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Rudy Giuliani: I‘m ’Absolutely’ Considering Running in 2012

Here we go. As winter winds down, trees and flowers aren’t the only thing getting ready to come back to life. Also resurrecting are campaign stories. We’ve seen some 2012 presidential talk dot the headlines, but now get ready for a slew of them as Republicans begin the fight for the nomination. Today’s headline? It looks like former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani is seriously considering a 2012 run.

Appearing on CNBC’s “The Kudlow Report” with Larry Kudlow, Giuliani did not dodge a question about his 2012 prospects (via Mediaite):

LARRY KUDLOW: ” Will you take a look at 2012, there are lots of rumors in New York City?”

RUDY GIULIANI: “I will take a look at 2012. It’s really a question of, can I play a useful role? Would I have a chance of getting the nomination? Those are things that I’ll have to evaluate as the year goes along.

LARRY KUDLOW: “But the door is open, that’s what I’m hearing from you tonight?”

RUDY GIULIANI: “Yes, yes, Absolutely Larry.”

The admission comes at about 12:00 below:

Comments (187)

  • midcoastmainepatriot
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 3:40pm

    not now… for the love of GOD not now….too late bro

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  • 3MTA3
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 3:39pm

    Being a NY’er I can tell you that he is the best Mayor that ever was and probably will be…BUT…in order to survive as Mayor in this liberal paradise he had to make some “concessions”, there are way too many bones that other GOP candidates and the other side will be able to pick on in order to question his conservatism. Part of me could live with this fact but another part of me worries that he actually believes in some of the things he “had” to say and do as NY Mayor. Stay out of it Rudy and use all your gravitas to get a Republican into the White House.

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  • Bill May
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 3:34pm

    Run,Rudy,run. Run with Arlen. Run with Johnny. Run with Jebby. Run with Charlie Crist. Run With Dee Dee. Run, Rinos, run. I gotta run to the can and puke just thinking about all you Rinos running!

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  • SGinNC
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 3:33pm

    There is no way I will vote for another Liberal lite Rino. RNC you better give us some folks of character and quality this go around or save your money and don’t run anyone.

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  • middleclassprophet
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 3:29pm

    I simply cannot wait for the GOP debates next year…should be some of the most entertaining back-n-forth in recent political history. Popcorn ready!!!!

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    • UpstateNYConservative
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 3:42pm

      We have the point of your lean. Fair enough.

      Realistically, though–what more is there about you other than insults and innuendo?

      I get you’re liberal. That’s fine–one of my best professors in college was a Marxist. I really enjoyed discussion with him, and we had good times. Well, at least for me.

      Back to you–Do you have a genuine coherent argument to make, can YOU persuade others to your point of view? What do YOU have to offer, to make legitimate claim we on the political Right are mistaken?

      Persuade me to your view.

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    • middleclassprophet
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 3:56pm

      -UpstateNYConservative-

      There IS no persuading here. I can post a comment or thought minus name calling, insults, etc. but to no avail. There is little(if any) room on this forum for constructive debate. Anybody should notice that after reading 1/2 page on any subject here. Your comment is a prime example. You had a professor who you refer to as a “Marxist”. So, regardless of what I try to say or have to say, it falls on deaf ears. Anyone who voted for Obama is a communist. Anyone who’s a democrat hates this country. Anyone who supports stricter gun laws wants to take your gun away. Anyone who supports the woman’s right to choose is a baby killer. Anyone who promotes green energy is a tree hugger. The list goes on and on and on. So, instead of trying to actually discuss issues rationally, this forum promotes the opposite. I simply try to represent what some liberals might be thinking…but on here, that carries no eight whatsoever. If Joan Rivers makes some idiotic comment, she speaks for all liberals on here. If a disc jockey in Wisconsin does the same thing, same result. It’s pathetic, really. Beck(a so-called man of peace) promotes this site that encourages the exact same attitude that he “says” he denounces yet day after day people are allowed to come on here and spew out anything but constructive debate.

