On the Chavez Question...

Giuliani makes a joke about how he'll treat Chavez ("I actually agree with the way King Juan Carlos spoke to Chavez") and then attacks Ron Paul ("That would be the way I would do it. Far better than what Congressman Paul wants to do.")
He's either trying to get support by smacking the "little" guy around or he's very nervous about his gains.
By the way, I like the idea of trying to be a peacemaker instead of telling someone to shut up just because we don't like him. The ifference between Rudy and the the King saying that? Juan Carlos had a good reason to.

Rudy vs. Ron Supporters

I've heard Hannity say Ron Paul supporters are mad at Rudy for smacking him down. Two problems. First, we dislike Rudy for being a flip flopper, a liar, and a big government jerk. Second, Rudy never smacked down Ron in a debate.

What's up with the Bishops?

Suddenly it's possible to vote for a pro-abortion candidate for grave reasons? Grave reasons like, say...Hillary vs. Rudy? The USCCB have sold out the faith yet again.

I told you...

that the media was pimping certain candidates. Apparently, News Corp is worried that what some lady is going to say about Kerik is going to damage Giuliani.
Fair? If you're Giuliani, yes. Balanced? Only if you happen to be a Giuliani fan (or a Romney/McCain fan...there's not much of a difference). Puts a whole new meaning on "we report, you decide", eh?
So, next time Hannity talks about spamming the text message vote (which wasn't possible without another phone) or stacking the cards, I'll smile ever so giddily knowing that it's really him who's stacking the cards in Giuliani's favor.
I wouldn't worry too much about Hillary being pimped. Her patriotism is bound to be questioned by any Republican that isn't Ron Paul. Of course, it's logically fallacious. If it's a kook, fringe, far *direction*, conspiracy theory position, it shouldn't be too hard to take down.

Rudy has the Catholic vote?

Eighty years ago, Rudy would have been flogged with bats and chains. Now he's leading in the Catholic votes. So long Culture of Life!
Oh well, let's fight for the Reign of Christ the King and against these virtual apostates. Of course, pro-lifers want the federal government to outlaw abortion. Doesn't this imply that abortion isn't murder though? Murder laws are always left to the states. Just petition your local government, you'll have more success in the local levels. Petition the federal government to follow the Just War Theory strictly. That's something they actually have the authority to do!
Pray for the end of abortion, and pray that it will be left to the states where we can actually get something done!

Antipope Rudolphus

What's the difference between Rudy Giuliani an Henry VIII? The king had double the wives and half the desire for power. I'd feel safer under that king than the tyrant running for president, and we all know how rough it was for Catholics in England!
Rudy is an authoritarian, and anyone who tells you otherwise is either a stanch supporter (that is, anyone who says "I'm voting for Rudy" to "I think I like Rudy") or not paying attention. Here's a good quote from him proving the point,

"We look upon authority too often and focus over and over again, for 30 or 40 or 50 years, as if there is something wrong with authority. We see only the oppressive side of authority. Maybe it comes out of our history and our background. What we don't see is that freedom is not a concept in which people can do anything they want, be anything they can be. Freedom is about authority. Freedom is about the willingness of every single human being to cede to lawful authority a great deal of discretion about what you do."

Sorry, but true freedom is about submitting to God, His laws, and His Truth.
Rudy is being hypocritical, though. He wants us to submit to his authority, but he refuses to submit to the Pope's authority. If someone calls him out on his heresies, he says we can't judge him. He says it's between him and his confessor. Seems like not even a bishop can judge him. When one said he wouldn't give him communion, Rudy said,

"Archbishops have a right to their opinion, you know. There's freedom of religion in this country. There's no established religion, and archbishops have a right to their opinion. Everybody has a right to their opinion."

