# Rudy Giuliani running for president, 2008 **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [February 5, 2007, 11:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rudy-giuliani-running-for-president-2008/24107 "2007-02-05T11:26:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 12:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rudy-giuliani-running-for-president-2008/24107/21 "2007-02-05T12:24:32Z")
Dah, a carpet bagging woman, a black dude with a muslim name, or the white guy who cleaned up NYC? I wonder who’s gonna win? ---
**Author:** ![Locutus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/locutus/32/7574_2.png) [@Locutus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Locutus)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 12:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rudy-giuliani-running-for-president-2008/24107/22 "2007-02-05T12:28:38Z")
> [@JoesTypeS](#): > > not gonna get the nomination, but hopefully the candidate that does get the nomination will piss off so many moderate republican voters in the primary bashing rudy the dems will walk away with the general liar ---
**Author:** ![sureshot](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sureshot/32/7578_2.png) [@sureshot](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sureshot)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 12:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rudy-giuliani-running-for-president-2008/24107/23 "2007-02-05T12:29:31Z")
giuliani sucks. roman catholics don’t make good presidents ---
**Author:** ![Roush97](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/roush97/32/7424_2.png) [@Roush97](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Roush97)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 12:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rudy-giuliani-running-for-president-2008/24107/24 "2007-02-05T12:31:22Z")
I like him but the only problem is that I really dont’t think he would make a president. He has no time in the congress or senate. I mean being the mayor of NYS isnt a easy job but I wouldn’t compare it to being the president. ---
**Author:** ![JoesTypeS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joestypes/32/7190_2.png) [@JoesTypeS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JoesTypeS)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 12:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rudy-giuliani-running-for-president-2008/24107/25 "2007-02-05T12:32:59Z")
> [@Roush97](#): > > I like him but the only problem is that I really dont’t think he would make a president. He has no time in the congress or senate. I mean being the mayor of NYS isnt a easy job but I wouldn’t compare it to being the president. that’s a pretty funny thing to say considering it’s been a good 30 years since anyone from the senate has been elected president. He still wont get the nomination. And he’d make a horrible VP candidate he’d take too much of the focus off the top of the ticket. ---
**Author:** ![StrokedZ28](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/strokedz28/32/7592_2.png) [@StrokedZ28](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/StrokedZ28)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 12:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rudy-giuliani-running-for-president-2008/24107/26 "2007-02-05T12:44:14Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > Rove is Bush’s pitbull, and Bush isn’t running. > > As for being too liberal, he’s liberal in all the right places. > > Abortion > Gay Rights > Stem Cell Research > > I think there are a lot of Republican’s like myself that will be more than happy to jump off the sinking ship of religious conservatism and into Rudy’s lifeboat. I mean hell, I’m an athiest republican, so there are a lot of things I don’t like about the current administration. The fact remains that issues like taxes and the economy are much more important to me than abortion and gay rights, hence my sticking with my party. Rudy though supports all the stuff I love about my party, while supporting the few things I like about the Democrats. And I think that will be the case for a lot of Americans. x2 accept I’m more democratic but Rudi would be the only republican I would vote for because he is not a stream line republican. Unfortunately though its going to be tough for him the win the primaries because of his views. ---
**Author:** ![JaysGreenLX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jaysgreenlx/32/7321_2.png) [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 12:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rudy-giuliani-running-for-president-2008/24107/27 "2007-02-05T12:54:08Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > As for being too liberal, he’s liberal in all the right places. > > Abortion > Gay Rights > Stem Cell Research That sounds good, but I just can’t see him getting the nomination. If so, I am fine with him. He certainly cleaned up NYC. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 12:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rudy-giuliani-running-for-president-2008/24107/28 "2007-02-05T12:54:28Z")
I really don’t know about the nomination. There are a lot of people in my party that are very unimpressed by the Nancy Pelosi’s of the world, and may be willing to bend on social issues to make sure our fiscal ideals are kept in power. For example, I have a born again coworker who high fived me when I told him Rudy had filed his papers to run. And despite what the liberals like to yell, we’re not all bible beaters, and a lot of us registered republican but non-religious types may come out of the woodwork with Rudy up for the nomination. It will be interesting to see how the polls start looking when he makes it 100% official. ---
