Whomever thought it was a good idea to completely ignore Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina in favor of campaigning solely in Florida should be fired quickly. I wonder if the same knuckleheads will retain positions at Giuliani Partners when the former Mayor of America returns to the executive suite sometime in the next few weeks. The feelings of New Yorkers about Rudy has spread to the rest of our fellow countrymen, as evidenced by his poll numbers dropping like flies the past 90 days. Apparently, the more Americans got to know him, the less they liked him. No wonder he was hiding out in South Florida where he can take his paranoid anti-terrorism message to old, retired New Yorkers. How embarrassing it will be when he comes in a distant third behind Romney and McCain, two candidates that actually campaigned in the aforementioned early nominating states and have realistic shots at the nomination. As usual, Rudy boasted while his audience looked the other way (or possibly fell asleep considering it was Broward County).
The great secret of Ronald Reagan that no one talks about is that he knew he was right and he, to a great extent, ignored the bleatings of the New York Times and the Washington Post. He ignored the polls. He knew what had to get done, and he did it.
Liberals hated him for his tactics, as they do Rudy.
But they loved his results, as they do with Rudy’s work in NYC.
We need Rudy.
I hope the good people of Florida agree tomorrow.
Of course liberals liked some of Rudy’s work – he supports gay rights, gun control and is pro-choice.
Which one of Reagan’s results did liberals love?
How could anyone who’s familiar with Giuliani’s record vote for such a sleazoid, unless they were comatose for the past few years (as was Reagan during so many Cabinet meetings)?
Rudy Giuliani is exactly what we DON’T need!
The NY TIMES had it right:
“The real Mr. Giuliani, whom many New Yorkers came to know and mistrust, is a narrow, obsessively secretive, vindictive man who saw no need to limit police power. Racial polarization was as much a legacy of his tenure as the rebirth of Times Square.
Mr. Giuliani’s arrogance and bad judgment are breathtaking. When he claims fiscal prudence, we remember how he ran through surpluses without a thought to the inevitable downturn and bequeathed huge deficits to his successor. He fired Police Commissioner William Bratton, the architect of the drop in crime, because he couldn’t share the limelight. He later gave the job to Bernard Kerik, who has now been indicted on fraud and corruption charges.
The Rudolph Giuliani of 2008 first shamelessly turned the horror of 9/11 into a lucrative business, with a secret client list, then exploited his city’s and the country’s nightmare to promote his presidential campaign.”