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Rudy Giuliani
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Sunday January 13, 2008
In First for Campaign, Rudy Attends Church
ABC News reports that Rudy Giuliani spoke to a Hispanic evangelical congregation this morning in Miami, apparently his first church visit of the race:
Saying that "faith can transform lives," Giuliani told parishioners that running for president of the United States "is a marathon, not a sprint. And in may ways it’s a test of strength and a test of faith. The Bible reminds us, Joshua 10:25, 'Fear not, be strong, and of good courage.' That is the way to face the future.”(Giuliani, who is facing off against five major Republican challengers, did not quote from the next verse in Joshua, which describes Joshua smiting five kings, slaying them, and hanging them on five trees until the evening.)
“So I am not coming here to ask for your vote," Giuliani said. "This is not the right place. I am coming here to ask you of something, very special, very important: I am asking for your prayers.”
Three months ago, Giuliani might have thought that the greatest threats to his candidacy were former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and former Sen. Fred Thompson, R-Tenn., none of whom have been embraced en masse by conservative Christian voters.
But then came the Huckaboom. According to an Associated Press poll from the end of December, 54% of conservative evangelicals who attend church weekly switched their preference of candidate in November and 61 percent of the switchers moved to former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, a fellow evangelical and Baptist minister.
God-o-Meter is declining to raise Giuliani's reading only because it realizes he shouldn't have been as high as seven for so long.
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Wednesday December 19, 2007
Giuliani Christmas Ad Not a Response to Huck's
When God-o-Meter saw Rudy Giuliani sitting Mike Huckabee-like by a Christmas tree and donning a Huckabeesque red sweater in his new "Holiday Wishes" ad, it naturally thought Giuliani was copping a play from the former Arkansas Governor's playbook. But Giuliani spokesperson Maria Comella tells God-o-Meter that's not the case: "[The ad] was taped several weeks ago at the same time as several other ads. So it’s not inspired or in reaction to Huckabee’s spot." Unlike Huckabeee's Christmas spot, Giuliani's makes no explicit mention of Christ's birth and features no cross-like imagery. God-o-Meter is raising his rating anyway.
Filed Under: ad, Christmas, Mike Huckabee, Republicans, Rudy Giuliani
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Tuesday December 11, 2007
Giuliani Thinks Gay Acts are Sinful?
Sure, the socially moderate Rudy Giuliani has tweaked his social positions to appeal to religious conservatives. He's come out in support for parental notification laws on abortion and for the Hyde amendment, which bars federal funding of abortions. But God-o-Meter found this one hard to swallow: an enthusiastic supporter of gay rights, Giuliani suggested on last Sunday's Meet the Press that he thinks homosexual acts are sinful.
Here's the somewhat convoluted exchange between Russert and Giuliani, courtesy of The New York Times' Caucus blog:
Giuliani was asked... if he agreed with the statement made in 1992 by a rival for the Republican presidential nomination, Mike Huckabee, about homosexuality being “an aberrant, unnatural, and sinful lifestyle.”“No,” Mr. Giuliani replied. “I don’t believe it’s sinful.” But he then said something that puzzled and concerned some gay rights groups.
“My moral views on this come from the, you know, from the Catholic Church, and I believe that homosexuality, heterosexuality, as a way that somebody leads their life is not, isn’t sinful,” said Mr. Giuliani, who as New York mayor temporarily moved in with two gay roommates after he separated from his wife. “It’s the acts — it’s the various acts that people perform that are sinful, not the orientation that they have.”
Mr. Giuliani added: “I’ve had my own sins that I’ve had to confess.”
The Times sought a clarification, but the Giuliani campaign declined. God-o-Meter can't help but wonder whether Giuliani misspoke or whether he really feels this way. And, if he does, whether he's told the gay couple the then-New York Mayor lived with when his divorce proceedings forced him from Gracie Mansion.