There may be freedom of religion in this country, but you're under the Pope and his Bishops, and as a layman, under the priests. There is no freedom of religion in the Catholic Church, pal.
He also said,

"I'm guided very, very often about, 'Don't judge others, lest you be judged,'"

The problem is that he's a public figure and showing himself to be a heretic publicly. Anyone who cares more about terrorism and making us "safe" over the salvation of souls has his priorities messed up. He messed the quote up too. We can judge whether an act is outwardly good or bad, but can't judge the soul and say "oh, he's a saint" or "He's going to hell".
Unless he's the pope, he's not above judgement. It wouldn't surprise me if he made some sort of national parallel church. Every religion must answer to him or else they're extremists? Who knows. He did say we need to give up our freedom to authority, and he thinks like he's the pope.
Antipope Rudolphus? Seems like a possibility.

Fox pimps war with Russia, Rudy, and Hillary

Good ol' fox. Earlier on The Live Desk they had former Ambassador John Bolton on to talk about the tension with Russia. There's a simple solution-work with the Russians to build the missile defense sites, or better yet, let the countries do it themselves! Of course, the neocons don't want to lower themselves to negotiate and compomise a bit with those dirty Russians, right? The US is the best and we ought to act like it and never humble ourselves to their level. Unfortunately, we tend to meet the people we stepped on to get to the top on the way down.
Bolton also mentioned a cold war mentality. Neocons have it, Putin doesn't. Isn't that right, Fred?
They also did a segment where they asked people who they're going to vote for. It was all Rudy, Hillary, or "Obama though I think Hillary is going to win". One guy implied that Rudy Giuliani is Italian, ergo, I will vote for the paesan. I know quite a few Italians that think like that, including some in my own family. I wouldn't vote for a guy just because he's Italian, French, and/or Albanian. It's pretty obvious that they're pimping those two to the candidacy.
God Willing, we'll give them a surprise. God Willing, it'll be the man with an army of amazing supporters. God Willing, it'll be the only candidate that totally views abortion as murder (murder laws should be at the state level, and there's a better chance of banning it state-by-state than by taking it to the courts). God Willing, it'll be the man representing traditional Conservatism, the man who will be the glimmer of hope for the Republican Party, the man who will take care of our nation and not some "'liberated" foreign nation.
By the way, it's too late to register or switch parties and vote in the primaries for two states (my state is one). Time for me to focus on registered Republicans.
Give 'em hell from the Fightin' 14th, Ron!

A scarier side of Rudy revealed at the debate?

In his mini-fight with Dr. Paul, Rudy said that the 9.11 folks trained in Afghanistan and Pakistan. We did something in Afghanistan, but is he hinting at doing something with Pakistan? You know, an Arab country with actual nuclear weapons. Why don't we hear about their nukes, considering that Al-Qaeda has a good chance of actually getting their hands on it? I'm not talking about attacking them, but putting pressure on India and Pakistan to get rid of their nukes.
So, what does this all imply? Rudy just may have military operations in Pakistan whether they like it or not! He may just have no respect for borders. What does that mean for us? He won't have respect for property rights or our border.
After all, if he's willing to attack people who will fight back, what would stop him from doing it to the people who won't?