**Author:** ![RedGoober4Life](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/redgoober4life/32/7610_2.png) [@RedGoober4Life](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RedGoober4Life)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 1:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rudy-giuliani-running-for-president-2008/24107/29 "2007-02-05T13:09:07Z")
Well I have really terrible news for him. Hillary said something very reasonable this weekend, “Let me make this clear, if I would have been president in october 2002 I would not have taken the country to war.” Yeahrmm. I found it on her website of all places. Hilarious since she voted for the war and as far as I know time travel is impossible. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 1:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rudy-giuliani-running-for-president-2008/24107/30 "2007-02-05T13:13:09Z")
when we first went to war, the majority of ppl were all about it. “yeah, lets kick those guys asses, fuck them for taking out the WTC” , everyone wanted revenge. now its like, “fuck, what the fuck did we get ourselves into” so of course at that time a majority of politicians said they were all for the war. now since bush is hated and this iraq thing is out of hand everyone says, wow, i never wanted this war, what was bush thinking. well, the fact is that in order to declare war, congress has to approve it. so there were abv. a lot of ppl that wanted the war. politics suck ---
**Author:** ![JaysGreenLX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jaysgreenlx/32/7321_2.png) [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 1:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rudy-giuliani-running-for-president-2008/24107/31 "2007-02-05T13:15:16Z")
The issue wasn’t that we went to war. The issue was that we went to war with the wrong people (sort of) and had no plan. How is Osama doing anyway? ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 1:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rudy-giuliani-running-for-president-2008/24107/32 "2007-02-05T13:17:29Z")
yeah, but thats a discussion for another day. back to the topic at hand, gulliani is awesome ---
**Author:** ![RedGoober4Life](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/redgoober4life/32/7610_2.png) [@RedGoober4Life](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RedGoober4Life)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 1:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rudy-giuliani-running-for-president-2008/24107/33 "2007-02-05T13:17:55Z")
How well does Guiliani understand the middle east? I really want somebody that’s competent on all levels. ---
**Author:** ![JaysGreenLX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jaysgreenlx/32/7321_2.png) [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 1:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rudy-giuliani-running-for-president-2008/24107/34 "2007-02-05T13:21:15Z")
> [@RedGoober4Life](#): > > I really want somebody that’s competent on all levels. You want to live in a perfect world too? ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 1:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rudy-giuliani-running-for-president-2008/24107/35 "2007-02-05T13:25:20Z")
> [@RedGoober4Life](#): > > How well does Guiliani understand the middle east? [http://www.ameinfo.com/49752.html](http://www.ameinfo.com/49752.html) I can live with that. ---
**Author:** ![Rx3](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rx3/32/7194_2.png) [@Rx3](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Rx3)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 1:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rudy-giuliani-running-for-president-2008/24107/36 "2007-02-05T13:32:26Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > Rudy has a good chance of carrying NYC in the electoral, and with it he’ll take the state. NY swings red 08. 🙂 I wouldn’t bank on that. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 1:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rudy-giuliani-running-for-president-2008/24107/37 "2007-02-05T13:34:18Z")
:word: to jays ---
**Author:** ![RedGoober4Life](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/redgoober4life/32/7610_2.png) [@RedGoober4Life](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RedGoober4Life)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 1:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rudy-giuliani-running-for-president-2008/24107/38 "2007-02-05T13:36:25Z")
> Accountable government takes responsibility for its people, provides sufficient healthcare, education and better levels of human rights. The next stage is a **participatory element** but that might take _one or two generations_.’ > > So is this part of the modern US role in the Middle East: the promotion of accountable government and democracy? > > ‘The US role in the region is precisely that. This is what America stands for. We will only act by military means if under **grave threat or in self-defense** , and hopefully that means very rarely.’ Oh dear lord. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 1:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rudy-giuliani-running-for-president-2008/24107/39 "2007-02-05T13:40:56Z")
Anyone else think it’s funny that [CNN.com](http://CNN.com) has this story buried under politics? Hillary lets a fart go that remotely sounds like the word “presidency” and cnn does a breaking news alert. Rudy files papers to run and it’s a bi-line. Yeah, they’re impartial. ---
**Author:** ![RuBiCaNT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rubicant/32/7622_2.png) [@RuBiCaNT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RuBiCaNT)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 1:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rudy-giuliani-running-for-president-2008/24107/40 "2007-02-05T13:40:58Z")
I’d vote for Rudy depending on who the dems put out there. Most likely, Rudy has my vote. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rudy-giuliani-running-for-president-2008/24107.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rudy-giuliani-running-for-president-2008/24107.md?page=3)