Has Rudy "Earned" a Pass From Conservatives?
Former Republican lawmaker from Connecticut joins the growing list of RINOs rooting for Rudy:
The stock market reached record highs last week, but nothing on the Dow Jones Industrials outstripped soaring shares of Giuliani Preferred. The nation's political market is bullish on Rudy.
A spate of polls showed the former New York mayor the preferred Republican choice nationally and in states as diverse as New Hampshire, Alabama and Oklahoma. The chatterazzi says someone with Rudy Giuliani's moderate social views can't win a Republican nomination in a contest that will include a wide swath of conservative party members. They are wrong.
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He's pro-choice, supports civil unions and wanted to restrict gun ownership when he was mayor. Any of those would have been anathema to Republican primary voters in the past 30 years. They still matter in time of war, but not as much as they once did.
And Giuliani provides explanations that avoid the condescending tone other moderate Republicans adopt as they strain to hide contempt for the right-wing party troops.
Giuliani earned a bye from those troops even before his memorable leadership on and after Sept. 11. To them, Giuliani fought the beast in its lair, starting with those menacing squeegee men who held drivers hostage at city intersections.
The other candidates talk about social issues and seek to placate suspicious conservatives who've heard their sweet songs before. Giuliani showcases pelts on his belt. The most sumptuous comes from his 1999 battle with the Brooklyn Museum of Art. The museum, which enjoyed some public funding, booked an incendiary exhibit that featured a portrait of the Virgin Mary caparisoned in elephant dung and vulgar photos. Giuliani cut off the museum's public funds. That's something religious Republicans in South Carolina can understand. And who can forget Giuliani's rejection of a $10 million donation to a 9/11 fund from an Israeli-hating Saudi?
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Previous Pro Ecclesia posts on this subject:
Why Catholics Cannot Vote for Rudy Guiliani
Rudy Giuliani Says He Backs Pro-Life Laws But Supports Legal Abortion
Rudy’s a No-Go
That's News to Me
Resources Rolling In for Pro-Abort, Pro-Gay, Anti-Gun Presidential Candidate (and He's "Catholic" to Boot)
The Pro-Giuliani Crowd Tries to Rehabilitate the Mayor's Image Among Pro-Lifers
Brownback: I Could Support Rudy
For the Second Day in a Row, I Find Myself in the Uncomfortable Position of Agreeing With the DNC
Meet the Next President: Giuliani Tops in Early GOP Polls
Presidential Election Still 2 Years Away, But GOP Seems Intent on Self-Immolation
The Conservative Case Against Rudy Giuliani In 2008
Southern Appeal Takes on The Anchoress' Support for Rudy Giuliani's Presidential Aspirations
Pro-Abort, Pro-Gay, Anti-Gun Republican Tops Pro-Abort, Pro-Gay, Anti-Gun Democrat in Recent Poll
Four in 10 Republicans Would Not Find McCain an "Acceptable" Nominee
Pro-Abort/Pro-Gay Republican Tops Pro-Abort/Pro-Gay Democrat In Presidential Poll - Who Cares?
Pat Robertson Says Giuliani Would Be "Good President"
Labels: Dissident Catholics, Elections, Rudy, Social Conservatives
posted by Pro Ecclesia 8:31 AM
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4 Comments:
Nobody earns a pass. Bona fide conservatives only need apply.
Oh what will the single issue voter crowd do in 08?
"Oh what will the single issue voter crowd do in 08?"
I don't know. Since Algore doesn't appear to be running, what WILL you climate nazis do?
I deny being a single-issue voter.
But some issues are more important than others.
Imagine, if you will, a candidate who agrees with you on every issue that you consider important.
His credentials are impeccable, his experience respectable, his qualifications excellent.
He is everything you could wish for in a candidate.
Except...
He advocates the repeal of the 13th amendment, and the re-institution of chattel slavery in the United States.
Realizing that there is no possibility that he could prevail on this issue, would you vote for him?
If you would, then you must face the fact that you would vote for someone who supports slavery in order to advance your political agenda.
If, on the other hand, you would not vote for him, but find some otherwise-less-satisfactory candidate who does not support the return of slavery, then you must face the fact that you are, in a sense, a "single-issue voter" wholly unwilling to budge on the issue of slavery.
And if you fall into the latter group, I applaud you.
Certain stances are simply disqualifiers for public office: support for slavery; support for Islamic terrorism; advocacy of changing our form of government to a monarchy or dictatorship. Meeting a candidate on the wrong side of one of these issues, you would not simply say, "well, I disagree with you on that, but tell me about your tax policy".
To those of us who, informed by an ancient and mystical religion known only to a few called "embryology", believe that a new human zygote begins its existence at conception, and that all innocent human life is precious and should be protected, a candidate who is unable or unwilling to recognize these important truths is no more acceptable than a pro-slavery or pro-terrorism candidate would be.
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