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Giuliani Responds to 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
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ABC News' Jan Simmonds Reports: "We're at war and now isn't the time to question our military's admissions policy."
That is how former New York City Mayor and Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani responded to the comments made by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Peter Pace on the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy.
In the statement his campaign released to ABC News, Mr. Giuliani chose not to respond to Pace's personal point of view that homosexuality is "immoral."
Some conservatives have expressed a sense of unease about Giuliani's aspirations to be the Republican nominee because of his pro-gay rights positions.
By choosing to keep his comments solely on how a change in policy would effect the war on terror, Giuliani was able to sidestep a subject he will have to handle carefully in the coming weeks and months of the campaign.
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um, excuse me ABC, but we already know this guy is a big fat phoney, thus he should not be considered newsworthy (except for Fox news which we all know will cover anything).
This would be the time to jump off the Giuliani bandwagon, cause one wheel is already broken and it's heading straight for Breakneck Pass.
I swear if this guy even makes it to the RNC, I will sell my hot dog stand that same day and move to China.
Posted by: georgembush | Mar 13, 2007 5:33:49 PM
Guliani wasn't born yesterday...He's very shrewd.
However, in rebuttal, there's always a "crisis" and never "time" to discuss this divisive issue.
I was in the military, served in the Persian Gulf twice under George and George, and didn't have problem serving alongside those of different sexual orientation--provided they can fire a weapon accurately. However, I did see suspected gays threatened on ship back in the early 90s. What was funny was that the Navy had some type of special survey team come to ships to gather our opinions on gays. Dick Cheney may have been SECDEF then. Anyway, what stood out in my mind was that there is NO confidentiality on ship and everybody knows it. The people who dreamed up the survey wanted us to tell them what they wanted to hear, so they formulated the perfect "controlled environment."
Posted by: R | Mar 13, 2007 11:19:27 PM
"I swear if this guy even makes it to the RNC, I will sell my hot dog stand that same day and move to China."
Enjoy your trip to Beijing and don't look back, please. I'll gladly take Giuliani over the frauds and criminals that have been running, or should I say ruining, this country over the last 6 years!
Posted by: Craig | Mar 14, 2007 12:03:07 AM
SO FAR, WE AMERICAN VOTERS HAVE A VERY POOR FIELD OF WOULD BE PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFULS OF WHICH, SO FAR, NONE OF THEM IS WORTH A DAM. NOT A ONE CARES ABOUT STOPPING THIS MADNESS OF A WAR, NOT ONE CARES ABOUT STOPPING THE INVASION AT OUR SOUTHERN BORDER, NOT ONE CARES ABOUT ANYONE BUT THEMSELVES AND SURELY NOT THE AMERICAN VOTER.YOU SEE IF THEY CARED THESE THINGS WOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF!!!!! PEA-NUT BRITTLE
Posted by: WALT | Mar 14, 2007 3:40:41 AM
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