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Giuliani Notes: George Will Makes The Conservative Case for Rudy Giuliani
George Will MAKES the conservative case for Rudy Giuliani.
Enough said…….
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani speaking January 27, 2007 at the New Hampshire Republican Party’s State Convention.
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Hillary Clinton Watch: “Evil and Bad Men”
U.S. presidential hopeful Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) laughs about a question regarding what prepared her to work with ‘evil’ men as president during a campaign stop at the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds in Davenport, Iowa, January 28, 2007. Clinton is campaigning in Iowa for the first time since announcing her intention to seek the Democratic presidential nomination earlier in the week.
AP: Clinton: U.S. out of Iraq by January ’09
Hillary Rodham Clinton said Sunday that President Bush should withdraw all U.S. troops from Iraq before he leaves office, asserting it would be “the height of irresponsibility” to pass the war along to the next commander in chief.
“This was his decision to go to war with an ill-conceived plan and an incompetently executed strategy,” the Democratic senator from New York said her in initial presidential campaign swing through Iowa.
“We expect him to extricate our country from this before he leaves office” in January 2009, the former first lady said.
The White House condemned Clinton’s comments as a partisan attack that undermines U.S. soldiers.
The Demagogue comes out in Hillary.
What would you expect the President do? Withdraw the troops so SHE might have to make a decision.
It is ALL ABOUT HILLARY isn’t it?
One questioner asked Clinton if her track record showed she could stand up to “evil men” around the world.
“The question is, we face a lot of dangers in the world and, in the gentleman’s words, we face a lot of evil men and what in my background equips me to deal with evil and bad men,” Clinton said. She paused to gaze while the audience interrupted with about 30 seconds of laughter and applause.
And who might it be Hillary?
How about any of these three?
Perhaps……
But, she said she meant:
Flap and everybody knows to whom Hillary was referring. Why, then, the laughter of the crowd.
Is Hillary ready for prime time?
Stay tuned……
U.S. presidential hopeful Senator Hillary Clinton campaigns at East High School in Des Moines, Iowa, January 27, 2007. Clinton said in Iowa on Sunday President George W. Bush should find a way out of Iraq before he leaves office and called it ‘the height of irresponsibility’ to leave the problem to the next administration.
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John Kerry Watch: United States Has Become an International Pariah – The Day After in Iran
Well, this headline ran in Iran Daily.
And………
And, from the FARS News Agency:
Kerry Backs Up Iran’s N. Rights
Former US presidential nominee John Kerry voiced full support for the Islamic Republic’s right to use civilian nuclear technology on the basis of the rules and regulations of the Non-Proliferation Treaty.
Addressing a world Economic Forum meeting in Davos Switzerland on Saturday, Kerry also strongly rejected West’s demanded prerequisites for the resumption of nuclear talks with Iran.
Kerry, whose remarks followed a speech by Iran’s former President Seyed Mohammad Khatami, stated his support for Khatami’s views, and said Americans find out – only when they are outside their country – that the world is different from what they imagine.
“We should give up pessimism and pick up a realistic view,” he said, and further stressed the need for the US to change its policies towards the world countries and issues.
Will the voters in Massachusett’s tolerate this crap?
NOPE………
Nor should ANY American.
Stay tuned…….
Former President of Iran Mohammad Khatami, left, and Senator from Massachusetts, USA, John Kerry take the stage for a session ‘The Future of the Middle East’ at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
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Iran Nuclear Watch:: Boasts of Nuclear Program Propaganda?
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) shakes hands with Russia’s security chief Igor Ivanov (C) as Iran ‘s top nuclear negotiator, Ali Larijani (R) looks on in Tehran. Ivanov vowed to launch Iran’s nuclear plant on schedule in September after talks in Tehran with leaders of the Islamic republic.
Guardian Unlimited: Nuclear plans in chaos as Iran leader flounders
Boasts of a nuclear programme are just propaganda, say insiders, but the PR could be enough to provoke Israel into war
Iran’s efforts to produce highly enriched uranium, the material used to make nuclear bombs, are in chaos and the country is still years from mastering the required technology.
Iran’s uranium enrichment programme has been plagued by constant technical problems, lack of access to outside technology and knowhow, and a failure to master the complex production-engineering processes involved. The country denies developing weapons, saying its pursuit of uranium enrichment is for energy purposes.
Read the entire piece.
Flap agrees that intelligence from the Iranian nuclear program is sketchy at best. This is Cold War stuff.
However, this piece smacks of DISINFORMATION coming directly from Iran’s Mullahs meant for the Iran nuclear appeaser crowd in Europe and the United States.
Who REALLY knows how far along the Iranians are in their nuclear program?
And who REALLY wants to roll the dice?
Certainly, not Israel and the United States.
Iran ‘s top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani (R) shakes hands with Russia’s security chief Igor Ivanov (L) during a press conference in Tehran
Flap does agree with one statement in the piece:
Yet some involved in the increasingly aggressive standoff over Iran fear tensions will reach snapping point between March and June this year, with a likely scenario being Israeli air strikes on symbolic Iranian nuclear plants.
