Comments on: Baptist Head Says Giuliani’s Divorces a Problem

By: floyd

floyd — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:42:10 +0000

Whether it's the "Republican party" or "marriage"; it sounds like Giuliani would be loyal to the institution but not the constituents![lol]

By: legion

legion — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:03:25 +0000

Michael,
Yeah, but that only applies to other Dems in the Primaries... lord knows absolutely _nothing_ stands in the way of the GOP's character assassinations...

By: Triumph

Triumph — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 21:38:27 +0000

You realize of course that the further this “Edwards is gay” joke goes, the harder it will be for any candidate to attack his character in any way without being compared to Coulter.

This likley won't be a problem for the Republicans since there is no way that the Democrat party will select a suspected homosexual as their nominee.

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 21:08:45 +0000

The only scenario where Rudys social issue platform beats a Democrat is in the case of an Edwards candidacy. Edwards IS gay whereby Rudy never came out of the closetalthough he is a cross dresserhe merely lived with a pair of gay lovers for a couple of months.

You realize of course that the further this "Edwards is gay" joke goes, the harder it will be for any candidate to attack his character in any way without being compared to Coulter.

By: legion

legion — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 20:28:09 +0000

Well, I'll give Land credit for being the first person (on the right) I've seen to complain about _how_ Rudy's divorces went, rather than simplay making noises about the _fact_ that he's divorced. That said, if someone waves enough money in front of Hannover to get her to really dish, Rudy's approval will probably drop in-line with his buddy Bernie Kerik's...

By: Triumph

Triumph — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 20:17:52 +0000

This isn’t likely to earn him points, but if you compare three divorces to the democrats stand on social issues and their character issues, I don’t see it being the stopping point in the general.

Yeah, if Giuliani wins the primary he will CLEARLY be distinguished from the Democrat candidate on all of the social issues important to the Religious right:

Abortion:
Obama/Clinton/Edwards= Pro Choice
Rudy= Pro choice

Civil Rights for Gays:
Obama/Clinton/Edwards= Pro civil unions
Rudy= Pro civil unions

Church/State separation:
O/C/E= Support separation
Rudy= Support separation

The only scenario where Rudy's social issue platform beats a Democrat is in the case of an Edwards candidacy. Edwards IS gay whereby Rudy never came out of the closet--although he is a cross dresser--he merely lived with a pair of gay lovers for a couple of months.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 20:14:38 +0000

The church I was taken to when I was a kid removed a guy who had started and led a pretty successful outreach when they learned that he had been divorced.

I heard a few years ago that they'd hired a pastor who was on his third marriage.

Things change.

By: yetanotherjohn

yetanotherjohn — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 20:06:02 +0000

There may be a few voters for whom this will be a deal breaker, but I suspect that most GOP and general election voters will look at the total package. This isn't likely to earn him points, but if you compare three divorces to the democrats stand on social issues and their character issues, I don't see it being the stopping point in the general.

Land needs to consider who he likes in the primary and then who he likes on the democratic side better than the rest of the GOP field. All candidates will have flaws, so be careful about throwing the first stone.

By: Triumph

Triumph — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 19:55:40 +0000

You would think that the fact that Giuliani's first wife was also his cousin would earn him points with the Southern Baptists.

Of course, maybe the fact that he lived with a pair of gay lovers after the second divorce was considered a strike against him.

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