Comments on: Giuliani Is No Nixon

The Weekly Standard: Evidence Of Similarity Between Late President And 2008 Hopeful Is Thin At Best

[imnho]

If the war continues to go the way its going then the question of Rudy being president will bew academic. If we are still up to our eyeballs Iraq at this time next year the Democratics can nominate almost anybody running and win the election. It will just be a question of the size of the blow out.

Iraq is quickly becoming an albatross around the neck of the GOP

[alanrobisch]

what the heck are you guys talking about. while i totally disagree with his stance on social issues giuliani showed great ability in making NYC a livable city again and he showed true leadership in the period directly after 9/11. He may not be of extraordinary character, it seems other americans elected bill clinton one of the great liars of all time and will probably elect Hilary his peer in lying.

[uradufuss]

Richard Nixon was widely known to be a crook before he ever took the Presidential Office. If Ike knew what was going on in Washington, behind his back, he would have fired Nixon; just like Kennedy fired Allen Dulles. Well, now there's a pair -Nixon and Dulles? Hmmm?

[cxbcxb-2009]

EX: Rudy ballooned govt via the bogus shell game of privatization. EX: he would "privatize" a govt service (say, welfare "job training") and the contracts would go to his aides and cronies. They then hire people with our TAX MONEY, but they aren't technically govt employees, so Rudy would then say "I shrunk the number of govt employees"! When, in fact, he greatly expanded the number of people paid by the govt. And in most cases, the private workers were paid a LOT more than govt workers. (Here in NYC, new cops are paid $25,000 a year!!!) The head of Con Ed now makes $1.4 million while the President only gets $400k. See any difference?

I could go on forever. Ask Team Rudy to debate me and watch them chicken out: christopher at
mayorcxb at yahoo dot com.

Rudy has more scandals than every other candidate combined.

Hell, his OWN POLICE COMMISSIONER and best pal is a convicted criminal. Doesn't that tip people off?

I'll simply quote Rudy, who said his dad was a saint and his role model. Rudys' right: it was proven his dad was a mobster who did time in Sing Sing for robbing a milkman!

He's so crooked there is NO way he can lose this election.

Watch.

[cxbcxb-2009]

Wow. This writer is quoting a POLITICIAN's promises on the campaign trail, meaning he has no interest in reality. (Maybe he didn't get the memo that candidates SAY baloney to get elected. EX: ask Rudy if he'll guarantee those promises IN WRITING and resign if he breaks them. He will refuse. WOuld you hire a carpenter who won't guarantee his promises if you hire him????)

Rudy is the biggest charlatan in US history and has gotten caught lying about almost everything, from his personal life to his political opinions.

EX: Rudy didn't expand govt??? He expanded NYC's govt more than any mayor expanded govt in history. EX: Rudy ballooned the army of lawyers in the Corporation Counsel (so they could fight all the lawsuits from Rudy's violations of federal, state, and city laws). And this army lost, as Rudy paid out over $500 MILLION every year to settle the lawsuits when he repeatedly was convicted in court of violating civil rights and many other crimes.

more in a moment...

[adian1-2009]

I apologize. I missed the "r" in Mr. Orwell's last name. He is the one who wrote Animal Farm, 1984, etc. (Arthur Eric Blair 1903-1950).

[adian1-2009]

No comments. Giuliani is a malabarist. We do not need that for President. We need a honest man or woman. We need a man or a woman President that will use honest words to dress her or his honest thoughts. We need a woman or man President that would be willing to take well intended actions to dress his or her intentions. But, for the US sake, we do not need any woman or man President that would be willing to use lies to dress his or her hidden agendas. We have had more than enough of that during the last 6 years. Mr. Giuliani should take some time out of his more than full daily agenda and take a look at the writings of Mr. Arthur Eric Blair (AKA George Owell). Maybe that would bring him to honesty and reality. Kafka would characterize Giuliani like this: the insurance doctor who regards all mankind as perfectly healthy malingerers.

[elgraz]

GIULIANI FOR PRESIDENT. VIVA GIULIANI.

[blancadebree]

As a conservative, a life-long member of the NRA, a non-fertile woman against abortion, and a loving Christian who hates homos, I think Giuliani is worse than Nixon. He is the worst thing to happen to my party since Arnold. It is my sincere hope that a Deep Throat steps forward and derails this guy before we lose another election to the Defeatocrats.

[actornaught]

ummmm.... riiight...

actually, Nixon was alot smarter than Rudy, 'tho they're probably equally dishonest.

The better comparison is with Rudy's "hero", that epitome of empty suits, Ronald Raygun. So has Rudy started drooling on himself, too?

Depends...