Would you still vote for Guliani after reading this?

Question

I found this on the 'net and thought to myself: "At least I know now where the neoconservatives disappeared to."

But after reading this, I was literally beside myself.

"This is Iraq all over again: But a 100 times worse."

Exerpt:

One of the top foreign-policy consultants to the leading GOP candidate is Norman Podhoretz, a founding father of the neocon movement.

Podhoretz is in favor of bombing Iran because of the country's unwillingness to suspend its uranium-enrichment program. He also believes America is engaged in a "world war" with "Islamofascism" and that Giuliani is the only man who can win it.

"I decided to join Giuliani's team because his view of the war—what I call World War IV—is very close to my own," Podhoretz tells NEWSWEEK. (World War III, in his view, was the cold war.) "And also because he has the qualities of a wartime leader, including a fighting spirit and a determination to win."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21162326/site/newsweek/

Answer 1

And in a South Carolina debate, when asked whether they support the use of torture, Giuliani responded that he would do "whatever it takes" to get information from terrorists to keep America safe.

So essentially, he's the pro-war, pro-torture candidate.

Answer 2

No. Podhoretz ,along with the likes of Richard Perle, Paul Wolfowitz, Bill Kristol & Dan Fife, can only be described as a super neo-cons. I'm all for fighting terrorists but not using it as a disguise to take over other countries. I can't believe any rational Republican would want fanatics like Podhoretz in a future administration. If they do, they can send their kids to fight their wars. Not a single neo-con child has gone to Iraq.

Answer 3

MSNBC-Not to be believed!

Podhoretz :a leftist commentator during the 1960's and associated with Neoconservative philosophy since the early 1970's NOT the same 'neo-con' the leftist refer to R's today.


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Answer 4

This article means nothing. It's talking about how all these people are supporting him, but nowhere in it does it actually quote Giuliani himself. Lots of people have crazy followers, but even this article says that the people he CHOOSES, his advisers, his cabinet, are all more middle-of-the-road. And what's wrong with having the qualities of a wartime leader? He was a hero on 9/11, that doesn't mean he went looking for a fight. I'm not saying I'm a supporter, I haven't finished my research yet. But if ever there was a republican I'd vote for, Giulini is it.

Answer 5

I wouldn't vote for Guiliani in the first place. While I have admired him in the past; his outspoken views, his ability to face criticism with grace and his human-ness, I find that since becoming "Mr. Candidate", he is wishy-washy, caters to whatever crowd he's in front of, avoids or blows off answers to questions that he's been answering for years about abortion, gays, affirmative action and other moderate to liberal points of view and opinions.

He has become a politician and that's sad.

It really is no skin off my teeth, though. I will vote for Hillary - who will be our next President.

Answer 6

Speaking of Guliani, let me throw this in:

1) He's had three wives, the first one of which was his first cousin.

2) He lived with two gay men in a New York apartment after his first divorce

3) His second wife found out they were separated at a PRESS CONFERENCE and nearly fainted.

If a man with that kind of past gets the republican nomination I'll eat my hat.

Answer 7

Guilliani is the biggest threat to our personal freedoms and our constitution. Honestly, I would rather have Bush for a third term than have this two-face neocon monster as our president.

Answer 8

If you thought Nixon was crazy, just wait til you get a load of "President Giuliani".

Answer 9

Please note that MSNBC and the truth have very little, if anything, in common. That network has no problems in making up "facts" It also ignores the fact that many moslem groups have called for the destruction of all infidels (that's everyone who is not a moslem), and by destruction, they mean murder. It also ignores the fact that the biggest financial supporters of those groups are Saudi Arabia and Iran.

Answer 10

I would vote for him over Hillary ANY day. At least he didn't vote for the war with Iraq and is not married to the person who invented the WMD story!

Iran MUST be stopped before it gets nukes! No one is talking about ground troops, just precision bombing followed by round the clock carpet bombing should they try to retaliate in some way.