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    • UpstateNYConservative
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 4:12pm

      You presume…

      The professor I mentioned said, on the first day of class, he is/was a Marxist. He said it flat-out. I enjoyed talking with him during class and after; we had interesting debates though I was 18 at the time and he held a PhD. As a matter of detail, he was totally honest in his view. He’s the first and only avowed Marxist I ever heard say the Soviet Union was an oppressive regime. This was in 1976.

      What others say here is not a matter. I don’t often talk to liberals directly, but I’m asking of you. Screw everyone else, Right or Left. They aren’t involved.

      Persuade me to your point of view.

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    • middleclassprophet
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 4:46pm

      -UpstateNYConservative

      Specifically what point of view? Politically? Spiritually? If you ask me directly I would be more than happy to explain my position on any number of topics.

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  • half pint
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 3:25pm

    NOOOOOO!!!!!!!! Go away rudy and take romney with you.

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  • Masamune
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 3:23pm

    I like you Rudy but I‘m afraid you’d never get my vote despite everything you did on 9/11. We need a real conservative to save our country and not another RINO. There‘s a reason why you didn’t get the nomination last time in case you haven’t realized it yet.

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    • Lucy Larue
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 5:34pm

      Masamune, I agree. Rudy DID do much.
      Some of these posts here are just not well thought out. To call him a RINO? C’mon! He never hid his views. He never pretended. He‘s a New York conservative for God’s sake!

      I will ALWAYS admire him for standing there next to that Saudi FUD and refusing his million dollar check!
      He deserves more credit for the good that he has done than he is getting from many here!

      The man turned New York City from a crime infested sewer into the city Frank Sinatra sang about!
      Bloomberg has done what? Yeah, thought so, crickets chirping, and it’s freaking winter time!

      Look…,I’m not a one man band playing the Guilliani for President tune. But I do know this..,he’d make a hell of an Attorney General. He could head the C.I.A.

      He has cahones! This country needs that now. He should be somewhere in the Republican Administration in 2012.

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  • Fight for America
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 3:13pm

    “Rudy Giuliani: I‘m ’Absolutely’ Considering Running in 2012″

    Please, don’t.

    Your recent stands on things aren’t exactly encouraging.

    Please, retire, move to a true socialist/communist country. Create a business and make jobs. Leave politics.

    New York didn’t go broke in a day…………………..

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  • DVT
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 3:13pm

    What ? …he didnt learn anything last time around? you may be the “America’s Mayor”, but you definitely aint gonna be America’s POTUS!

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  • Katayno
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 3:11pm

    He didn’t win the primary last time….so what’s to worry about.

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  • Whostolemypig
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 3:11pm

    Yankee Doodle came to town riding on a RINO. Nope just doesn’t have a ring to it.

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  • Hoosier Daddy
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 3:09pm

    And I’m absolutely considering not voting for you, Rudy.

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  • catndahat
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 3:09pm

    Rudy blew it when he dissed all the rural ‘flyover’ voters in favor of campaigning in the metro areas. He was a great Mayor of NY but I don’t think he has the breadth of thought to lead our nation. We need more of an ‘average’ American at this point in time, not another elitist lawyer who’s been entrenched for decades.

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  • cykonas
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 3:05pm

    Please run Rudy. It will make it that much easier for me to justify why I don‘t trust the R’s any more than I trust the D’s. SS-DName. I don’t want conservatives. I don’t want liberals. I want men and women that understand, and will stand for the Constitution of the United States. And I only want those who have a proven record of doing that, not just talking about that. All of you pretenders, on both sides, go pound sand!

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    • Bermuda Onion
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 3:19pm

      Very well said. Concise and to the point.

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    • SGinNC
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 3:37pm

      I agree with most everything you said except that part about Conservatives. Not having true Conservatives is what is hurting the Republican party IMHO.

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    • greg4fitness
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 3:39pm

      CYKONAS… I want a conservative… BUT one that has the qualities you’re looking for as well.

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  • greg4fitness
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 3:03pm

    Yea… I think he should run but not with intentions of winning. He may make other candidates have to answer on some issues. I’m pretty sure a real conservative will get the nomination this time unless too many uninformed people come out to vote on who they like better. I like Rudy but he’s not conservative enough. I think he’d be a great president in alot of areas but I dont think we need another “progressive light” like McCain.

