Jun 12, 2007 10:25am

Gangsters

Seaguewaying from Mr. Soprano to the man whom the President has nicknamed Fredo….

giuliani blog Gangsters Last night the Democrats’ attempt to express "no confidence" in Attorney General Alberto Gonzales failed (LINK), though it should be said that 53 Senators — including 7 Republicans — saying they don’t trust him, hardly anything to crow about.

Gangsta-rap-wise…..Timbaland, the fundraiser for Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, got himself into some trouble during a bar brawl in Germany (LINK)

As for the presidential candidate who loves to recite lines from The Godfather (LINK), this morning in Bedford, NH, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani introcuced what he called "Twelve Commitments to the American People." They are:

"I will keep America on offense in the Terrorists’ War on Us. 
"I will end illegal immigration, secure our borders, and identify every non-citizen in our nation. 
"I will restore fiscal discipline and cut wasteful Washington spending.   
"I will cut taxes and reform the tax code. 
"I will impose accountability on Washington.
"I will lead America towards energy independence.   
"I will give Americans more control over, and access to, healthcare with affordable and portable free-market solutions. 
"I will increase adoptions, decrease abortions, and protect the quality of life for our children.
"I will reform the legal system and appoint strict constructionist judges.
"I will ensure that every community in America is prepared for terrorist attacks and natural disasters.
"I will provide access to a quality education to every child in America by giving real school choice to parents.
"I will expand America’s involvement in the global economy and strengthen our reputation around the world."

He will spend much of the summer detailing the Big 12.

Thoughts?

– jt

User Comments

First The no-confidence vote was never taken, it never made it to the floor to vote. Secondly it is unconstitutional for the senate to have the vote. It is a Political stunt that the socialists are doing and some lib-Republicans along with them. Do we have a Congress or a Parliament where they do these types of votes.
Timberlake uses racism to promote his career, sadly it is racism against his own race. Hilary’s use of him only shows how low and how racist she really is.
ALL the President hopefuls should be promising all 12 of those too, or at least the first 7
God Bless Our Troops fighting for Freedom.

Posted by: spock | June 12, 2007, 10:38 am 10:38 am

Mr. Giuliani’s commitments seem to be more sloganeering than anything else, at least right now. Is he really promising to do anything new or groundbreaking? Haven’t we heard these same points time and time again? It seems that his are the same tired lyrics to the same old tune: all candidates loudly declaim variations of these twelve campaign promises during campaign season, but whether they can actually accomplish any of them depends on more than just the candidates themselves. If Mr. Giuliani can offer specifics about his commitments as well as specifics about how he intends to fulfill them, then I’m all ears. If he doesn’t, I’ll be humming the old Hal David-Burt Bachrach tune, “Promises, Promises.”

Posted by: chuck | June 12, 2007, 11:29 am 11:29 am

Bush nedds to get Gonzales and Libby Mental help before they forget the names of their wilves and where they live.
Bush, Cheney, their aids and Cabinet members have attracted a peculiar brain disorder. It is affecting young and old, male and female, and all ethnic groups.
It is believed that it has spread throughout the Whitehouse and has affected U.S. Attorneys and Governor Riley in Alabama.
This disorder is similar to Alzheimer’s Disease except memory loss only occurs when the subjects are asked questions by the FBI, congressional committees or in witness chairs in a Federal Court rooms. This brain disorder also causes the subject to lie. When caught in a lie they often make weird facial expressions.
Instead of getting help and reporting unlawful activities that brings these conditions on, they are forgeting their wives names and sometimes they are found wondering the streets not knowing who they are.

Posted by: Rev. Bob Richardson | June 12, 2007, 12:11 pm 12:11 pm

Rev. Bob Richardson – do you remember every sermon you gave? word by word? and who was there?
First with Libby, there was no law broken, she was not undercover, as per the law. and she was outed in 1993 already. also Armitage was the first to release her name not libby, so the fact that reporters already knew her, Libby may of been correct in his memory, but again who cares, this was a witch hunt. When are they going to bring Plame up on perjury charges??
As far as the Attorney General, what law was broken, He is not allowed to fire his employees?
I guess it was ok for Clinton to knowingly lie under oath?

