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Stranger in a strange land
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« on: February 03, 2009, 11:29:20 AM »

Rudy was a serious contender, it just didn't work out.

he competed in one state. i dont know if that counts as 'serious'.

I would also take issue with the contention that he was a moderate. Moderate Hero, maybe, but not a true moderate.
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« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2009, 11:41:37 AM »
« Edited: February 03, 2009, 12:17:16 PM by Stranger in a strange land »

Pro-choice, pro-gay right, pro-gun control Republican isn't a moderate for you? I know he was extremely hawkish, but otherwise, he was a moderate Republican. Fiscally conservative and socially liberal. He just had an awful campaign strategy and the primary schedule wasn't a help either. If McCain hadn't run, he may have won New Hampshire assuming Romney still imploded.

he was an uber-hawk and supported attacking Iran, torture, and warrantless wiretaps. If anything, Giuliani was the closest thing to a pure neoconservative in high-level elected office. Gun control is a fake issue, and abortion is for the most part also, because Roe v Wade is never going to be overturned. Unfortunately, in contemporary American political discourse, the labels "conservative" and "liberal" are largely determined by two or three social issues.
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