And the “NUCLEAR POINT OF NO RETURN:”
The escalating sense of crisis is being driven by two imminent events, the ‘installation’ of 3,000 centrifuges at Natanz and the scheduled delivery of fuel from Russia for Iran’s Busheyr civil nuclear reactor, due to start up this autumn. Both are regarded as potential trigger points for an Israeli attack.
Iran has already set in motion an ever cascading series of events that are unacceptable to Israel and the United States. As soon as the logistics are in place, the nuclear facilities of Iran will be destroyed by military means.
Captain Ed has Iran Loses Its Bearings
The Israelis face that now with Iran. Iran represents a material and existential threat to the existence of Israel, especially with the new Shahab-3 missiles Iran has tested the past few years. Even without the nuclear warheads, those missiles could hit all over Israel. Tipped with nukes, they could wipe out the entire country — and more than a few of the Palestinians — in a few minutes. They cannot afford to just sit and watch the Iranians bring nuclear facilities on line without reliable, outside verification of their civilian purposes, nor can they abide Russian deliveries of nuclear materials without verifiable controls on their use.
If these events come to pass, expect the Israelis to act aggressively to protect themselves. And perhaps that’s what the mullahs really want: an attack from Israel would unite the nation under their rule for the next twenty years, much more so than a narrowly-targeted American strike. If so, then the billions thrown away on this program will be forgotten as Iran continues its life in darkness for at least another generation. The sensible and cosmopolitan Iranian people will have lost the bearings in more than just the literal sense.
Stay tuned……..
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The Natanz uranium enrichment complex in Natanz is pictured in this January 2, 2006 satellite image.
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Giuliani Notes: Giuliani Visits Rhode Island
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Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani speaking January 27, 2007 at the New Hampshire Republican Party’s State Convention.
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani makes a stop in Providence for his possible presidential bid.
Last night, Giuliani was in the city for a few hours for a one-thousand-dollar-a-person cocktail reception to benefit his presidential exploratory committee.
Guests included Governor Carcieri and former Governor Lincoln Almond; former Cranston Mayor Stephen Laffey and Warwick Mayor Scott Avedisian.
During a short speech at the event, Giuliani said the United States must do everything it can to be successful in Iraq, must become energy independent and must fix the Social Security system. He favors allowing some investment in private accounts.
UPDATE: Giuliani’s Speech to New Hampshire GOP
Will be shown on Road to the White House tonight on C-Span @ Broadcast times are: 6:30pm, 9:30pm, and 12:30pm Eastern Standard time.
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) speaks at the New Hampshire Republican Party’s annual meeting.
H/T: race42008.com
A Giuliani fund-raiser will be held Jan. 29 in Pacific Palisades, Calif., at the home of Bill Simon, the 2002 Republican candidate for governor of California, costing $2,300 a person and $4,600 per couple.
Bono’s campaign is sponsoring a golf event to raise funds for Giuliani’s committee on Tuesday, at the Rancho Mirage home and golf course of Edra Blixseth, Porcupine Creek Golf Club. Information: (310) 500-4284 or by e-mail at events@marybono.com
Texas Republican contributors are being solicited to spend $30,000 for dinner with former New York City Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani at the Houstonian Hotel in Houston Feb. 1 to finance his “presidential exploratory committee.†The “private†dinner will follow a 6:30 to 8 p.m. cocktail reception, costing $2,100 a person and $4,200 for couples.
The best-known host of Giuliani’s Houston event is billionaire oilman T. Boone Pickens Jr., chairman of the private equity firm BP Capital Management. Also on Giuliani’s Texas fund-raising team are Tom Hicks, whose company owns the Texas Rangers baseball team; oil industry executive Jim Lee; and lawyer Patrick C. Oxford.
Stay tuned……
Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani shakes hands at the Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods, N.H., Friday, Jan. 26, 2007. Giuliani started a two-day campaign swing speaking in the North Country to the Littleton Area Chamber of Commerce.
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Rudy Giuliani Watch: Los Angeles Times Hits Rudy’s “Prickly Style”
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Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani and his wife Judith, right. pass a cluster of photographers and reporters as he tries to leave the Palace theater in Manchester, N.H., Saturday, Jan. 27, 2007.
Los Angeles Times: Giuliani plays it close to the vest
New Hampshire may be uniquely suited to the promise and perils of a Giuliani presidential run.
His profile — permissive for a Republican on social issues, conservative on fiscal matters — is well tailored to a state where Republicans tend to be moderate and independents can vote in the GOP primary. “Anybody who’s been to New York in the last few years can’t help but be impressed,” said Charles Arlinghaus, a longtime Republican activist and head of a free-market think tank in Concord.But Giuliani’s famously prickly style could be a problem. New Hampshire voters expect a highly personal touch, not the kind of imperious display the Giuliani camp put on Saturday. As the ex-mayor was being swept into an SUV outside the Palace Theatre, a man pushed his way forward and threw an arm over Giuliani’s shoulder, posing for a picture. A burly security guard lifted the man’s arm off, like a piece of bad meat.
