative push. The campaign sees McCain and Romney as vulnerable on the issue of tax [...]

From the link provided by Tim earlier

On the war on terror: Giuliani is the best candidate; McCain is a distant second.
On immigration: Giuliani is the best candidate; Romney is a close second.
On the economy: Giuliani and Romney are equally strong; McCain is a distant third.
On health care reform, Giuliani is the best candidate; Romney is a distant second.
On Supreme Court appointments, all three candidates are equally strong.

Without weighing the merits of all the arguments raised in the link the following thoughts jump to mind.

Immigration:
Guiliani has I agree an awesome record of mayor in NYC aside from 911, but it is not a track record that shows ANY strength on the issue of illegal alliens, Romney is head and shoulders ahead of Rudy with his clearly stated and repeated pledge that illegal aliens are going to go home and have to get in line.

Economy:
You’ve got to talk really fast and hope no one realizes you said nothing to think that Rudy can compete with Mitt when it comes to vision on how to help our economy and help us fix what is broken. I don’t want to take away from the solid fiscal responsibility that Rudy showed in NYC which although wonderful is simply on a par with the fiscal responsibility Mitt showed from Boston for an entire state. The bigger point is which has the skills to tackle the challenges of the countries hurting economy and the answer really is clear. Mitt has spent his life in the private and public sector fixing broken fiscal structures. It’s multiple wins in myriad situations first one great job well done in NYC.

Health Care Reform:
Mitt has put on the table a Health Care solution for all, that raises no taxes, creates no government agency to mess things up and leaves the entire solution in the private sector and you want to argue that Guiliani’s, no suggestions, no plan, no ideas is somehow better? Wake up this is exactly the kind of inspiration and leadership the country is looking for. Private sector solutions with no or minimal governement envolvment that help people.

Terror:
I concur with the comments regarding John on terror, see the link and I also concur with Rudy’s strengths, I don’t think that this old DA will change his stripes from facing terrorists that he showed the mob in NYC and crime in general. So Rudy wins in that he has the proven track record, but putting it bluntly there’s a reason for the disproportionate number of Mormons in our armed forces and Mitt is not going to be a commander in chief they’ll want to meet with either. So Rudy wins on track record but I see no knock out.

Supreme Court:
Ok you danced a nice dance on why Rudy’s liberal positions won’t influenece his decisions when it comes to picking supreme court justices especially it doesn’t matter how liberal or conservative you are because the judges surprise you after you pick them, but that is all just noise. Fact is Rudy will be far more tolerant of liberal positions in his selections than the conservative positions which Mitt has now staked out. Certainly nay sayers will throw-up but look what he used to say. Fine you can believe him or not but Rudy is being consistent and still has all those liberal positions and hasn’t reputated any of them. I’ve changed my mind on many issues over the years. It’s not hard to believe that Mitt, the Mormon has come home to defending that family is between a man and a women and the right to life.

So my take is Mitt 4 and Rudy 1

Back to John, for those who feel he should have had more play here. John is a Conservative Hawk of foreign policy within the scope of war and defending our country. He is a flat out liberal (not a moderate) with a consistent proven track record of voting the positions of Democrats of domestic policy issues and although I highly admire the integrity of Joe Liebermann, there is a reason why people joke about Joe being John’s running mate if nominated. John is a warrior Democrat, not a conservative of the school of Reaganomics. He can say he supports the Bush tax cuts now but does anyone really think that old warrior is going to change his stripes. I think he is what he is and it ain’t a conservative on nary a domestic policy.

From the link provided by Tim earlier

On the war on terror: Giuliani is the best candidate; McCain is a distant second.
On immigration: Giuliani is the best candidate; Romney is a close second.
On the economy: Giuliani and Romney are equally strong; McCain is a distant third.
On health care reform, Giuliani is the best candidate; Romney is a distant second.
On Supreme Court appointments, all three candidates are equally strong.

Without weighing the merits of all the arguments raised in the link the following thoughts jump to mind.

