Rudy Giuliani, on Larry King this week, had a message for the supporters of the non-binding resolution that was just passed by the House.
GIULIANI: I mean, you can look at the practical and common sense conclusion on that anyway you want. But there’s…

A lot of our grassroot bloggers are talking about the Democrat’s efforts to end the war, and undermine our men and women’s effort to defeat the enemy in Iraq. Before I get to the blogger’s thoughts, and the links, I wanted to remind everyone to……

At Daily Kos, they found a soldier who wants his funding cut. He argues of all the advantages and then……

Yeah, whatever.

He can take his silly Global Warming bullshit and run on that. Now that the Dems have figured out that they don’t like Hillary, Obama is not just an empty suit, but a stupid empty suit, and Edwards has all the judgement of a cowboy in a whorehouse on payday…well, maybe they’ll nominate Rudy.

Jaibones on February 15, 2007 at 12:32 AM

Did you actually read or listen to what he said here? Or about global warming?

Both are reasonable and actually strong statements! He speaks from of being a decision maker. He didn’t agree with AlBore about global warming, he challenged him to actually make some suggestions about workable solutions versus just using scare tactics and hyperbole!

I don’t know what anti-gun laws he has ever passed or enforced, same with abortion! You also have keep in mind that he was running for mayor of NEW YORK CITY!!

So far the more I hear, the more I like about him. His statement about the type of judges he would appoint and the role of the federal government versus states rights sounds about right! I do not agree with him on abortion or gun rights (from the little I’ve heard on this issue), but if he sticks to the position that those should be up to the states to decide – I’m completely in agreement with that!!

Ian on February 15, 2007 at 10:24 AM

I don’t think Mitt knows what his beliefs are at this point. I get the feeling that he’s just trying to figure out where to stand on things, based on what public opinion is.

I won’t vote for Rudy Giuliani for President if he wins the GOP nomination because he never served in the US Military.
But that doesn’t mean that I don’t like the man, especially when he says what needs saying (from an interview on La…

Rudy may be against some of your most cherished tenents, but that does not mean he is going to outlaw guns, mandate an abortion for all 9 year old girls and up and open our borders. I truly hope that President Guiliani would look at all the data, and come to the right decision. I know that President Clinton won’t. I am caught between the knowledge that the dems will make the worst possible decisions for the country, and the Hope that Rudy can make the right decisions at the right time.
A third party candidate will not win, the ugly truth is the next president will be a dem or a rep.

To not vote for Rudy because I do not agree with some of his positions is just another way for me to do my own “non binding resolution”
I would rather be a man of action.

Course thats just my opinion.

If the Dems truly want to end the conflict

They don’t want to end the conflict as it is too useful of a tool to help dismantle the public’s confidence in this Administration and they will use that tool every chance they can, just like they did with Vietnam and the Nixon administration.

What is a non-binding resolution anyways?

It is called ‘Don’t just do something, Stand there’.

As a taxpayer I am pissed these people I pay to run the government are just running their mouths. But then again, the less they do the better off we are.

I wish I could get away with doing nothing but ‘pass non-binding resolutions’ on my job.

“We, the members of Congress, have resolved to say that we oppose this issue. We, the members of Congress, do not wish to change this issue for then we would not have anything to oppose. We, the members of Congress just want to say something. We, the members of Congress have spoken!”

This is an emotional outburst wrapped in the legitimacy of parliamentary procedure.

That’s why he’s my candidate and you can’t have him.

Nah-Nah.

“I got money and guns. Who the hell cares what they put in their salad in San Francisco??”

He is absolutely correct that a non-binding resolution is a non-decision made by people paid to make decisions. But without dialing into the WHY, you don’t have a picture, you have a silhouette.

Congress is full of such cowards, they will avoid any decision that carries a political risk. They want to be able to take credit that they were right, whether we do well or badly, and they want to make the President look wrong whether we do well or badly.

Congressman: I’m against our military actions in Iraq.
Citizen: You already voted to give the President full authority to conduct it how he sees fit.
Congressman: But that was all based on lies.
Citizen: Then act upon your conscience, and defund it.
Congressman: But that will make me look like I don’t support our military.
Citizen: Do you have a conviction about your opinion or not?
Congressman: Of course I do.
Citizen: Then why are you not acting upon your convictions?
Congressman: I am, that’s what the non-binding resolution is, a statement of our convictions that the President is wrong.
Citizen: If you are convinced he’s wrong, stop him, it’s your obligation of office, your authority of checks on power of the executive branch.
Congressman: I CAN’T DO THAT! WHAT IF WE WIN? WHAT IF I’M WRONG?!

Rudy is right, that a non-binding resolution has no real value. But he’s not so much different of a politician as to actually explain why they do such useless things, instead of simply painting the cowards as political Larry Kings. Ask Newt about it. Ask Rick Santorum about it. Ask Michael Steele about it. Ask Tom Tancredo about it. Ask Duncan Hunter about it. Ask John Culberson about it. You’ll get a more complete answer, I guarantee it.

x95b10 on February 15, 2007 at 1:49 AM

Don’t think I have ever heard him say that. Not sure even how it relates to how you described him making decisions based on the facts . . .

Otherwise though, I don’t see any other stronger candidates.