“He’s only been exposed to rock star audiences up here,” said Andrew Smith, the state’s top political pollster. “What happens when he’s asked not tough questions, but annoying questions? It will be interesting to see how Giuliani deals with them.”
The good old MSM spin and bias. And then the pick-up.
Rudy had a good trip but he hasn’t decided yet if he is running.Rudy had a good New Hampshire trip but he is too moderate on social issues to be nominated by the GOP
Rudy has a “prickly style.”
Hasn’t this reporter ever heard of security?
And from the folks I have heard from in New Hampshire, Giuliani was not disconnected from the voters but was mobbed.
And such courting began a few minutes later across the Merrimack River as the Giulianis just happened to pop into Blake’s Family Restaurant for an afternoon bite with a handful of customers and a dozen or so waiting journalists.
“What should we have?†Judith Giuliani asked a few diners.
Chicken fajitas, she was told.
So it was chicken fajitas and a bacon cheeseburger for the New Yorkers (they shared) as they dove into the nitty-gritty of New Hampshire retail politics.
“Eating in diners three times a day, meeting people, that’s the easy part,†Giuliani said with his broad smile.So, for the umpteenth time, is he running, or not?
“The reality is we’re getting closer and closer,’’ Giuliani said.
If the Los Angeles Times wants to anoint Hillary – go ahead and do it on the editorial page.
But, Flap supposes it is understandable. After all, you reporters have to “SUCK UP” to the new FOB (Friend of Bill) owners of the Times – or you are out.
Right?
Captain Ed sees some bias with the Gray Lady treatment of Giuliani in the New York Times.
This is nothing but a silly attempt by the New York Times to damage Giuliani’s well-earned reputation for leadership. They’re trying to paint him as vacillating and indecisive, when the entire nation watched Giuliani during the aftermath of 9/11 and saw for themselves his ability to make decisions and take responsibility for them. In doing so, they try to claim that his decision not to run against Hillary Clinton for her Senate seat in 2000 had more to do with political cowardice than with his diagnosis of prostate cancer and the effect that would have on his ability to campaign aggressively against her.
Sam Roberts loses sight of one important fact: it’s only January 2007. In years gone by, candidates wouldn’t have even begun putting together teams or forming exploratory committees at this stage. It would have waited until the summer, while they spent the winter and spring traveling, making speeches, and taking the temperature of places like Iowa and New Hampshire to see whether a Presidential run had any chance of success.
In fact, Giuliani has been doing all of the above, and he formed his exploratory committee ahead of most other candidates. Was Barack Obama being vacillating and indecisive because he formed his committee in January, after Giuliani did? I don’t recall that being part of the Gray Lady’s warm reception of Obama’s entry into the race.
We know the NYT’s editorial board has a long record of detesting Giuliani. It seems obvious that their attitude has infected their news division as well.
Indeed……
Stay tuned……..
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Kavon W. Nikrad over at race42008 adds his personal observations of Rudy Giulian’s “Prickly Style.” Which, of course is NOT PRICKLY at all.
Former New York City Mayor and possible Presidential candidate Rudolph Giuliani (L) and his wife Judith Nathan (C) greet delegates and guests at the New Hampshire Republican convention in Manchester, New Hampshire January 27, 2007.
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Iraq War Senate Resolution Watch: Take the Pledge Part IV
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Hugh Hewitt: The Politics of Victory: Nine Phone Calls, Nine Faxes, Nine E-mails
If the United States Senate passes a resolution, non-binding or otherwise, that criticizes the commitment of additional troops to Iraq that General Petraeus has asked for and that the president has pledged, and if the Senate does so after the testimony of General Petraeus on January 23 that such a resolution will be an encouragement to the enemy, I will not contribute to any Republican senator who voted for the resolution. Further, if any Republican senator who votes for such a resolution is a candidate for re-election in 2008, I will not contribute to the National Republican Senatorial Committee unless the Chairman of that Committee, Senator Ensign, commits in writing that none of the funds of the NRSC will go to support the re-election of any senator supporting the non-binding resolution.
Sign the petition and make the e-mails, faxes and calls tomorrow.
NO Senate resolutions that undermine the President or our troops.
The List:
Senator McConnell: Phone: (202) 224-2541 Fax: (202) 224-2499E-mail here.
Senator Lott: Phone: 202-224-6253 Fax: (202)-224-2262 E-mail here.
Senator Kyl: Phone: (202) 224-4521 Fax: (202) 224-2207 E-mail here.
Senator Ensign: (202)-224-6244 Fax: 202-228-2193. E-mail here.
Senator McCain: Phone: (202)-224-2235 Fax (202)-228-2862. E-mail here.
Senator Warner: Phone: (202) 224-2023 Fax: (202) 224-6295. E-mail here.
Senator Cornyn: Phone:202-224-2934 Fax: 202-228-2856. E-mail here.
Senator Smith: Phone: 202-224-3752 Fax: 202-228-3997. E-mail here.
Senator Coleman: Phone: 202-224-5641 Fax: 202-224-1152.E-mail here.
Make this a priority tomorrow morning. Flap says support VICTORY in Iraq.
Flap knows you will be glad you did.
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Day By Day by Chris Muir January 28, 2007