but again what i am saying about giuliani is that he is the best of the rest in that he will be the most feverent supporter of smaller government at home. here is an article comparing the healthcare policies of romney and giuliani–i really do think that romney is completely hollow and that he is not much behind his cool facade.

http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/Story?id=3436959&page=1

At least vote for Romney if you can’t grasp Paul’s message. At least Mitt’s wife and children still love him, and he’s not evil to the core. Giuliani is a shameful human being whereas Romney, though ideologically misguided and a class A panderer, is as wholesome as they come.

I also understand that he is very much a self-promoter and that he has shown a certain authoritarian tendency when fighting crime, in the wake of 9/11, etc. however those cases by and large have to do with the means of running the government and do not relate as much to its ends or to policies.

Additionally, remember that limited government is fundamentally about preserving individual rights, which requires government protection from belligerents foreign and domestic. well, my conclusion is that the areas where Giuliani wants more government generally relate to serving those functions-keeping law and order as well as punishing foreign enemies.

I additionally recognize that Giuliani holds a different view on how to deal with the Islamist threat than most libertarians (neolibertarians, Objectivists, as well as others aside). However his dissention does not represent a departure from libertarian philosophy in that he believes that since we were attacked and since there exists a real and potent threat to our liberties that our government must fight the threat until it is destroyed. Basically Paul and Giuliani have evaluated the threat in two different ways—the former believes that it is created by American intervention and the latter believes that its cause is an ideology that wants Islam to conquer the world—and thus their policies accord.

All I am saying is that Giuliani appears to hold a political philosophy that is closer to a philosophy of limited government than the other frontrunners in his party—Thompson, Romney, McCain.

Eric Dondero, Fmr. Senior Aide
US Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX)
1997-2003

now National Chairman,
Libertarians for Giuliani at http://www.mainstreamlibertarian.com

Giuliani is a police state proto-fascist who has merely co-opted Ron Paul’s rhetoric. Don’t be fooled by Giuliani, he is a corrupt duplicitous authoritarian demagogue bent only on gaining power for himself and his criminal cronies.

Judging from the above, you don’t understand Ron Paul’s positions or ideology if “9/11 Rudy” is seen as a palatable substitute.

There can be no substitute for LIBERTY, no substitute for TRUTH, and no substitute for INTEGRITY.