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  • RightUnite
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 3:03pm

    Don’t bother. You screwed up when you were mouthing off about Sara Palin. Hear that pounding? Those are the nails in your political career coffin. You don’t have a snowballs chance in h*ll to win.

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  • ilikai
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 3:01pm

    We don’t need another Old Guard RINO. Go Away, Rudy!!!! and take Gingrich with you.

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  • psst
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 2:58pm

    Zzzzzz
    Rudy! wake me up after you’re elected
    Damn! Now I’m gonna sleep forever.
    I hope I have sweet dreams.

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  • OneFootRandy
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 2:55pm

    And of course he is saying this on unltra liberal outlet CNBC, where his base is.

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  • OneFootRandy
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 2:54pm

    Dont waste our or your time Rudy, we want conservatives, and you ARE NOT A CONSERVATIVE!

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  • SheriS
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 2:53pm

    Sorry Rudy, you can run, but I‘ve had it with RINO’s and would not be voting for you and will even campaign against you! We certainly do not want another loser like McCain and you fit that category!

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  • crossdraw
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 2:53pm

    Now consider un-running in 2012. The United States needs a man who wears the name HERMAN CAIN

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  • hkyfan36
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 2:52pm

    Thanks but no thanks

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  • bikerr
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 2:50pm

    We need a real person in the head office. someone who can steer the USA back to number 1 in all the good areas.

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    • Dustyluv
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 4:40pm

      Herman Cain…

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    • KenInIL
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 5:55pm

      Rudy has an inside track. Remember there was a reason why he had moved the mayor’s emergency center out of Building 7 right before 9/11. The folks who ran Bush 2 (at least) may be the one‘s that Rudi’s has convinced that he is their man. Bush 2 didn’t cause 9/11, but I believe he and Rudi were complicit. Bush probably had the choice of dying young like JFK or keeping quiet and starting the war machine spending up using Iraq.

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    • byehlik
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 6:06pm

      @Keninil….

      LOL! Got your tin hat on?

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    • TurnRight
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 6:10pm

      I agree Herman Cain or Chris Christie.

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    • ozz
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 8:47pm

      Ron Paul/Bachmann 2012

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    • ozz
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 8:55pm

      @turnright Chris Christie is tough on unions but a RINO in many other issues. He is very pro gun control.
      He supports NJ’s draconic gun laws.

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on January 22, 2011 at 7:09am

      2012

      President Allen West

      V.P. Herman Cain

      Sec of State Newt Gingrich

      Attorney General Judge Andrew Napolitano

      Homeland Security Ted Nugent

      Libturds would be jump out of windows LOL

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    • DisillusionedDaily
      Posted on January 22, 2011 at 9:40pm

      The GOP is splintered all over the place. In order to win in 2012 we will have to divide the black vote. The only candidate that could accomplish that is Herman Cain. If Obama faces a primary challenge, so matter how feeble it is, and the GOP can offer a black candidate with the credentials and integrity of Mr. Cain, we all just might be able to breathe easier in 2013. But if that happens, it will be critical that we not allow Mr. Obama to exercise any Presidential Decrees during his “Lame Duck” period that would really foul things up.

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  • Bermuda Onion
    Posted on January 21, 2011 at 2:49pm

    Hey Rudy, I like you and all….but I do not think that there is any more room for rinos.Try running as a democRAT!

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    • jgeezy
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 2:51pm

      We will see, maybe he is just trying to stir the pot.

      http://practicalpolitician.wordpress.com/

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    • bikerr
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 2:51pm

      Agreed.

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    • CatB
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 2:54pm

      My first thought … AS WHAT?

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    • HillBillySam1
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 2:59pm

      Good. He needs to lose some weight….he can’t afford another divorce.

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    • cnsrvtvj
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 3:00pm

      I like Rudy, but I‘m not sure that he’s what this country needs right now. We need a strong conservative with the ability to get tough. I have the same problem with Huckabee.

      http://www.donsmithshow.com – conservtaive news and political humor

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    • byehlik
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 3:00pm

      I agree, NO MORE RINO’s. Sorry Rudy, only real conservatives deserve to be potus.

