Thursday, November 08, 2007

"If I Was Going to Try to Fool Them, I Would Just Change My Positions"   [Byron York]

After the news conference announcing the Pat Robertson endorsement yesterday, I sat down with Rudy Giuliani to discuss the foundation of Giuliani's appeal to social conservatives: his pledge to appoint strict conservatives to the federal courts.  The problem, I said, is that some conservatives just don't believe him:

"I don't understand why," Giuliani told me.  "Because look, if I was going to try to fool them, I would just change my positions.  I would just fool them, right?  I'm not suggesting anybody else has done that.  So I think people should have the sense that I'm straight with them.  And if they just look at my history and background, who do they think I'm going to appoint?  All of my friends, all of the people I've associated with, all the people I respect, the vast majority of them would fall into the category of conservative thinkers, conservative lawyers, and strict constructionist judges."

Giuliani also talked at some length about his strategy for the upcoming Republican primaries and caucuses, and I'll have that story tomorrow. 

11/08 06:57 AMShare