Will Rudy replace Cheney?

[mumon]

And will it matter?

I say NO- it won't.

New Yorkers are pissed at Repugs because of the dirty environment after 9/11 and the lies told by Jeff Christie Todd Whitman.

Also, Guiliani's kind of a fascist.

[brainwashed_youth]

1. no

because everybody knows that Cheny is the real brains behind shrub's presidency

[ChompySnack]

2. McCain

Rudy is a red herring

[mac2]

3. Rudy for VP?

Why didn't anyone ask Rudy what he knew about 9/11 and FEMA being in town the night before? Rudy knew there were threats in the past, etc.

Rudy didn't need to be knighted...he needed to be jailed at sword point by NYers. He lied to the NYers also about their health and safety.

Rudy's no hero...but a fascist...part of the "9/11 horrific hoax".

[mumon]

6. Yeah.

Guiliani was a real jerk in terms of the way he "cleaned up" New York, I think.

Racist- I remember his leading a cop-rally. That was scary. Nothing scarier than NYC Cops pretending to be brownshirts.

[lastknowngood]

4. Why not those new yorkers will follow that

asshole anywhere. The shrub would then get 49 states if Kerry is his opposition.

[mobuto]

5. No, Cheney's running things as it is

Cheney's the most powerful man in Washington. Bush wouldn't replace him even if he wanted to. And why Rudy? Rudy's pro-choice - he'd just piss off the Taliban wing of the GOP.

[shawmut]

7. how would they explain his two year extramarital affair

you know, the one he had with his girlfriend in Gracie Mansion while still being legally married to his wife. How would they explain that while at the same time trying to amend the constitution to "protect the sanctity of marriage"?

[Jacobin]

13. He's a republican, so its okay to screw around on your wife

I thought everyone got the memo.

:shrug:

btw: his "excuse" was he wasn't boinking her because he said he had prostrate surgery and couldn't get it up........oooooookay.

[GabysPoppy]

15. I am not a Rudy fan

But I do have more knowledge of the situation than you apparently have. He DID NOT ever have an affair in Gracie Mansion at any time. If you are speaking of Judy Nathan, you are totally incorrect. If you have someone else in mind why don't you name her.

As for NYers, specifically Democrats rushing out to vote for *bush because Rudy might be on the ticket, forget about that happening as well. One week in September will not wash away seven years and fifty one weeks of some nasty memories in people's minds.

There is the "Rudy" myth but it is in the rest of the country, not in NYC. The last person in the world who would want to stand next to Rudy and mention 9/11 would be *bush. The comparison would further expose *bush for the chicken-shit coward he was that day in time.

[DoYouEverWonder]

8. No, he's too much of a renegade and he has too much baggage

Rudi is not the team player type and he is not a Bu$h family insider. Plus Rudi's record in NYC is a mixed bag, he had moments of greatness, with lots of controversy in between.

[OneTwentyoNine]

9. Who cares,we're replacing both of them in November....n/t

[TomNickell]

10. Getting awful late...

It's getting late to replace Cheney with anybody. I don't see any groundwork being laid--reports of Cheney health problems, his desire to retire and make money, etc.

Absent such a buildup, replacing Cheney creates a media furor with endless speculation about the reason. Even in the -our- media.

My personal working hypothesis is that * doesn't have the intellectual independence or self-confidence to start replacing Daddy's advisors. It would be like a kid firing his parents.

Putting any truly independent political figure in the VP slot (McCain) would create serious problems. The contrast points up *'s inadequacy.

And, can * function in an actual professional environment?

[Vitruvius]

11. No -- Rudy would be a rat swimming TOWARDS a sinking ship if he replaced

Cheney.

[rustydog]

12. If he is..congratulate him on a post 9-11 performance that was great

Then remind voters this family values Republican had an affair, divorced his wife and bellieves in the sanctity of marriage.

[rocktivity]

16. Rudy nullified his 9-11 performance

by allowing New Yorkers to be lied to about the quality of the air around the World Trade Center (is there going to be an increase in respiratory ailments?) and attempting to not disburse donations made to the city to 9-11 victim until MARCH 2002--only a public outcry made him change his mind.


rocknation

[snippy]

14. No. The republican party is committed to exploiting anti-abortion voters.

Although those voters are willing to be lied to and exploited, many of them would not be willing to accept someone on the ticket who is pro-choice.