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    • GONESURFING
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 3:01pm

      Rudy, give it up already !

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    • nzkiwi
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 3:03pm

      What’s a rino?

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    • BMartin1776
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 3:05pm

      Agreed after that gaff a week or two ago he is done. We like ya bud but you, like Newt, are not the one we are looking for in saving the republic. We have had enough of RINOs in power from McCaine to Schwarzenegger and Steele. Whomever it is will have to be someone unknown; not a household name to take BHO out of the oval office in ‘12.

      Take back America through http://www.savingtherepublic.com

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    • missionarydad
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 3:06pm

      Nice guy but not who we need, true he would have been better than McCain but we have much better people who will most likely be running. Sarah Palin, Herman Cain, Mitt Romney and even Donald Trump would all be a lot more viable candidates who would do much more to energize the base and defeat Obama and do that which needs done to get us back on track as a country. I would really like to see a Mitt Romney/Herman Cain ticket that would be awesome. Palin/Bachman would be another interesting and one I would love I am just a bit more hesitant here as the perceived though false negatives on Sarah Palin are fairly high.

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    • oldguy49
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 3:08pm

      maybe he would be helpful in getting all the illegals to leave…………people are sure trying to get out of N.Y.

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    • tower7femacamp
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 3:20pm

      scum never sleeps

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    • bestartist
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 3:23pm

      Boring…..Giuliani has become mealy mouthed, wishy washy, irrelevant and RINO-esque
      Heard Trump on Cavuto early this week, now he was MUCH more interesting

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    • neofan
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 3:23pm

      Excellent!

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    • 101
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 3:45pm

      .
      Hang it up Rudy.

      Palin 2012

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    • Showtime
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 4:19pm

      Mike Pence is gonna beat you; but go ahead and give it a shot, if you’re that stupid.

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    • avenger
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 4:21pm

      you can run all you want ! you are doomed…no more rinos !

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    • meddlehead
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 4:33pm

      I’ll always be grateful to the Mayor for stepping up and being a hero when America needed him most. He would make a formidable conservative Democrat. The GOP is going way right of him.

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    • AzDebi
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 4:33pm

      Hey, did anyone here catch Ablow’s program..it was on at noon eastern time…anyone know where we can view it now?

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    • Average_Joseph
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 4:37pm

      Rudy, thank you for all your hard work; we really appreciate all that you did. Now please, go sit down with Newt and Mitt and John McCain and let us take it from here. This party has a new direction.

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    • Dustyluv
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 4:39pm

      Screw the RINO…he’s never getting my vote…

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    • BONETRAUMA
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 4:40pm

      Well stated!

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    • FamilyPatriot
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 4:52pm

      All Progressive/ Secular Humanist should run.. Whether they are RINOs, Dems, Globalists, Big Spending Conservative Republicans…. Bring them all in to the BIG TENT! That way we can smoke them out of the tall grass and get them “On Record” Then we can use the power of this site and others like it to take their spin and provide the truth!

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    • fivebyfive
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 4:54pm

      Here ya go Rudy, we have some wonderful parting gifts for you.
      buh-bye

      RINO: adj.( republican in name only) a person that claims to be a republican,then as soon as they are elected coddles up to the left wing and calls conservitive values extreme

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    • 8jrts
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 4:57pm

      Rudy you were good at cleaning up the rif-raf on the NYC streets, but you’ve changed since then. We need someone who will help clean up the sewage in DC, not add to it. Enough RINOs already.

      @nzkiwi Are you serious?!?! LMAO

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    • nzkiwi
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 5:01pm

      Ah, thanks,Fivebyfive. Now the comments are clear.

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    • Ookspay
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 5:52pm

      Rudy,

      Thanks for the offer but I think I’m gonna go with someone else, same with you Huck, Newt, Mitt, times have changed sorry.

      Ookspay

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    • 8jrts
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 5:55pm

      @nzkiwi I’m sorry…I really did think you were joking. My apologies.

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    • UMMAH GUMMAH
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 5:55pm

      .

