Giuliani’s 12 Transgressions Against Conservative Principles

1. Increased government spending in NYC by 30% and sued the federal government to stop the President’s line item veto power to cut wasteful spending.
2. Quit Iraq Study Panel after being asked to step down for missing meetings because of paid speaking engagements and political fundraisers. http://www.newsday.com/search/ny-usrudy195261753jun19,0,3346730.story
3. As Mayor, sued 26 gun manufacturers in June 2000 for producing too many handguns.
4. Supported President Clinton’s proposal for increasing federal gun licensing requirements. Speech given to Citizens Crime Comission on March 6, 1997, 8:15 a.m.
5. While Mayor Rudy Giuliani appointed liberal Judges over conservative judges at the rate of 8 to 1.
6. Appointed as Judge, an officer of the International Association of Lesbian and Gay Judges.
7. Appointed as Judge an abortion-rights supporter who later made it to the federal bench in part because New York Sen. Charles E. Schumer, a liberal Democrat, said he liked her ideology.
8. Appointed Planned Parenthood Board Member Joy Corning as Co-Chair of Campaign in Iowa. http://www.gazetteonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070617/IOWACAUCUS/70617023
9. Kelli Conlin, the head of NARAL Pro-Choice New York, the state’s leading abortion-rights group praised Giuliani’s judicial appointments saying, “They were decent, moderate people”.
10. March 8, 2004 while living with a gay Manhattan couple after moving out of Gracie Mansion during his divorce, Giuliani publically opposed President Bush’s call for a ban on Gay marriage saying, “I certainly wouldn’t support [a ban] at this time.”
11. “I’m pro-choice. I’m pro-gay rights,” Giuliani said. He was then asked whether he supports a ban on what critics call partial-birth abortions. He responded by saying, “No, I have not supported that, and I don’t see my position on that changing.” CNN.com, “Inside Politics” Dec 2, 1999
12. “There must be public funding for abortion for poor women. We cannot deny any women the right to make her own decision about abortion because she lacks resources. I have also stated that I disagree with President Bush’s veto last week of public funding for abortion.” Women’s Coalition for Giuliani event, 11/3/89

 

Conservatives:

Rudy Giuliani is an unacceptable Republican nominee for President of the United States. He is pro-abortion, pro-partial birth abortion, pro-registration of handguns, and pro-homosexual rights.  He is the most liberal Republican candidate for President in our nation’s history.

Conservatives should leave no doubt that we will not support his candidacy under any circumstances.  Therefore, we have created the Conservative Declaration of Independence to publicly state our position regarding the Republican Party’s consideration of a liberal as our Presidential nominee. 

Please email theconservativedeclaration@hotmail.com to add your name to the list of signers.

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The Conservative Declaration of Independence

When, in the course of political process, it might become necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, it becomes necessary to declare the causes which would impel the separation.  We, the undersigned of this digital document, hereby agree that we areConservatives first and Republicans second, and that we would not support the candidacy of Rudolph William Louis “Rudy” Giuliani  if  the Republican Party chooses to nominate him for President of the United States. We hereby agree that Mr. Giuliani is an American hero for his performance in the aftermath of 9-11, however his liberal record as Mayor, appointment of liberal judges, and the conduct of his personal life make it impossible for us to support his candidacy under any circumstances. 

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County Republican Chairman,

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Article II  Supporting Evidence

Rudolf Giuliani explaining his liberal views:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVBtPIrEleM 

Rudolf Giuliani explaining his position on abortion:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALDfwXIYUX0 

Rudolf Giuliani dressed as female:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IrE6FMpai8

Interview with gay couple Rudolf Giuliani lived with when Sept 11^th occurred:

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1589/is_2001_Sept_11/ai_78265968 

Ban on Partial Birth Abortions:

“No, I do not support that (a ban on partial birth abortion), and I do not see my position on that changing.”

Abortion:

“There must be public funding of abortion for poor women.  We cannot deny any woman the right to make her own decision about abortion because she lacks resources.  I have also stated  that I disagree with President’s Bush’s veto for public funding of abortion.”

Immigration:

“There is not a Mayor or Public Official in this country who is more pro-immigrant than I am.”

Gun Control:

“I am in favor of gun control”

“You know I am in favor of that (registration of all hand guns)”

Gay Rights:

”I support domestic partnership legislation and I signed it.”

Free Speech:

“I am a big supporter of McCain-Feingold and have been for a long time”

Party Loyalty:

”Frankly, I would like to run on all the lines.  The liberal line, the conservative line, I would like to run on the Democratic line if I could figure out how to do it.”

Article III       Opposition

“I mean, this is divorce on steroids,” Land said. “To publicly humiliate your wife in that way, and your children. That’s rough. I think that’s going to be an awfully hard sell, even if he weren’t pro-choice and pro-gun control.”

“Some would stay home, and I would counsel them not to do that,” Land said of the prospects of a Giuliani-Clinton presidential race. “They need to go and vote. They can always not vote in that race. I would go and vote, and I would vote for congressmen and I would vote for state senator and state representative, I would vote for U.S. senator, I would vote for governor. But I would not vote in the presidential race.”

Family Research Council President Tony Perkins and get his take on Presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani.  “He’s the front runner but it’s kind of like here in DC, you drive over the Potomac at night and it looks beautiful but if you get down near it you certainly wouldn’t want to take anything out of it and eat it. It’s polluted it’s got problems.”

“A Republican Party led by Rudy Giuliani would be a party of contempt for the pro-life position,” the editors of the National Catholic Register said recently about the Roman Catholic candidate. “The bottom line: Republicans have made inroads into the Catholic vote for years because of the pro-life issue. If they put a pro-abortion politician up for president, the gains they‘ve built for decades will vanish overnight.”

Article IV       Appointment of Judges

Giuliani Supports Judges Like Ruth Bader Ginsburg

http://www.cbn.com/CBNnews/100099.aspx

Politico: Giuliani-Appointed Judges Tend To Lean To The Left

By: Ben Smith

When Rudy Giuliani faces Republicans concerned about his support of gay rights and legal abortion, he reassures them that he is a conservative on the decisions that matter most.

“I would want judges who are strict constructionists because I am,” he told South Carolina Republicans last month. “Those are the kinds of justices I would appoint — Scalia, Alito and Roberts.”

But most of Giuliani’s judicial appointments during his eight years as mayor of New York were hardly in the model of Chief Justice John Roberts or Samuel Alito — much less aggressive conservatives in the mold of Antonin Scalia.

A Politico review of the 75 judges Giuliani appointed to three of New York state’s lower courts found that Democrats outnumbered Republicans by more than 8 to 1. One of his appointments was an officer of the International Association of Lesbian and Gay Judges. Another ruled that the state law banning liquor sales on Sundays was unconstitutional because it was insufficiently secular.

A third, an abortion-rights supporter, later made it to the federal bench in part because New York Sen. Charles E. Schumer, a liberal Democrat, said he liked her ideology.

Cumulatively, Giuilani’s record was enough to win applause from people like Kelli Conlin, the head of NARAL Pro-Choice New York, the state’s leading abortion-rights group. “They were decent, moderate people,” she said.

For rest of story please click http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=0A95199C-3048-5C12-00F88A6B97FE0D2B

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