Ron Paul on Good Morning America and Rudy hates Ferrets

It wasn't too bad. I'm happy that they called him the darkhorse candidate. If I remember correctly, John Kerry was too. We might have Giuliani's Howard Dean moment-a tirade against ferret people. Incredibly, this might be even more entertaining than Dean's moment.
There were two things that almost had me yell at my TV. The first was about Ron Paul's military contributors. They said he had the most, but implied that he barely beat John McCain. Well, last quarter, he beat him pretty well. In fact, Obama was the closest to him. I haven't seen anything on this quarter's numbers so far.
The second was the interviewer's chuckle when Paul told him how he would pay for everything. It was a pretty good answer too-spend less by cutting unnecessary departments.
Even if we don't win, I'd love to see him beat one of the frontrunners. I wonder how the neocons are going to spin that?
Edit-Here's the transcript
Rudy: It's my show, I have the right to talk over you.
David: But-Here's the thing
Rudy:The fact is
David: I called in last time, and-
Rudy: And the fact-and the fact-
David: and we're trying to get
Rudy: DAVID!
David: an important issue taken care of where the city is violating state laws.
Rudy: David-
David:And I asked you last week if you cared about the law.
Rudy: Yes, I do care about the law I think you have
David: So why-(?)
Rudy: TOTALLY AND ABSOLUTELY misinterpreted the law because there's something deranged about you.
David: No there isn't, sir
Rudy: You-
David: The law states
Rudy: ...the excessive
David: The law states
Rudy: ...concern that you have for ferrets is something you should examine with a therapist.
David: Sir, understand that-well, first of all
Rudy: Inaudible
David: There you go insulting me again.
Rudy: I'm not insulting you, I'm being honest with you. Maybe nobody in your life has ever been honest with you. But this excessive-
David: I happen to be more sane than you!
Rudy: David...
David: First of all-
Rudy: There is something-
David: let me explain something to you something about the law (?)
Rudy: there is a serious...
David: Mr. Giuliani-
Rudy: David.
David: Rudy-
Rudy: This conversation is over, David. Thank you. There is something really, really very sad about you. You need help. You need somebody to help you. This excessive concern with little weasels is a sickness. I'm sorry, that's my opinion. You don't have to accept it, there's probably very few people that will be honest as honest with you about that, but you should go consult a psychologist or a psychiatrist and they can help you with this excessive concern that you are devoting your life to weasels. There are people in this city, and in this world, that need a lot of help. There's something that has gone wrong with you. Your compulsion about it, your excessive concern with it, is the sign of something wrong in your personality. I do not mean to be insulting, I'm trying to be honest with you and I'm trying to give you advice for your own good. You have a sickness and I know it's hard for you to accept that because you hang onto this sickness and it's your shield-it's your whatever, I don't, you know. You gotta go to somebody who understands this a lot better than I do. And I know you're real angry at me and you're going to attack me, but actually you're angry at yourself. And what you're-you're-you're afraid of what I'm raising with you. And, you need help. And...please get it.

Commentary on his trade to come. The obvious question is why did he insult him? Just write him off as a nut? It's an issue, debate it, Rudy. If you're so sure it's the right thing, then debate it. It should be easy to argue.

Facebook goodness-Sellout supporters and a stab at Giuliani

I just found this on Rudy's facebook account

You are a crazy [expletive] sir, I know you hate facebook and you'll probably
never read this, but:Your great for New York City, bad for the United States
of
America. Also, next time you see Hilldog can you ask her to get out of
New York,
get out of the race and get out of Politics? Thanks and Have a
good day

Oh, and I've heard plenty of things like this-

Mr. Giuliani, I am a social and fiscal conservative from Tennessee who is
supporting you because of your strong stance on crime, illegal immigration, and
your natural ability to lead by looking at your record as mayor of NYC.

and

I'm a Pro-Life, Pro-Gun, ideologically libertarian conservative (as opposed
to a religious conservative) who is supporting Rudy, because he has shown strong
leadership as mayor of NY and his fiscally conservative credentials are
outstanding.

of course

I am a pro-life Conservative who is supporting Rudy Giuliani to be the next
President of the United States. We live in consequential times. We need a leader
who has the experience needed to keep American safe.

There's others, of course. It's a shame that so many people are willing to cast their faith and beliefs aside for a feeling of security.

Before I press the spell check, because I'm a failure at typing, one last quote.

Rudy, America needs you now more than ever. I hear reports on the news about
what the other candidates will do if they are elected... i am just a little
afraid for that day if one of "them" wins. You were there standing tall on 9/11
and the weeks and months following. I want that same leadership for 4 or maybe
even 8 years. Good Luck! God Bless!

The same leadership?


(I got the picture from lewrockwell.com)


Here's the link to his facebook page. Too bad there's not a "If I was Dante I'd place the candidate in their own circle of Hell" option in the application.