Giuliani's rise to power, if successful, will have some powerful lessons:
1. The Christian right is quickly running out of steam.
2. Much of the Christian right can be bought off just by promising to be a belligerent leader. When given the choice between saving unborn babies or killing born babies, most of the Christian right will choose the latter. Ezekiel, after all, was always a more interesting read than the Sermon on the Mount.
3. The Democrats, might talk like a Republican, walk like a Republican, and vote like a Republican, but they ain't Republicans, damn it.
4. Most conservatives, being true blooded Americans, suffer from severe attention deficit disorder and can't remember what their candidate was doing three months ago, let alone a couple years back. So Rudy doesn't have much to worry about in terms of consistency. Go to a few church services, be seen at a few barbecues bemoaning the pernicious influences of Mexican housekeepers and the need to install laser guns at the border, and the whole American sheeple will fall start bleeting at your feet.
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I really expected the right to go running to Thompson. It amazes me that Rudy's holding onto the lead he's got. I almost feel sorry for the right wing nut jobs - no place to go.
At least Giuliani seems to have the belligerence bone fides. It seems to be what 90% of those on the right really care about. Ya know, the nation's under attack, it's very existence is threatened, we need to get rid of the very notion of rights and move forward aggressively to spread the Christian peace and values uber alles, er, I mean "everywhere".
It's not running out of steam at all. Lesson 2 is exactly right. If anything it's only getting bloodthirstier.
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