"Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast" -Oscar Wilde |
"The liberal soul shall be made fat, and he that watereth, shall be watered also himself." -- Proverbs 11:25 |
Former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani glided over his support for gay civil unions and declared heterosexual marriage to be "inviolate" today as he helped raise money for a former leader of the Christian Coalition, Ralph Reed, who is in a tough fight to become lieutenant governor of Georgia.
For Mr. Giuliani, who is considering a run for the presidency in 2008, the trip to Georgia allowed him to pick up a political chit from Mr. Reed that could be useful if and when Mr. Giuliani builds a national coalition that includes evangelical Republicans, who are a core part of Mr. Reed's political base.
Mr. Giuliani was warmly received at a Reed fund-raiser here, though advisers to Mr. Reed noted that most of the donors were moderate Republicans and business people, and that a truer test of Mr. Giuliani's appeal in the South would come in rural counties.
The Giuliani-Reed embrace came five days after another possible Republican candidate in 2008, Senator John McCain, appeared alongside the Rev. Jerry Falwell for a speech at Liberty University, an avowed evangelical institution. Georgia Republicans said that Mr. Giuliani's visit was set weeks ago, though they acknowledged that both he and Mr. McCain were seeking inroads to the southern and religious wings of the party.
I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People For the American Way--all of them who have tried to secularize America--I point the finger in their face and say "you helped this happen."