between now and then you'll have to amend the constitution --- In cia-drugs@yahoogroups.com, RoadsEnd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Begin forwarded message: > > > From: "Robert Lederman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: September 10, 2005 5:30:19 AM PDT > > To: "Robert Lederman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Giuliani will be next US Pres > > > > > > http://www.suntimes.com/output/roeser/cst-edt-roes10.html > > Chicago Sun Times > > Thomas Roeser > > If he runs for president in '08, Rudy can't fail > > > > September 10, 2005 > > > > BY THOMAS ROESER > > > > Hurricane Katrina may have changed the dimension of the nation's > > politics > > for 2008. With George W., we voted for him because he would take > > the fight > > against terrorism to its origination point: the Middle East. I > > salute that > > strategy and believe that Iraq will be democratized with great > > dividends for > > our international security. > > > > But next it'll be important to have a president who can slash > > through red > > tape and make us secure at home. The Katrina thing wasn't Bush's > > fault, but > > what was needed was a president who could pull the trigger > > domestically, > > knock heads together with the state and local governments and deliver > > resources quickly. That spells only one name for future president. > > In an > > ideal world he may not have been my first choice, but it's Rudy > > Giuliani. > > > > Giuliani played no role in taming Katrina, but as I saw New Orleans > > turn > > into an open sewer, all I could think of was what Giuliani would > > do. Threats > > to our country demand a Prince of the City: a prince fearless > > enough to > > write his own rules to establish order. And a prince emblematic of > > Machiavelli's book of the same name, one who can bluff winningly, > > who can > > engender fear and respect. As one conservative Republican woman in > > Temecula, > > Calif., told radio talk show host Hugh Hewitt: ''All that [meaning > > pro-life, > > pro-abortion] doesn't matter if we're not safe." By which she meant > > Giuliani, the indomitable ex-mayor of New York, the hero of 9/11. With > > Giuliani, the signal would be transmitted to all: He's determined > > that we > > will be safe at home. > > > > The Twin Towers disaster and Katrina were different, but what > > Giuliani did > > in New York was to direct the city while instructing the entire > > country as > > to what was happening and how he was going to fix it. Giuliani > > seized the > > day. He is running first in the 2008 Republican sweepstakes. > > > > They say he's a sinner, and I believe that. His personal life has > > been, up > > to his third marriage, awful. He slept on the couch at Gracie Mansion, > > vomited by his solitary self after chemotherapy for prostate > > cancer, wife > > No. 2 not caring enough to inquire about him. Now he's cured and is > > a wiser > > but sadder man. I like my presidents humbled somewhat. > > > > Fortunately, I am not alone in my high regard for Giuliani. The > > most recent > > Pew poll, which maps the political landscape, has Giuliani topping all > > contenders across a broad swath of public opinion. He rates highest > > among > > enterprisers, those who want to promote business (90 percent); social > > conservatives (75 percent); pro-government conservatives (69 > > percent); the > > "upbeats" who view the future positively (69 percent); taking with > > him a > > majority of the disaffected people who have felt depressed about the > > country's future (53 percent); doing nicely with disadvantaged > > Democrats (37 > > percent), and falling just short of a majority with liberals (47 > > percent). > > He has done this without the visible trappings of a campaign. > > > > There's only one guy in modern times who started with such an > > advantage: > > Dwight D. Eisenhower. When Eisenhower announced for president, few > > knew > > anything about him other than he was a man of decisiveness. On June > > 4, 1944, > > he looked at his watch and the weather reports and said, ''We'll > > go.'' Did > > we ever. > > > > And as for those who say that Giuliani is too liberal, I say: Wait > > for the > > change as the campaign unfolds and he won't have to romance just > > New York > > City. His critics forget the magical fluidity that is politics. Ike > > started > > out as an FDR man, JFK an America Firster, LBJ a segregationist, > > Nixon a Red > > China-basher. > > > > Reagan was originally a pro-choicer who co-founded Americans for > > Democratic > > Action. George H.W. Bush, who was called "rubber George" in the House, > > wanted the feds to control population and was an enthusiastic pro- > > choicer. > > And remember, George W. was a supporter of humble, stay-at-home > > foreign > > policy. > > > > One more thing: Let 'em pair Giuliani, whose words spout like > > bullets from a > > machine gun, with a veep who talks slow, with the vowels dripping > > syrup on > > hominy grits swimming with butter: Gov. Haley Barbour of > > Mississippi, who > > brilliantly handled Hurricane Katrina. Manhattan and Mississippi. > > Yeah: I > > like that. > > > > Daily News > > 9/11 tours will tell it like it was > > > > By DAVID SALTONSTALL > > DAILY NEWS CITY HALL BUREAU CHIEF > > > > Mickey Kross, a city firefighter for 27 years, just wants people to > > know > > what really happened on Sept. 11, 2001 - and how six brave men from > > his > > firehouse died that day. > > > > For Kimberly Grieger, who volunteered at Ground Zero one day and > > stayed for > > eight months, it's about remembering the random acts of goodness that > > followed the horrific attacks. > > > > And for Lee Ielpi, whose firefighter son Jonathan died in the > > attacks, it's > > about protecting our future by honoring and learning from our past. > > > > The three will be among a bevy of volunteer tour guides at Ground > > Zero, a > > place that has been oddly lacking in official tours since the attacks. > > > > "If you were here and you had the knowledge, wouldn't you want to tell > > people?" said Kross, 58, whose E. 29th St. firehouse lost all six > > members of > > Ladder No. 7. > > > > The tours will be organized out of the planned Tribute Center, to > > be located > > on Liberty St. at the edge of Ground Zero. Weekend tours will begin in > > October, with most to be led by survivors of family members of > > those who > > died. > > > > Mayor Bloomberg, Gov. Pataki and former Mayor Rudy Giuliani all > > turned out > > yesterday to help announce the new tours, a fuller description of > > which can > > be found at www.tributenyc.org. > > > > "It's the only way to recapture the worst day in the history of our > > city - > > and the best day in the history of our city," said Giuliani, > > referring to > > the countless acts of valor that followed the attacks. > > > > "We must rebuild," added Pataki. "But more important is remembering." > > > > Originally published on September 10, 2005 > > > > > > --- > > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > Version: 6.0.734 / Virus Database: 488 - Release Date: 8/4/2004 > > > >
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