      Well, at least he knows islam. Unlike some of the RINOS. Like Bush, Christie and co.

      He returned islamist money after 9/11 when it was demanded of him to say that our support of Israel makes us part responsible for terrorism.

      As in excuuse me?!

      He also threw out Arafart from a UN function being held in New York at the Library on 5th. Avenue: “Get that terrorist out of my sight”. Security happily took it from there.

      The conflict with islam and recognizing and acknowledging that there is one is vital for any future President.

      anything else will get us all killed or at least make the fight more difficult and deadly once enough people realize that conflict can no longer be avoided if we wish to continue to live as Free Societies, both here and abroad.

      .

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    • The Noodle Fish
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 5:58pm

      HEY RUDY! stay at home and don’t curse us with your aged face any longer!

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    • encinom
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 6:14pm

      I see, if you are not a racist, don’t own a tri-corner hat and listen to Beck and Palin, then you must be a rino. The tea-baggers are causing real conservatives like William F. Buckley to spin in their graves.

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    • spctrvl200
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 6:33pm

      I’m thinking more in the lines of Donald Trump…or even GEN Petreaus

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    • click4cheapandeasyweb
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 7:38pm

      Rudy, please help us get a real Conservative elected and help with fundraising. We need and want someone that can be trusted on Conservative issue, so a good choice for me would be SARAH PALIN!

      GO SARAH!

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    • exdem
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 7:44pm

      NO NO NOOOOOOO!!!! Do not run Rudy- we dont want you. We need tough , angry Donald Trump with a great running mate like Herman Cain. We need something to knock the wind out of them and get Obamao out. Please suggest to Glenn (in the TIP box @ the bottom of this page) to have Trump on for a full hour and ask all the hard questions. No recycled candidates for 2012. New ,tough conservatives that know business foriegn and domestic and that will get our country back on track.

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    • TheBMT
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 7:54pm

      Would be fun to see him in the debates get burned. Going to be easier to see Tea Party Candidates when you have Big govt Repubs up there.

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    • ozz
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 8:39pm

      He is pro gun control. Hell no he will not get my vote!!

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    • Anarcho Capitalist
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 8:47pm

      This is horrible news.

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    • DisillusionedDaily
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 8:56pm

      Giving Rudy, Sarah or Newt the GOP nomination would just about guarantee another term for Obama. I would hate to see that happen.

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    • CYCLONE
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 9:20pm

      Is that a “gun hand gesture” ?!?!?!?!?!?

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    • nzkiwi
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 10:13pm

      @ 8jrts, No worries, mate. Living down here (New Zealand) means we are sometimes not quite up to date with some idioms. It does have other compensations, though. And, to be honest, sometimes I can be a bit thick. Now that I know, I realise that I should have neen able to work it out for myself.

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    • independentvoteril
      Posted on January 21, 2011 at 10:30pm

      OMG I hope he doesn’t run.. I don’t want to have to vote 3RD party again AFTER they ran RINO McCain..

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on January 22, 2011 at 4:56am

      This guy is the king of the back-room deal………..Not to be trusted

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    • CottonMPG
      Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:22pm

      I sure hope he doesn’t run. I can’t vote for him.

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    • CottonMPG
      Posted on January 22, 2011 at 1:32pm

      Marco rubio could be IDEAL !!!!!!

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    • bullcrapbuster
      Posted on January 22, 2011 at 8:59pm

      Donald T is an appeaser. No thanks to Rudy or Donald. Michelle or Sarah havet o be in the mixf or pres or vp.

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    • Mikeyyy
      Posted on January 23, 2011 at 3:29am

      wow, every comment above is giving the thumbs down to Rudy…honestly i want anyone with proven successful executive experience, not some Senator who was lucky to vote “present”…Huck, Mitt, Palin, and even Rudy are infinitely better than obama imo…the better question is: who is electable?…the early states like NH, michigan, iowa, etc dictate momentum, and the biggest state I think is florida…rudy knew that, and focused on only Florida: bad strategy number one.

      let’s vote for the frontrunner after florida…whoever that may be…i would be tickled pink with any of the above.

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