Immigration:
Guiliani has I agree an awesome record of mayor in NYC aside from 911, but it is not a track record that shows ANY strength on the issue of illegal alliens, Romney is head and shoulders ahead of Rudy with his clearly stated and repeated pledge that illegal aliens are going to go home and have to get in line to come back.

Economy:
You’ve got to talk really fast and hope no one realizes you said nothing to think that Rudy can compete with Mitt when it comes to vision on how to help our economy and help us fix what is broken. I don’t want to take away from the solid fiscal responsibility that Rudy showed in NYC which although wonderful is simply on a par with the fiscal responsibility Mitt showed from Boston for an entire state. The bigger point is which has the skills to tackle the challenges of the countries hurting economy and the answer really is clear. Mitt has spent his life in the private and public sector fixing broken fiscal structures. It’s multiple wins in myriad situations versus one great job well done in NYC.

Health Care Reform:
Mitt has put on the table a Health Care solution for all, that raises no taxes, creates no new government agency to mess things up and leaves the entire solution in the private sector and you want to argue that Guiliani’s, no suggestions, no plan, no ideas is somehow better? Wake up this is exactly the kind of inspiration and leadership the country is looking for. A private sector Health care solution with no or minimal governement envolvment that actually helps the poor among us.

Terror:
I concur with the comments regarding John on terror (see the link in earlier message) and I also concur with Rudy’s strengths. I don’t think that this old DA will change his stripes from facing terrorists that Rudy showed the mob in NYC and NYC crime in general. So Rudy wins with a proven track record, but… Putting it bluntly there is a reason for the disproportionate number of Mormons in our armed forces and Mitt is not going to be a commander in chief that terrorist are going to want to deal with either. Rudy wins on track record while Mitt will have to prove his mettle in the white house.

Supreme Court:
Ok you danced a nice dance on why Rudy’s liberal positions won’t influenece his decisions when it comes to picking supreme court justices especially with paraphrasing here “it doesn’t matter how liberal or conservative the president is because the judges surprise you after you pick them”, but that is all just noise, so we might as well have Mrs. Clinton pick the justices for us with that arguement. Fact is Rudy will be far more tolerant of liberal positions in his selections than the conservative positions which Mitt has now staked out. Certainly nay sayers will throw-up but look what Mitt used to say. Fine you can believe him or not but Rudy is being consistent and still has all those liberal positions and hasn’t reputated any of them. I’ve changed my mind on many issues over the years. It’s not hard to believe that Mitt, the Mormon has come home to defending that family is between a man and a women and a babies right to life.

So my take is Mitt 4 and Rudy 1

Back to John, for those who feel he should have had more play here. John is a Conservative Hawk of foreign policy within the scope of war and defending our country. He is a flat out liberal (not a moderate) with a consistent proven track record of voting the positions of Democrats of domestic policy issues and although I highly admire the integrity of Joe Liebermann, there is a reason why people joke about Joe being John’s running mate if nominated. John is a warrior Democrat, not a conservative of the school of Reaganomics. He can say he supports the Bush tax cuts now but does anyone really think that old warrior is going to change his stripes. I think he is what he is and it ain’t a conservative on nary a domestic policy.

Unfortunately, as demonstrated by Utah’s recent miserable failure to pass Referendum 1 (private school vouchers), it looks like Americans DON’T want the private sector to be allowed to fix the nations problems. One of the most conservative states in the nation decided that it would prefer ‘The Government’ to continue NOT succeeding, rather than to give the private sector a chance… It’s a sad state of affairs.

And whether Mitt’s “health-care plan” is a “tax” per se, his plan is dictate how your money is to be spent. Just because they don’t take it and spend it for you, doesn’t mean it’s not a tax. It’s the distribution of your money, by the government, to someone else, against you will. Sounds like a tax to me…

Rudy is the guy to beat
He can take on all the heat

This video says it all…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRODJcPq_Js