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Rudy Plays de Fence

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Posted on Nov 19, 2007
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Rudy Giuliani is on the defensive over immigration, which has become this campaign’s hot-button distraction. In response to criticism from his opponents that, as mayor of New York, Giuiani had the audacity not to arrest hospitalized immigrants, the candidate has promised to end illegal immigration within three years. At the center of his strategy is a virtual fence he’d like to build along the U.S.-Mexico border.


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The former New York mayor said that while a physical fence is needed in some places, most of the border should be policed with high-tech monitoring. He toured the border Monday along the southernmost tip of Texas with state and local officials.

“And frankly, the virtual fence is more valuable because it alerts you to people approaching the border, it alerts you to people coming over the border,” Giuliani said, the Rio Grande in the background.

Giuliani said his approach could end illegal immigration within three years.

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By Douglas Chalmers, November 20, 2007 at 1:38 am Link to this comment

“The former New York mayor said that while a physical fence is needed in some places…”

This knid of person has areas “fenced off” in their minds…....

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By waxman, November 19, 2007 at 8:58 pm Link to this comment

MAYBE THIS IS WHAT THIS COUNTRY NEEDS….............RUDY AS PRESIDENT, ALL OF HIS CROOKED BUDDIES IN THE CABINET(WON’T BE HARD TO VETT THEM, THEY ALL HAVE LONG RECORDS) SHIP FT KNOX OFF SHORE, STEAL EVERYTHING OF VALUE, THEN US BROKE LOYAL BASTARDS CAN START OVER AGAIN…

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By PatrickHenry, November 19, 2007 at 7:37 pm Link to this comment

This guy screws up and he gets more press than Ron Paul and Kucinich combined.  Tell me the press isn’t rigged.

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By msgmi, November 19, 2007 at 7:18 pm Link to this comment
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Rudy 9/11 has all the answers. The 9/11 hero perceives himself to be the protector of western civilization and heir supremo to carry out the on-going neo-CON plan for a new world order. There is no better candidate than Rudy 9/11 to fill the shoes of the cerebral GW whose democratic crusade is in full deployment. Rudy 9/11 once ruled NYC as mayor and in 2009 he will rule the USA as the supreme president. He, 9/11, will be the final ingredient for a new world order as purported by one of the original neo-CONS, the current Rudy 9/11 campaign advisor, Norm Podhoretz. The campaign is over, Rudy 9/11 rules.

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By QuyTran, November 19, 2007 at 6:39 pm Link to this comment

First of all he has to mend his sordid personality.

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By thomas billis, November 19, 2007 at 6:02 pm Link to this comment
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Yes he is going to end illegal immigration in three years,bring world peace in 5 years and stop global warming in 6 mos.Is he running for President or beauty queen in South Carolina.This is starting to sound like the interview they used to do with the Playboy Centerfold.There are no simple answers to these complex questions and he knows it.If there is a vitual fence they will get a virtual ladder.

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