America’s Mayor President?
Posted by TFG on March 3rd, 2007
Barring some major scandal or loss of his health, I think Giuliani will be the nominee, and very likely the next president. Will he be a successful chief executive? I doubt it. The culture of America in 2008 looks more degraded than that of New York in 1994. And those suicide bombers in Iraq are a lot nastier than the squeegee men of Manhattan.
Man, it’s sure looking that way, isn’t it? I would be very hard-pressed to vote for Rudy because of his gun controlling ways. My personal preference is to believe that Americans won’t stand for such tomfoolery, but I never thought I would see the day when two-thirds of Americans believe that the government should be guaranteeing health insurance.*
My newest little buddy, the Genius Boy Programmer, has stated that he’s on a mission to buy as many guns as he possibly can before the 2008 election. I’m semi-reluctantly coming around to his point of view. The difference is that he thinks the NICS check and FFL licenses aren’t heinous encroachments, and I unqualifiedly do, so I buy from private sellers when I possibly can.
* Standard TFG disclaimer about polls: they’re probably just telling the questioner what they think the questioner wants to hear. Still, even accounting for economic morons, shut-ins who want someone to talk to, and people lying their asses off — that’s a lot of people who think Health Care is part of the Constitution. Well, I’m sure you could find a judge somewhere who thinks so, too. We’re doomed…but at least I’m armed.
March 4th, 2007 at 9:51 am
Man, it’s sure looking that way, isn’t it?
Giuliani’s campaign basically ends after South Carolina.
I hold out hope still of a Fred Thompson candidacy, but I don’t even think that will derail the McCain express.
It’s important right now not to pay too much attention to general polls or bloggers, because neither means much in terms of deciding the Republican nomination. Giuliani’s campaign will die when his stands on abortion and gun control, not to mention the details of his personal life, are all out there for conservative voters, and South Carolina’s likely to be the place where the mayor is defined by the McCain people once and for all.
March 4th, 2007 at 11:02 am
I’m horrible with predicting electoral politics, but I think Rudy’s got a better shot than that. Even if that’s wrong, I’m equally unthrilled with McCain. They say politics is the art of compromise, but neither one of these guys, nor Romney, give me thrills in a Reagan-ish way and make me open to compromise. I guess one truly great President in a lifetime is a bargain (especially considering the span of my life started with JFK.)
March 4th, 2007 at 12:05 pm
I always buy my guns from private sources. I learned that little bit of paranoia from my dad at a young age.
As far as conservative candidates, California Rep. Duncan Hunter appears to have better Reaganesque credentials than the three stooges you mentioned.
http://www.fox21.com/Global/story.asp?S=6165828&nav=menu149_2
The vote is considered to be an early sign of who die-hard Republicans in this conservative area would like to see win their party’s presidential nomination next year.
With 81 of 92 precincts reporting, Giuliani had garnered 158 votes. California Representative Duncan Hunter was running in a close second place, with 152 votes. County G-O-P officials said Arizona Senator John McCain had 116 votes.
March 4th, 2007 at 11:34 pm
Dang, Kevin, I hope so. This is looking as hopeless as the crowning of Dole in 1996, but hopefully a real American will step up to the plate for this one.
I need to save up for more un-P.C. firearms prior to the 2008 elections, myself.
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March 5th, 2007 at 7:52 am
Rudy would maek a good President. He doesn’t like machine guns but their is only so much h ecan do. trouble is barring a miracle a Democrat is going to be President.
March 5th, 2007 at 3:11 pm
I used to think that this was clear and unambiguous:
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
Now, my idealism is almost gone and I am regrettably coming to the very cynical conclusion that it is all about power. Over the last week, I read Mark Steyn’s “America Alone” and Oriana Fallaci’s “The Force of Reason.” That was depressing and should beenough to turn anyone into a survivalist.
March 6th, 2007 at 8:51 pm
Charles, a lot of us used to think this was unambiguous, too:
Well, many of us still do, but unfortunately those who do see it as even the least bit ambiguous have gotten far too much truck in the halls of power the last 40-plus years.
And you bet your sweet arse it’s all about power, and has been for a long, long time.