It is mind boggling that, only 12 years ago, the guy was the frontrunner Republican candidate for president.
He failed by not being conservative enough:
Giuliani's fall was spectacular. For much of last year, he was the Republican frontrunner, with poll leads of two to one over his rivals. As late as November, a nationwide Wall Street Journal poll had him on 33%, with John McCain on 16%, Fred Thompson 15%, Romney on 11% and Mike Huckabee on 8%. This was part name recognition and part admiration for the energy, sympathy and leadership he had offered to New York and America as New York mayor in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, in contrast with George Bush's faltering and uncertain role. His belief that he could become president was born during those days, the possibility that the enormous public support he received for the way he handled himself at Ground Zero could be turned into nationwide support. But there were two serious miscalculations: the flawed campaign strategy - and the fact that, despite his 9/11 credentials, Republicans found his socially liberal views hard to take. On the issues that mattered to the Republican right - gun laws, gays and abortion - Giuliani simply was not their man. On top of that, Giuliani failed the happy-family test. He has been married three times, and has a troubled relationship with his children. In a story relished by the US media, his current wife, Judith, ostentatious and much younger, last year reserved an extra plane seat for her Louis Vuitton handbag. His rival Mitt Romney last year summed up the received wisdom: "I don't think the Republican party will choose a pro-choice, pro-gay civil union candidate to lead our party." https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/jan/30/usa.rudygiuliani
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Date: 2020-10-22 11:18 am (UTC)Decency was gone a long time ago; https://puppet-djt.livejournal.com/133572.html
But then came dumbfuckery: https://puppet-djt.livejournal.com/150272.html
It is mind boggling that, only 12 years ago, the guy was the frontrunner Republican candidate for president.
He failed by not being conservative enough:
Giuliani's fall was spectacular. For much of last year, he was the Republican frontrunner, with poll leads of two to one over his rivals. As late as November, a nationwide Wall Street Journal poll had him on 33%, with John McCain on 16%, Fred Thompson 15%, Romney on 11% and Mike Huckabee on 8%. This was part name recognition and part admiration for the energy, sympathy and leadership he had offered to New York and America as New York mayor in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, in contrast with George Bush's faltering and uncertain role.
His belief that he could become president was born during those days, the possibility that the enormous public support he received for the way he handled himself at Ground Zero could be turned into nationwide support.
But there were two serious miscalculations: the flawed campaign strategy - and the fact that, despite his 9/11 credentials, Republicans found his socially liberal views hard to take. On the issues that mattered to the Republican right - gun laws, gays and abortion - Giuliani simply was not their man.
On top of that, Giuliani failed the happy-family test. He has been married three times, and has a troubled relationship with his children. In a story relished by the US media, his current wife, Judith, ostentatious and much younger, last year reserved an extra plane seat for her Louis Vuitton handbag.
His rival Mitt Romney last year summed up the received wisdom: "I don't think the Republican party will choose a pro-choice, pro-gay civil union candidate to lead our party."
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/jan/30/usa.rudygiuliani
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Date: 2020-10-22 06:13 pm (UTC)