one delegate
Now that he's officially out of the race, I am about to be extremely critical of Rudy Giuliani.
The idea that he could forgo Iowa, New Hampshire, Michigan and South Carolina and still win the GOP nomination was always a fantasy. It's just that Giuliani supporters (like me) were hoping against hope that the "Risky Strategy," as it became to be known, would work.
It didn't f-----g work.
The idea that Rudy, a bona fide celebrity, could parachute into a town and then make an appearance at a diner, wave, shake hands, wave some more, pose for photographs, leave four minutes later, and actually connect with voters was always a fantasy. It's just that Giuliani supporters (like me) were hoping it would work.
It didn't work.
The idea that you allow your competitors -- McCain, Romney, Huckabee, Paul, etc. -- to become part of the story where they really never were part of the story before wasn't going to work.
The idea that you allow your competitors to accrue delegates -- to get into the race -- while you get a grand total of one delegate. ONE DELEGATE? Was that ever going to work?
No.
The news that your own daughter was supporting Barack Obama was embarrassing. And it showed that your campaign lacked discipline.
Bad.
You based your ENTIRE candidacy on 9/11?
Stupid.
You had plenty of stuff to talk about pre-9/11 that I heard you talk about, but not nearly effectively as you could/should have. You had a great tax package, for example -- the biggest in American history -- but you didn't publicize it until it was much too late.
Also, stupid.
You know that you are behind the final weekend before the primary that you've staked your entire candidacy on, the future of the country on -- and you lie and you say that "your campaign isn't conducting internal polling..."
You "Promise" your supporters a victory in Florida 72 hours ago, only to finish in third place.
Your campaign took five weeks to send me a "Rudy" bumper sticker. That should have been a clue that things weren't going very well.
The idea that he could forgo Iowa, New Hampshire, Michigan and South Carolina and still win the GOP nomination was always a fantasy. It's just that Giuliani supporters (like me) were hoping against hope that the "Risky Strategy," as it became to be known, would work.
It didn't f-----g work.
The idea that Rudy, a bona fide celebrity, could parachute into a town and then make an appearance at a diner, wave, shake hands, wave some more, pose for photographs, leave four minutes later, and actually connect with voters was always a fantasy. It's just that Giuliani supporters (like me) were hoping it would work.
It didn't work.
The idea that you allow your competitors -- McCain, Romney, Huckabee, Paul, etc. -- to become part of the story where they really never were part of the story before wasn't going to work.
The idea that you allow your competitors to accrue delegates -- to get into the race -- while you get a grand total of one delegate. ONE DELEGATE? Was that ever going to work?
No.
The news that your own daughter was supporting Barack Obama was embarrassing. And it showed that your campaign lacked discipline.
Bad.
You based your ENTIRE candidacy on 9/11?
Stupid.
You had plenty of stuff to talk about pre-9/11 that I heard you talk about, but not nearly effectively as you could/should have. You had a great tax package, for example -- the biggest in American history -- but you didn't publicize it until it was much too late.
Also, stupid.
You know that you are behind the final weekend before the primary that you've staked your entire candidacy on, the future of the country on -- and you lie and you say that "your campaign isn't conducting internal polling..."
You "Promise" your supporters a victory in Florida 72 hours ago, only to finish in third place.
Your campaign took five weeks to send me a "Rudy" bumper sticker. That should have been a clue that things weren't going very well.
posted by Kent at 11:58 PM
2 Comments:
It's rough man. Last night was rough for many of us.
Now he's supporting McCamnesty? This has been a bad 24 hours.
Given a choice between McStain and Obama I may have to pick... Ron Paul.
I'm voting for Mitt on Feb. 5. After that, we'll see.
I'll vote for McCain if he's the nominee, but I won't like it.
He'd still be better than any of the Democrats, but not by much.
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