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Bush and Guiliani share the loyalty uber alles trait, among others, and I think history tells us it is an identifying characteristic of some of the worst dictators the world has endured. Guiliani's Roman Catholicism is his cultural and ethnic history and means little to him as a guiding moral force. Evidence his three wives.
But standing by an old friend in trouble is admirable, and while I have precious little good to say about Emperor Rudy, I do respect that about him up to a point. Both he and the priest seem to have situational morals, as does Romney, with the end justifying the means their primary guiding principle.
Guiliani as president would merely administer the coup de gras to our country. We are already bleeding from our arteries, and if we survive Bush, assuming we do, we will be ripe for a finishing blow. Guiliani could be just the man for the job.
