What You See Is What You Get

Unlike Bush, who lied his way to the presidency by talking about such things as compassionate conservatism, uniting the country, rejecting nation building and generally unintelligible responses that weren't scripted for him, Giuliani is being pretty transparent about who he is. You don't have to look very hard to see what you're getting with him. For example, in his speech to the Federalist Society recently, he said:

"There are some people I think nowadays that doubt that America has a special, even a divinely inspired role in the world,"

Look at the damage that's been done by one president who thinks he's carrying out God's will. Do we really need another one?

In the same speech he cited Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito and Chief Justice John Roberts as models for the judges he would appoint to the federal bench. That's scary! He also said that as president he would demand that the Senate change its rules for confirming federal judges, decrying the filibusters that blocked some of President Bush's appointees and the atmosphere at nominating hearings dating back to the failed nomination of Robert Bork. In a nationally televised speech in 1987, after the nomination of Bork by Reagan, Ted Kennedy had the following to say about him:

"Robert Bork's America is a land in which women would be forced into back-alley abortions, blacks would sit at segregated lunch counters, rogue police could break down citizens' doors in midnight raids, schoolchildren could not be taught about evolution, writers and artists could be censored at the whim of government."

Apparently, Giuliani thinks Bork would have made a good Supreme Court justice. Gives you more insight into what a Giuliani world would look like.

While I wouldn't consider voting for him, I do admire his honesty in presenting who he is to the voters. His ideas, while they are repugnant to me, deserve an honest airing in the public dialogue such as it is today. At least he can put a sentence together that makes some sense!