Why I support Rudy Giuliani.

Conservatives are angry this election because the perfect candidate does not exist. Conservatives are angry because we believed that President Bush was that true conservative in 2000. However, eight years later with federal spending out of control, conservatives are anxious to have the perfect conservative to be their candidate come November. The problem we now face is that candidate does not exist. Liberals on the other hand hate traditional America so much they will get excited about anyone that will radically change our way of life. Each Democratic candidate represents that.

With that said, I have decided to embrace Rudy Giuliani for President. To be honest, I strongly disagree with him on some issues. Issues such as abortion and traditional marriage are very important to conservatives and so it should be. Rudy Giuliani says that personally he is Pro-life but does not think that the government has a right to tell a female what she should do with her own body. Many scientist and doctors still consider the fetus, during the first few months of pregnancy, to be part of the woman’s body. Giuliani’s opinion makes no sense in that why would he personally be against abortion if it is simply part of the woman’s body? Could anyone really believe that a woman destroying an insignificant part of her body be immoral and thus personally against it? I find his stance to be quite strange. I personally believe that abortion is murder and Roe vs. Wade should be overturned and abortion outlawed. Gay marriage is another issue. It does not take away anyone’s rights and thus should be left to states to decide since the Constitution says that any power not given to Congress and not restricted of states should be left up to the states.

There are many reasons I support Giuliani. Rudy has no experience on foreign policy in regards to military conflict, but McCain is the only one who does. Bush, Clinton, nor Reagan had any experience on such matters either. What Mayor Giuliani has is the confidence to call the war what it is. He refers to it as the War against Islamic Radicalism not the War on Terror which would be the equivalent of calling WWII the War on Tanks or the War on foot soldiers. Rudy supports tough interrogation methods on terrorist unlike McCain and Huckabee. He also supports having Guantanamo Bay as a place to lock up enemy combatants and suspected terrorist. McCain and Huckabee have called for it to be shut down.

Giuliani is a hawk on economic issues. He has Steve Forbes as a financial advisor, which is enough for me. Forbes supports a Flat tax which I would love to have. Giuliani supports low taxes on corporations and capital gains which creates an incentive to invest and expands the economy. When asked what the problems are with NAFTA (North America Free Trade Agreement) he answers, it has not been enforced enough. While many politicians on the left and even some on the right are more protectionists on trade, Rudy sees the importance of free trade. He continues to talk about regulation that must be eliminated to allow our corporations to have more freedom which would lower their costs.

Giuliani supports school choice and is hated by the NEA (National Education Association) which I consider one of the most destructive groups in America. Our Education system poses the greatest threat to our nation’s existence and allowing parents to choose where to send their child is the best way to immediately fix this problem. As a teacher, this is a huge issue for me. School choice would mean that parents should send their child to any school they want with a voucher that would pay for it.

Giuliani understands healthcare. He talks about more control by the individual and eliminating government and even corporations and businesses from controlling your healthcare. He encourages more choice and thus competition and eliminating frivolous law suits which would lower prices significantly.

Giuliani is tough on crime. He lowered crime dramatically in New York and it made it one of the safest large cities in the world. He cracked down on drugs and violence. George Will, one of the most conservative columnists of the 20th century, called his government one of the most conservative of the last 50 years. That is good enough for me.

Finally Giuliani often talks about the greatness of America. He believes that America is a great country and he is not afraid to mention it. His pride and understanding of our importance on the world stage gives me confidence that he will look out for our country in a world that is continuously calling for a more collectivist society that wants to give the U.N. more power. Giuliani almost appears to be the kind of guy that would favor getting the U.N. out of our country. I would love that since that world organization hates America anyways. With all this, despite our differences on social ideas, I feel that Rudy Giuliani is best for our country during these tough times. Ask yourself, if Giuliani was pro-life, and Pro-traditional marriage, would he have your support? There are so many Christians that would. If so, remind yourself that President Bush has had little effect on those social issues and thus Giuliani’s personal social beliefs have little to do with being the Commander in Chief. I believe if we would get behind Giuliani he has the best chance of winning some states Republicans normally cannot win. Lets give him a chance!