The Epic Collapse of Rudy Giuliani
In four days, on the night of January 29th , Rudy Giuliani will know the fate of his political career. The Republican Presidential candidate and former Mayor of New York City is pushing all of his chips into the middle on the state of Florida. Anything but a first place finish will for all intents and purposes end the former frontrunner’s chance at the Republican nomination. Just two short months ago Giuliani led Florida by a full 20 percentage points over Mitt Romney, but as of today Giuliani trails McCain and Romney by an average of about 5%. This represents a 25 percent nosedive in the polls.
So what the hell happened? This is the man that cleaned up the capital of the western world and bravely helped his city recover after the devastating attacks of September 11th. Well, what happened was the voters began to pay attention. While Rudy was enjoying the perks that come with being the GOP front-runner, the rest of the candidates were busy carving out their niche in the election by championing an issue to give their campaign a distinguished voice. Mitt Romney is the accomplished venture capitalist with business savvy and mannequin good looks. McCain presented himself as the war hero who will not let the troops come home, this makes him “tough on terror.” Mike Huckabee branded himself the “Christian Leader” and has tried to keep a cross hovering over his shoulder as often as possible. Fred Thompson was the champion of gun rights who honed his political wit on the set of Law and Order and Law and Order: SVU. Ron Paul has gone against the grain by telling the American people the truth and he is the Champion of the Constitution.
Rudy’s issue became not cleaning up crime in New York City, but simply holding the title of mayor at the time of the September 11th attacks. The majority of the American people have yet to make the connection of how that would make him a great President and I don’t see it either. Even Tancredo made a name for himself with immigration.
Then just as the American people began to realize that Rudy didn’t have an issue the scandals began to roll in one after another, and they would not go away. Bernard Kerik, Giuliani’s former driver who worked his way up to New York City’s police chief under the close tutelage of Mayor Rudy, was indicted on Federal corruption charges. This scandal single handedly exposed Giuliani’s lack of judgment when making important decisions because Giuliani not only promoted Kerik to Police Chief but he also recommended him for Director of Homeland Security. The American people began to worry that if Rudy’s right hand man was facing a laundry list of federal indictments, then what would his eventual Presidential cabinet would be a nightmare.
The Kerik scandal was just one of many scandals to plague Rudy’s campaign. Others included having New York City’s finest walk his mistress’s dog, allowing his law firm to do business with sworn enemies of the United States…the list goes on and on.
And this is not to mention that the man suffers from uncontrollable giggling fits. He has been heard giggling during important moments of GOP Presidential debates. He also giggled his way through most of an extremely important Meet the Press interview. The general feeling towards Rudy after such pathetic performances was pity and embarrassment because nobody enjoys watching a man publicly self destruct.
But don’t feel too bad for the guy he will always have the lecture circuit and quite honestly, I think we will be more comfortable there. He will also get a chance to catch up on his reading.
Comment by Angel on 26 January 2008:
There is one issue in this campaign that is very personal to me. My farm stands in the path of the I-69 section of the Trans Texas Corridor (the southern leg of the NAFTA Superhighway). According to President Bush and Mitt Romney, this is supposed to be a “myth”. NASCO maintains that it is only “improving existing trade routes.” For the record, there is NO EXISTING TRADE ROUTE THROUGH MY FARM! At a meeting on January 22, 2008 in Hempstead, Texas, Waller residents were informed that the land (nearly every square inch of this county) will be taken for the NAFTA Superhighway. We were informed that we will be “relocated by the government” and that they will remove us by force if necessary. Under Governor Rick Perry’s “Quick Take” law, they can take the land without giving us fair compensation for it. Millions upon millions of Americans are living and working in the path of the corridor. They believe it can’t happen to them. It’s coming faster than they think. While President Bush is still calling it a “myth”, the Canadian government has announced that they have made agreements with our governments, federal and state, and businesses, to complete the NAFTA Superhighway in its’ entirety. Ron Paul is committed to stopping the NAFTA Superhighway. He is the only candidate who has told us the truth about the NASCO plan. The first Bush dreamed up NAFTA, Bill Clinton signed it, and the current President Bush is pushing the land grab faster than anyone could have imagined. If Ron Paul fails to secure the GOP nomination, he will still win the general election, and the Republicans will never see the inside of the White House again. That’s because, if every American in the path of the NASCO Supercorridor project votes for Ron Paul, he will have the biggest landslide victory since Ronald Reagan ran. That’s how big this thing is.
Comment by Angel on 26 January 2008:
Hey, why won’t your poll let me cast my vote for Ron Paul? Just like most of the other internet polls. Either his name isn’t in them, or the thing won’t let you vote for him. One internet poll I went to even moved the cursor to Romney over and over, even though I wanted to vote for Ron Paul. I guess they are letting us know in advance that they don’t plan to count our votes come election day.
Comment by Cyllindrical on 26 January 2008:
Rudy collapsed because Rudy had no substance, other than pure evil. It also didn’t help that he is personally up to his eyeballs in 9-11, and that many in the NYPD and NYFD know it.
Comment by Paul Weber on 26 January 2008:
I hope he takes Rick Perry with him in his descent to the gutter. Traitors!
Comment by Elle on 26 January 2008:
Angel, this is a terrible thing that’s happening in Texas. And our complicit corporate media won’t tell Americans what’s really happening. It’s an amazing situation we’re in.
We’ve got this hero, Ron Paul, who will take back our country for us, but the media has got a gag order on him. We have to bust our butts to get his message out. Boots to the ground every day, because that’s the only way people will learn the truth.
We are certainly blessed to have a candidate like Ron Paul to vote for. In the past, I’ve held my nose when voting, but this time it will be for who I WANT, not the lesser of the evils.
Good bless you, Angel!
Comment by BigDave on 26 January 2008:
Angel …….. Just because someone gets the most votes in a general election doesn’t mean he will become prez.
Sad to say this BS has been going on for a LONG time. Its called the Electoral Collage.
Let me list the people who won the popular vote but lost the race. (BTW.. Its called the popular vote)
Al Gore
Grover Cleveland
Samuel J. Tilden
Just to name a few that Won the popular vote and yet didn’t become prez… The electoral collage is a system designed to steal elections from the people of the USA.
Plain and simple.
Comment by Jeremy on 27 January 2008:
That’s a bit out of contest there Dave. The Electoral college is not a bad thing in it’s intended function. It is actually a way of protecting us against Democracy, while addressing the inherent problems of stretching a republic over a very large populace. In the Federalist Paper #10 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federalist_No._10) James Madison addressed this issue, and I think it’s probably the most important of the Federalist Papers to read, closely followed by #’s 50 and 51.
The delegate system allows citizens to nominate themselves as delegates, which are then elected by others within their voting precinct. It is hoped that since the proposed delegates have a chance to speak (At least in caucuses…less often in primaries) that delegates will be chosen for their wisdom and understanding of the issues of importance.
The trouble is: A number of states provide a number of delegates from fixed positions within their own party, so for example here in Nevada the Chairman of the Nevada Republican Council and 3 others are guaranteed delegate positions. Other states have their own laws governing the electoral process. Also changes have been made deliberately within the ranks of the GOP to ensure the success of candidates who agree with the positions of those at the top. Alan Greenspan has publicly accused George W. Bush of rigging the electoral process. (http://youtube.com/watch?v=PTCEokZl8aU)
Anyhow, the delegate system is what differentiates our Constitutional Republic from the mob rule of Democracy. There is a very important distinction between the two, and for all of our public officials heroic claims of “Spreading Democracy”…I’ll take our Republic over the oppression of the majority every time.
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