Giuliani
I have blogged several times about why McCain is unlikely to be elected in 2008, but with Rudy Giuliani leading significantly in the polls, it's time I wrote a little about the dangers of a Giuliani presidency.
To be fair, with 3 wives and a host of homosexual friends, he would be one of the most culturally liberal presidents ever; but, with his predisposition to draconian security policies, hard-nose politics, and picking fights, Rudy Giuliani is a terrible person to lead this country in the wake of George Bush, Jr.
Americans think of Giuliani as the mythical figure in New York City on September 11th, 2001. Too few have taken the time to consider him, not as the idealized character of that legend, but as the polarizing mayor who killed his own political career, dumped his wife on television and created a racially divisive police state to try and solve New York's crime problems (of course, those who have read Freakonomics, or the original paper by Steven Levitt, know that Giuliani's police state may have had little to do with the turn-around in crime).
With a Democratic Congress I am not particularly concerned about the mistakes Giuliani might make domestically; he will most likely make standard Republican promises of cutting social programs and increasing the size of the military, but the Democratic Congress will help check his folly.
I am concerned about his likely actions in the Middle East, or with new Russia and the rise of China. As a man who seems to charge like a bull at all confrontation, his tendency towards aggression could have grave consequences.
Unfortunately, many Americans support these type of hard-line policies, which means that the most worrisome part of his candidacy will likely go unquestioned.
Social conservatives actually have little to worry about his previous Pro-Abortion, Gun-Control history; he's a good enough politician to flip-flop like a champ and never look back.
That means moderate liberals like me have a fair amount to worry about.
To be fair, with 3 wives and a host of homosexual friends, he would be one of the most culturally liberal presidents ever; but, with his predisposition to draconian security policies, hard-nose politics, and picking fights, Rudy Giuliani is a terrible person to lead this country in the wake of George Bush, Jr.
Americans think of Giuliani as the mythical figure in New York City on September 11th, 2001. Too few have taken the time to consider him, not as the idealized character of that legend, but as the polarizing mayor who killed his own political career, dumped his wife on television and created a racially divisive police state to try and solve New York's crime problems (of course, those who have read Freakonomics, or the original paper by Steven Levitt, know that Giuliani's police state may have had little to do with the turn-around in crime).
With a Democratic Congress I am not particularly concerned about the mistakes Giuliani might make domestically; he will most likely make standard Republican promises of cutting social programs and increasing the size of the military, but the Democratic Congress will help check his folly.
I am concerned about his likely actions in the Middle East, or with new Russia and the rise of China. As a man who seems to charge like a bull at all confrontation, his tendency towards aggression could have grave consequences.
Unfortunately, many Americans support these type of hard-line policies, which means that the most worrisome part of his candidacy will likely go unquestioned.
Social conservatives actually have little to worry about his previous Pro-Abortion, Gun-Control history; he's a good enough politician to flip-flop like a champ and never look back.
That means moderate liberals like me have a fair amount to worry about.
posted by PWN at 4:01 AM
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