Three new stories:#1: Pat Robertson Endorsement Sparks Backlash
Robertson, himself a former presidential candidate who ran on a staunchly pro-family platform in 1988, has bewildered Christian conservatives by backing Giuliani, a staunch supporter of abortion and gay rights.
“This is the final straw. It is just bizarre,” Steve Scheffler, head of the Iowa Christian Alliance, told Newsmax. Scheffler’s organization split from Robertson’s Christian Coalition just over a year ago.
“It’s going to hurt him,” Scheffler says. “For years and years he talked about what issues are important. This makes a mockery of it all. It is a complete betrayal to our movement. It’s a disgrace.”
The blogs lit up.
“Pat Robertson has sold his soul for 30 pieces of silver,” said one blogger. “Shame on Pat Robertson,” wrote another.
The Web site RFFM.org blasted Robertson for sacrificing “many of the issues he claimed to fight for in his attempt to, once again, bask in the public limelight. Robertson seems willing to overlook all of these ‘flaws’ within the former New York Mayor’s political character, in order to do what?”
Endorsing Rudy was not a good idea for Pat. Neither was it good for Rudy. Pat's not taken seriously any more.
#2: Huckabee tries to gloss over Ark. record
#2: Huckabee tries to gloss over Ark. record
Mike Huckabee's presidential rivals are pointing to chinks in his record as Arkansas' governor — from ethics complaints to tax increases to illegal immigration and his support for releasing a rapist who was later convicted of killing a Missouri woman.
The Republican presidential candidate has plenty to champion from his 10 1/2 years as governor — including school improvements and health insurance for the children of the working poor. But his record has rough edges, and Huckabee has a habit of playing fast and loose with it.
Mitt's going to continue to climb as we learn more about Huck. His real record will catch up with the smooth talker.
"She used the PD as her personal taxi service," said one former city official who worked for Giuliani.New York papers reported in 2000 that the city had provided a security detail for Nathan, who became Giuliani's third wife after his divorce from Donna Hanover, who also had her own police security detail at the same time.
The former city officials said Giuliani expanded the budget for his security detail at the time. Politico.com reported yesterday that many of the security expenses were initially billed to obscure city agencies, effectively hiding them from oversight.
This is the type of behavior we'll get from Rudy.
Not only did he have his police service cover for both wife and mistress (ironic polygamous condition) simultaneously , but he stuffed the numbers in a corner, making it hard to track the transactions.
Contrast all the above with Mitt's sense of family and morality:
No comments:
Post a Comment