Laura Ingraham Not Fooled by Giuliani
Michael Gaynor, writing at the Renew America website, notes Laura Ingraham's efforts to convince Republicans of the disastrous consequences of a Rudy nomination:
As a lifelong New Yorker and a contemporary of former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, I am amazed that Rudy is still fooling so many people in the rest of the country.(emphasis added)
Rudy is NOT an acceptable presidential candidate for conservatives.
Rudy may have been the best conservatives could hope for as a Mayor of liberal New York City, but he's not a true conservative, a moral exemplar or even faithful to his faith.
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Rudy once said, "Most of [Bill] Clinton's policies are similar to most of mine."
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Rudy does not really make himself a conservative by calling himself one. Or having gone to Catholic school with the head of The Catholic League. Or having serving in the United States Department of Justice with a founder of The Federalist Society. Or having officiating at the marriage of Fox News' Roger Ailes. Or by siding with America against terrorists.
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Rudy does not make himself a conservative by calling himself one. Or make himself acceptable to pro-lifers by claiming to hate abortion while having supporting it as a permissible choice since he first ran for public office.
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Don't expect presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani to repeat his mistake of being interviewed by Laura Ingraham again before Republicans nominate their presidential candidate and probably not for a long time thereafter, if ever.
Rudy doesn't fool Laura.
Last May, Laura deftly put Rudy on the spot, by publicly asking Rudy what he thought made abortion "hateful"? (Rudy's been trying VERY hard to make his position on abortion tolerable in order to win the Republican presidential nomination.)
Rudy never really answered that devastating question, By the time the interview was over, Rudy's chance of winning the Republican presidential nomination should have been dead. (The Republican Party has a pro-choice wing, so it's not surprising that Rudy is first in the polls since all the other Republican presidential hopefuls are pro-life), but Rudy can win ONLY if division among social conservatives allows him to do so.)
Why had Rudy and his wife No. 2 contributed to Planned Parenthood when he thought abortion was so hateful, Laura asked.
Great question! (How many organizations that focus on activity that you consider hateful receive voluntary contributions from YOU?)
Rudy said he gave because Planned Parenthood provided information that would help a pregnant woman choose!
For America's sake, any presidential candidate who thinks like that better lose.
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Labels: Culture of Death, Dissident Catholics, Elections, Republicans, RINOs, Rudy, Social Conservatives, Voting Your Values
posted by Pro Ecclesia 1:07 PM
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Kudos to Laura, who really has been the most prominent conservative figure to make this case publicly.
That is one reason I so enjoy her show. She is the most social conservative of all the big talkers. So many others are willing to give Rudy a pass and Hannity might as well be his campaign manager.
And NRO (Nominate Rudy Online) is getting hard to read.
"And NRO (Nominate Rudy Online) is getting hard to read."
Tell me about it.
It's sad ... I've been reading National Review since I was a freshman in high school (so, for about 25 years). But, outside of Ramesh, I can barely stomach that publication's website anymore.
Outside of J-Pod (who's leaving, thank God) and Andy McCarthy, who's been cheerleading for Giuliani at National Review? K-Lo is a Mitt woman, Ramesh and Mark Levin clearly don't like him, Derb pretty much dislikes everyone, Goldberg hasn't said much about him, and Lowry and York usually praise Rudy's political acumen and campaign rather than his ideology.
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