Filed Under: casting stones, Catholic, gay rights, Republicans, Rudy Giuliani
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Sunday November 25, 2007
Giuliani's Catholic Upbringing
Does it strike anyone other than God-o-Meter as ironic that the Republican candidate most at odds with religious conservatives has a strict moral sensibility shaped by a serious Catholic upbringing? This week's Newsweek profile of Rudy Giuliani makes a few...Filed Under: Catholicism, Republicans, Rudy Giuliani
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Thursday November 22, 2007
Evangelical Leader Hits Rudy on Judges
God-o-Meter has said it before. But it may have more political punch coming from Family Research Council president Tony Perkins, one of the most influential religious conservatives in Washington. In an op-ed in today's Politico, Perkins notes that there's a...Filed Under: abortion, casting stones, evangelical, Republicans, Rudy Giuliani, Tony Perkins
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Monday November 19, 2007
More Catholic Trouble for Rudy?
Newsweek reports that a small, orthodox subset of the Catholic vote is mobilizing against Rudy Giuliani. Not much new there, but God-o-Meter thought the vows of various Catholic bishops' vows to deny Giuliani the Eucharist were noteworthy, particularly after last...Filed Under: abortion, casting stones, Catholic Bishops, Catholicism, Republicans, Rudy Giuliani
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Wednesday November 7, 2007
Robertson Backs Giuliani
The battle among GOP candidates vying for Christian right allegiance is taking another surprise turn with Rudy Giuliani picking up the endorsement of 700 Club host Pat Robertson. Here is Robertson's statement as released by the Giuliani campaign: It is...Filed Under: 700 Club, Christian Coalition, endorsement, Giuliani, Pat Robertson, presidency, Republican
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Thursday November 1, 2007
Half of GOP Evangelicals May Reject Giuliani
God-o-Meter doesn't know whether to say that it's shocked or that it told you so: a new poll from The Pew Research Center shows that 55-percent of all Republican evangelical voters would consider backing a third-party candidate in a presidential...Filed Under: casting stones, Democrat, evangelicals, HIllary Clinton, Republican, Rudy Giuliani
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Wednesday October 31, 2007
Gary Bauer Offers Giuliani Carrots and Sticks
Culture warrior Gary Bauer seems to throw down the gauntlet on Rudy Giuliani in this morning's Politico, claiming that A) Giuliani's rightward shift on abortion is a flip-flop and B) he needs to do a lot more to improve his...Filed Under: abortion, casting stones, Gary Bauer, Giuliani, judges, Republican, Supreme Court
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Wednesday October 31, 2007
Rudy Cuddles Up To Huckabee
Rudy Giuliani may not be courting conservative evangelical activists like James Dobson or Tony Perkins, but he is reaching out to the religious conservatives in the GOP presidential pack. Days after sitting down for a long talk with ex-candidate Sam...Filed Under: Brownback, casting stones, evangelical, Giuliani, Huckabee, religious conservatives, Republican
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Friday October 26, 2007
Brownback Inches Closer to Rudy
Thursday October 25, 2007
Brownback Flirts With Giuliani
Wednesday October 24, 2007
Giuliani Gets Love from Medved
Saturday October 20, 2007
Giuliani Pitches Values Voters
Thursday October 18, 2007
Falwell Won't Introduce Giuliani
Filed Under: casting stones, Family Research Council, Giuliani, Jerry Falwell, Jonathan Falwell, Republican, Values Voter Summit
Monday October 15, 2007
Novak: Giuliani May Win Evangelicals
Tuesday October 9, 2007
Giuliani Joins Values Voter Summit
Monday October 8, 2007
Third Party Threat Against Giuliani Gets Teeth
Friday October 5, 2007
Giuliani on Evangelical Threat: Don't Worry, Be Honest
Thursday October 4, 2007
Giuliani to Christian Right: At Least I'm Honest
Monday October 1, 2007
Dobson & Co. Mull 3rd-Party Candidate
Monday September 3, 2007
Rudy still pro-choice. Evangelicals still pro-Rudy
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God-o-Meter blogger Dan Gilgoff is Beliefnet's Politics Editor. A former political correspondent for U.S. News & World Report, he is author of The Jesus Machine: How James Dobson, Focus on the Family, and Evangelical America are Winning the Culture War.
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