Posted by: spock | June 12, 2007, 1:08 pm 1:08 pm

Spock: You write “With Libby, there was no law broken.” That is incorrect. Libby was convicted. He broke the law. That is why he is going to jail.
As concerns the Attorney General, it may or may not be true that no law was broken, but that is not the only standard that applies to the Attorney General’s conduct. No one would argue that the Attorney General could say “prosecute only Democrats,” yet doing so might not violate any law. I’m sure you’d be setting the bar equally low were it a Democratic administration in office.
Finally, as concerns Clinton, it is the very definition of hypocrisy that you invoke his name in the same posting in which you refer to the prosecution of Libby FOR THE SAME OFFENSE OF WHICH YOU ACCUSE CLINTON as a witch hunt.

Posted by: DKNY | June 12, 2007, 2:26 pm 2:26 pm

Does Paris Hilton get a cartoon?

Posted by: flyover | June 12, 2007, 2:50 pm 2:50 pm

DKNY -
1 So no innocent people are ever wrongly convicted? hmmm, thats funny Libs say everyone is innocent.
2 First under Clinton 92 AGs were fired, to cover for the two that were investigating him and another Democrat. that was illegal. one of the thing this AG and President wanted the AG to go after Voter Fraud and they did not, the President has the option to focus his AG to concentrate on certain things. Also the AG in California was fired because Fienstien or (gold) a Democrat requested it.
3 – I compared to Clinton not for me but for the libs that wanted to ignore his lies. to show their hypocrisy.

Posted by: spock | June 12, 2007, 2:53 pm 2:53 pm

Giuliani’s “Commitments” full of empty promises, most of which are unrealistic
he promises to “end” illegal immigration. You can enforce the borders, but you will never end it for good. That is like trying to completely “end” crime or drug use
anyone notice that 2 of the commitments dealt with terrorism?… so i guess thats really 11 then
free markets are not going to help poor people get health insurance
Here is 1 Commitment you can expect from Giuliani – he will talk about terrorism non-stop and try to scare us into believing that he is the only one who can possibly protect us

Posted by: steve | June 12, 2007, 3:45 pm 3:45 pm

Rudy’s message will change soon enough once Fred enters the race. Unfortunately, Bush has proven to be a lightweight conservative. That can’t be said for Fred and real conservatives are waiting.

Posted by: Nashville SEO | June 12, 2007, 3:52 pm 3:52 pm

Fred may make “conservatives” happy, but I don’t see him winning over independents or many democrats given that the country is looking for a change
he should stick to acting. He doesn’t have any recent experience since the 1990′s and his time in the senate was uneventful
Since then, he hasn’t done anything to make himself a better candidate or improve the country. He’s just been acting on TV and reading scripts.
I just don’t get it… and i don’t think most of america will either

Posted by: steve | June 12, 2007, 4:02 pm 4:02 pm

Predictible, spock. No law was broken in the Libby matter, notwithstanding the fact that he was convicted by a jury and is going to jail. Now that I understand your “logic,” many of your positions make a lot more “sense.”
On the AG matter, you’ve said nothing to refute my point. The question is not whether Gonzalez broke the law. He may have, but even if he didn’t, he may have acted inappropriately. Your unwillingness to acknowledge this simple point, again, suggests volumes about your “logic.”
On your reference to Clinton, how ironic that in your effort to show the hypocrisy of the “libs” you proved only your own gross hypocrisy. Thanks for playing!!

Posted by: DKNY | June 12, 2007, 4:56 pm 4:56 pm

Giuliani is a social liberal and his personal life is disgusting. He married his cousin, had two divorces, committed public adultery which he flaunted, and lived with two homosexual men while divorcing and while still mayor. And besides that, he dressed up in drag in public on at least three occassions . . .YUK!!!
There’s no way he’s going to get the Republican nomination, not after Thompson gets in the race. His promise to nominate “strict constructionists” is meaningless because the term is so vague it can easily include judges like O’Connor and Kennedy, and most social conservatives (all but the naive ones) know that strict constructionists like O’Connor and Kennedy are precisely the kind Giuliani would appoint, because he is pro abortion rights and pro gay rights.

