Where Was This Rudy During the Campaign?

LOL---do you have the stomack to watch these clips???  I am so glad I'm no longer a Republican!!!!!

http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoId=184086

Giuliani did an amazing job last night.  I really hope he stays in politics, and at the very least runs for Governor of New York.   I still don't understand what happened to his campaign, he led all the polls for about a year, until the voting actually started.  He should have made a firewall in New Hampshire, I think he could have beat McCain had he put more time and resources there.  The momentum from New Hampshire would have carried over into Florida, and then Super Tuesday.

I had high hopes for Rudy, and I proudly pulled the lever for him in the primary.  There were only two Republicans that could have won this election, Giuliani and McCain.  I would have preferred Giuliani, I love his toughness and grit, and at the end of the day, I think he would have made a better President than McCain.  I feel conservatives dismissed Giuliani too quickly over the abortion issue.

I would have loved to seen Giuliani go head to head against Obama. 

Full Disclosure, I was a Fred Supporter from the start, and I can't tell you how exasperated I get when I hear "where was THIS Fred (or Rudy) during the campaign?  It's such a ridiculous question, im surprised it's pervasive even in conservative circles.  I never heard anyone ask where was "this" McCain at any point in time during the election  For that matter,  McCain  didn't exhibit any noteworthy "passion" or excitement during the campaign, he simply was himself.  He certainly didn't distinguish himself during the debates, let alone win any of them.  Campaigns are a drawn-out process. You can zero in on any one moment during a candidate's lifecycle and say that it is the sine qua non of the candidate's candidacy, irregardless of any other event from which someone might draw different conclusions.

Fred had a whole host of moments where he displayed the requisite amount of passion, thoughfullness, and zeal throughout the campaign, but the meme became entrenched that he was lazy, disinterested in campaigning, didn't want to work hard, and the media were successful in promulgating the misperception.  I personally think the media and Beltway types could not relate to his drawl and his slow ambling style, and decided to label him as a slow Grandpa who couldnt decide whether he wanted to be President or not. In a word, it was ludicrious, but predictable.  The media targeted the conservative candidates and picked them off one by one.

It's unfortunate that too many people get hung up on style, not substance in this day and age, and expect rah-rah convention style speeches every night on the stump- that simply  isn't realistic.