Dennis Prager: The Case for Rudy Giuliani

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(townhall.com, January 22, 2008)

To the extent that I understand how most Republicans think, it would seem that former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani comes closer to the Republican ideal than any of the other viable Republican candidates. They are all good and decent men who would be better for America than either of the Democratic front-runners. But it is difficult to see, from a conservative- and Republican-values perspective, what major shortcoming Giuliani brings as compared to the other candidates. And given the obsession of liberal news media with publishing negative reports about Giuliani and frequent praise of John McCain, it would appear that it is Giuliani whom Democrats most fear as the Republican presidential nominee.

On the "war on terror," no Republican contender but John McCain equals Giuliani in longtime efforts on behalf of that war or in understanding and articulating the threat radical Islam poses to America and to liberty on earth. And they both have great courage. If the only issue that mattered in the next election were the "war on terror," all those -- including Democrats and independents --who share this awareness of the Islamist threat could be happy with either candidate.

Anyone who does not understand the nature of the war that liberty is now waging against tyranny should not be president of the United States. And the Democratic candidates until now have shown no such understanding -- the term "Islamic terror," invoked by nearly every Republican candidate, was not mentioned once in any of the Democrats' debates. But while this understanding is necessary, it is not sufficient. America needs a strong leader domestically, as well as internationally.

And when it comes to being strong on both domestic and international issues, it seems that no presently viable Republican candidate matches Rudy Giuliani.

http://www.townhall.com/Columnists/DennisPrager/2008/01/22/the_case_for_rudy_giuliani

So Rudy has no shortcomings, and no Republican candidate can match him. What kind of crazy talk is this?

[Double T]

1. Rudy doesn't REALLY want to be President and his 'campaign' is ONLY.........

to save face.

[mojowork_n]

2. By that yardstick, if Ron Paul has two or three times more voters,

then the American people simply can't be trusted to do the right thing.

The 2008 elections will be postponed indefinitely, thank you very much.

(See TimeForChange's Journal for a more extended analysis of that one.)

[TreasonousBastard]

3. Prager's a tool, best to be ignored. n/t

[Berry Cool]

4. More than just a tool,

he's clueless.