Posted by: Jake Long | June 12, 2007, 7:02 pm 7:02 pm

12 more lies! Add them to the list

Posted by: Ron | June 12, 2007, 7:58 pm 7:58 pm

What a GOOF that Rudy is. Here are the facts. RON PAUL is leading all candidates by a VERY LARGE margin in ABC’s own poll, and has since the first debate. Same at MSNBC and C-SPAN and many other on-line polls. I have found that the polls the media uses to expand on their lie and deception in this race like the AP poll, do not even include RON PAUL as a choice. That is how they manage to downplay their very own polls showing him leading by a lot. The ABC poll shows that when asked “WHO WON TUEDAY NIGHT’S DEBATE”? out of 28,779 people that took the poll…The leader is (RON PAUL with 25,086 votes). (Romney – 1,963)…(Giuliani – 439)…(Fred Thompson – 393)…(McCain – 198)…(Tancredo – 98)…(Huckabee – 65)…(Hunter – 38)…(Thompson – 38)…(Brownback – 26)…and (Gilmore – 20). That is ABC’s own poll. I am going to vote for RON PAUL. My whole family is now going to vote for RON PAUL. Even the democrats. The diehard democrats. *He has never voted to raise taxes.
*He has never voted for an unbalanced budget.
*He has never voted for a federal restriction on gun ownership.
*He has never voted to raise congressional pay.
*He has never taken a government-paid junket.
*He has never voted to increase the power of the executive branch.
*He voted against the Patriot Act.
*He voted against regulating the Internet.
*He voted against the Iraq war.
*He does not participate in the lucrative congressional pension program.
*He returns a portion of his annual congressional office budget to the U.S. treasury every year.
TEN TERMS of constant loyalty to the PEOPLE of the United States.

Posted by: Tumbleweedin | June 12, 2007, 7:59 pm 7:59 pm

Well I wouldn’t vote for Mr. Rudy G. if he were the last man on the ticket. I don’t know about Ron Paul…he seems kind of odd to me. The article above mentions Mike Huckabee as a possible VP. I think John McCain or Mitt Romney might make a favorable VP to President Mike Huckabee. Who knows even Ron Paul might make a favorable VP. I have met Mike Huckabee and visited with him shortly. He is refreshingly real and not plastic like so many other candidates. I haven’t seen a Democrat Pres candidate that I would be interested in to date. Maybe I will be surprised.

Posted by: Kenneth Whiteside | June 12, 2007, 8:35 pm 8:35 pm

If he can do these things…he’s got my vote!

Posted by: Ann B | June 13, 2007, 9:45 am 9:45 am

DKNY – So you do belive that no innocent person is ever convicted. Also it turns out that the prosecutor Unconstitutional brought the charges against Libby. There is a law that actually is being fought for the constitutionality about Independant Prosecutor where they do not have the authority. That is a separate issue. On Libby, Do you remember everyone you talked to and every conversation. This was a witch hunt period, The jury had two reporters on it, it had a individual that was close friend with Tim Russert the reporter that was questioned. so that is three against libby that easily talked the others into convicting. This will be overturned in the appelate. What will you say then.
The AG did nothing wrong, the Congress is acting against the Constitution in its investigating period. They do not have overlook authority of the Executive branch.
The socialists in Congress are stepping all over the constitution with these both. Anybody who defends these actions, well there will be a day when you do not agree with the socialists and you will be stepped on.
Oh by the way stop with the Ron Paul, everytime you make him sound like a Liberal. and he does not even register on the polls. (Using a Lib poll does not count)

Posted by: spock | June 13, 2007, 11:05 am 11:05 am

I Will vote for Giuliani! I think he will be the best president we have had yet out of the last 4.
Look what he did for New York!
He has my vote!

Posted by: LORI WEBER | June 13, 2007, 11:17 am 11:17 am

Guiliani raped NYC. If you think he helped us, you didn’t live here before and during 911.
You think Bush was bad for America’s reputation? Do you know how many millions Guiliani made off the 9/11 ‘terrorist attack’?
Wake up like New Yorkers did long ago.

Posted by: Rob | June 13, 2007, 12:03 pm 12:03 pm

Rob Do you live in NYC? I do and Rudy did a lot for the city, Cut taxes, Cut Crime, Cleaned the streets of the sex shops, and so on. Name one thing he did bad for NYC!
And as far as Bush, he helped America’s Rep, he does not bow down to others that have used us. He has done more for this country then the previous 6 Dem in office.

Posted by: spock | June 13, 2007, 12:46 pm 12:46 pm

If that Napoleon Bonaparte is elected president, that wanna be Marie Antoinette of his will show up wearing a tiara at his swearing in ceremony.

Posted by: Jaguar8450 | June 14, 2007, 1:03 pm 1:03 pm

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