See? Even when playfully indulging in a spirited but harmless (Nixon still won after all), youthful act of misbehavior in 1972, Rudy could still foresee somewhere in the back of his mind that one day, 9/11 would come. :b

1972 was ancient history, but how can he explain his support for Mario Cuomo in 1994?

All that was before Guiliani realized that jackbooted thugery and runnning around saying "I'm not the Mayor of 9/10" could earn him a $100 million . . .

The actual vote is easily explained away, it was 35 years ago, after all. But the explanation of the vote is inexcusable dissembling and lying. He voted for McGovern because he wanted to vote against him, how does that even make sense?

Bill Clinton: I didn't inhale.
Larry Craig: I didn't swallow.
Rudy Giuliani: 9/11

Giuliani is going to have a hard time winning th nomination with things like this. Not to mention how much the primary calendar is playing against him at this point.

While it's true that the primary calendar is working against Rudy at this point in the game, (I've said for almost a year now that Mike Huckabee will win out--an expected strong showing in Iowa will do wonders for his campaign) I really think the idea of Giuliani losing the primary fight on former political principles is complete and total myth. Pat Robertson's endorsement speaks volumes.

If Republicans have been consistent in anything, it's their willingness to betray their own stated fundamental values by supporting candidates who have obviously been ardent supporters of furthering gay rights, abortion rights, and what are otherwise generally considered progressive values.

While I still have my personal opinion as to whom will eventually win once the dust has settled, the fact of the matter is that the Republican nomination is far from settled at this point in the game and probably, if anything, is more unpredictable than the Democratic nomination contest.

I look forward to the day, hopefully not too far off, when I don't feel like I have to give a flying fuck about whatever craven absurd steamy frothy bullshit emanates from this man's hypocrite mouth.

Sorry, numi, I deem him "not treatable."

Rudy, for as long as I can remeber, and that's a long time, has always been a mean-spirited, opportunistic, sleazebag. When viewed through that prism all of his actions past and present have a certain continuity and the future can be fairly well predicted. 9-11 was, as it turned out for him AND Bush, the apogee of opportunism. The other characteristics express more or less continuously throughout his career.
So, to recapitulate:
mean-spirited, opportunistic sleazebag= GOP front runner.
Perfect

Benito Mussolini was a socialist before he took a hard right ideological turn and created Fascism.
The parallels are striking.

Handmaiden to the worst president ever, really, really, realy wanted to vote for the second worst. Somehow very appropriate...

If he gets the Republican nomination, maybe this means we can count on him to vote for his opponent. Ya know, almost like a reflex mode.

Now to be fair, Mixon was probably the third or fourth worst president. James Buchanan basically fiddled while the country burned its way to a civil war. And Herbert Hoover took an economy sinking into recession and piled on the weight that plummetted us into the Great Depression. Arguably, both of those men were worse presidents than Nixon. Of course, none of them are worse than Shrubya.

Rudy does not possess the courage of his convictions. 'nuff said.

Rudy is becoming a bigger pathological liar than Jon Lovitz's Tommy Flanagan character on "Saturday Night Live."

The only position you hear from Paul is his stance on the farging occupation . . . If you look at the rest of his platform you'd wake up screaming every night from night terrors . . . The cage match from 'Beyond Thunderdome' is not government and Paul is not Presidential material.

So I guess he was for Nixon before he was against him?

Hillary may be triangulating and may have some other errors of judgment in her background, but she'd have a long way to go to catch up with Rudy on this one. The brashness, the sheer "in your face" attitude, the blatant boldness of trying to win with either side of the coin. The perfect example of a man that speaks out of both sides of his mouth. Easy to see that Rudy intends to offer himself up advertised as "something for everyone." Don't like what he has to offer on one side of an argument? No problem, because he's on the other side of the argument, too!

Keep goin', Rudy. Nobody will ever catch on to this tactic. People aren't that observant. Just keep it up.

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