Fred Tells Rudy: America Is Not Represented By New York Alone
A brilliant shot from Fred:
BRISTOL, New Hampshire (AP) — Presidential hopeful Fred Thompson said Friday that New York City isn’t a model for the rest of the country and that Rudy Giuliani should stop basing his stances on his time as that city’s mayor.
Thompson, campaigning at a New Hampshire gun store with stuffed moose and deer overhead, told reporters that Giuliani too often turns to his time as New York mayor to explain his support for stronger gun restrictions.
“He relates everything to New York City. Well, New York City is not emblematic of the rest of the country, I don’t think. I think the sentiments of those people in the rest of the country are in support of the Second Amendment — which is where I’ve always been and I don’t think he’s ever been,” Thompson said.
The former Tennessee senator and “Law & Order” actor badly trails Giuliani in New Hampshire polls, in part because Thompson has spent so little time in the state. On Friday, he planned to attend a town hall-style meeting at a Veterans of Foreign Wars hall.
Fred’s spot-on. Rudy’s record is based on getting elected, and re-elected, in a city where citizens are not only anti-gun but pro-illegal immigration as well. And so Rudy’s past policies reflected that. Now he’s trying to get elected based on this policies, but most of the country isn’t anti-gun or pro-illegals. Just the opposite, which presents terrible problems for Giuliani.
I know we all like the guy after what he did during 9/11, but as conservatives when it comes to his actual record there’s just not a lot there to like.
