Giuliani Can Not Win in '08

In my own humble opinion, and the opinion of many others, the Republican Party absolutely can not win with Rudy as their man in 2008. The GOP needs to re-evaluate what true Conservatives want and run from the colossal mistakes that have been made recently in increasing the size and spending of the government to unprecedented levels, trampling on the Constitution and the protections that lie therein, and thinking they should be legislating Christian morality.

Instead of returning to the ideals set forth in the Constitution and their "Contract with America" that led them to sweeping victories in the 90's, they apparently want to put forth middle-of-the road candidates. That will never work. The GOP will never draw enough liberal-leaning voters to their side to make up for everyone (like me) that simply can't vote for non-Conservative Republicans.

Getting back to one of the central issues discussed on this blog:

It is almost universally recognized that Clinton's AWB and other gun control measures significantly helped the Republicans re-gain power. Al Gore himself is on record saying that gun owners defeated him in 2000. This is why you won't hear anything from the Democrats on this issue until after the Presidential election.

I'm not a one-issue voter (although millions and millions of gun owners are). I look at more in a candidate's platform/history than just firearm rights. However, how a person feels about gun control is an excellent first litmus test for their position on several other key issues.

Below is Rudy Giuliani spewing forth utter foolishness in saying that “the single biggest connection between violent crime and an increase in violent crime is the presence of guns in your society . . . . the more guns you take out of society, the more you are going to reduce murder. The less guns you take out of society, the more it is going to go up.”

Statistics time and time again prove this isn't true. If this were a fact, then why has Washington, DC been the murder capital of the world even though they have a complete and total handgun ban (at least until a couple weeks ago)?



Sorry, Rudy, I know that you've said, "I understand the 2nd Amendment and my policies don't affect hunters."

That bit of hogwash hasn't fooled anyone that isn't already anti-gun.