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Monday, October 08, 2007
Rudy & Hillary: Frenemies for Life!
Posted by: Matt Lewis at 3:56 PM
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Know what's ironic?  Rudy Giuliani needs Hillary Clinton.  She defines him.  She is, perhaps, the reason to elect him. 

As such, she is not his archenemy, but his nemesis ...

If you're unfamiliar with the nemesis/archenemy distinction, Chuck Klosterman explained it as good as anyone ever has, back in '04.  Here's the difference between the two:

...You kind of like your nemesis, despite the fact that you despise him. If your nemesis invited you out for cocktails, you would accept the offer. If he died, you would attend his funeral and—privately—you might shed a tear over his passing. But you would never have drinks with your archenemy, unless you were attempting to spike his gin with hemlock. If you were to perish, your archenemy would dance on your grave, and then he'd burn down your house and molest your children. You hate your archenemy so much that you try to keep your hatred secret, because you don't want your archenemy to have the satisfaction of being hated.

The truth is that every great person, team, etc. needs a nemesis to achieve their full potential. 

Would Muhammad Ali have been as great without Joe Frazier?  No way!  Would the Red Sox be interesting without the Yankees?  Not to me.

Heck, this phenomenon even works in cartoons.  Without Lex Luthor, Superman is just a dude wearing panty hose.  ... Batman without the Joker?  Puh lease!

To win the nomination, Rudy needs Hillary like the Redskins need the Cowboys.  Ok, way more ...

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roho writes: Monday, October, 08, 2007 4:18 PM
NEMESIS??????
Not hardly. The United States Incorporated does not tolerate that kind of attitude between two distinct Corporate Divisions, working towards a common goal!(Democrats/Republicans). If EITHER Division get's out of control, A.I.P.A.C.(The Parent Company)will pull their funding! Terminations will be rampant, and careers destroyed!..............(Ha-Ha)
SandMan writes: Monday, October, 08, 2007 10:16 PM
Rudy doesn't need a nemesis...
He needs a confessor. He is a liar and a cheat. Don't believe me? Just ask his ex-wife. Or pick up any random NYT paper from during his mayoral term. He was hardly secret about the very public betrayal of his wife (and children) - that woman to whom he had pledged his everlasting fidelity and devotion.

And this is the man who is asking us (total strangers) to place the trust of this nation's highest office in his hands?

"None so blind..."
Paddy Ofurniture writes: Monday, October, 08, 2007 10:35 PM
Rush....
...had a nice line about this I'm told:
Rudy hires neocons....Hillary hires ex-cons.
Jeff H writes: Tuesday, October, 09, 2007 8:50 AM
The Red Sox...
...no longer "need" the Yankees. 2004 took care of that once-and-for-all.
Virginia Patriot writes: Tuesday, October, 09, 2007 10:25 AM
Rudy puts Red states in play

Securing the border and enforcing the law is the only way we get to keep our rule of law, our representative Republic, and our Constitution. We must elect a President who WILL secure the border and enforce the law. If citizenship becomes meaningless, this will no longer be the United States of America.

The so-called "top tier" will not get out the voters necessary for a GOP win. Increasing turnout is the key. Give people something to vote for. Not just the lesser of two evils. Won't work this time. People are fed up with the inundation of illegal aliens. They would come out in droves for the clear choice of D=amnesty or R=enforcement. They will stay home if they both equal amnesty.

There is a huge majority of American citizens waiting for someone to pledge to uphold the laws and secure the borders, let's not ignore them any more.

http://www.gohunter08.com
SGRivette writes: Tuesday, October, 09, 2007 10:38 AM
The Hunter Campaign
Hunter really needs to pay Va Patriot for his constant spamming Hunter campaign stuff on townhall.

;-)

HOGWASH!!!
SonnyJim writes: Tuesday, October, 09, 2007 11:07 AM
Superman is gay
all DC comic heros are fags. Marvel is the home for real superheros.

Spiderman put steel through the his archenemy's guts. Superman keeps putting his in jail instead of ripping his freakin' head off after the dude tried to kill him (several times). What a femme.
PArepublican writes: Wednesday, October, 10, 2007 2:06 PM
Rudy electable??
Was'nt Hillary well ahead of Rudy in the polls when Rudy dropped out of the NY Senate Race.

My piont is NY is Rudy's native state. Hillary came in there and would of beat him, if he did not drop out. Why now is Rudy the guy to beat her. I don't get it.
Rich L. writes: Wednesday, October, 10, 2007 2:48 PM
Batman having drinks with the Joker?
I don't think so! And SonnyJim is correct about the weenie in tights.

Rudy cannot beat Hitlary, no way, no how! She is his nemesis alright, she beats him every time!
Virginia Patriot writes: Wednesday, October, 10, 2007 3:31 PM
SGRivette
Happy to oblige

Republican voters still get to decide who their nominee will be. Money only buys elections when people act like sheep. If 80% of Republicans are indeed seeking a conservative, we can nominate one. Vote in the primaries for Duncan Hunter. The money players won't like it and are trying to convince us only Rudy McRomneyson* can win. Hogwash. They want an open borders candidate. Give Americans a chance to vote for a candidate who WILL secure the border and watch turnout soar. Americans want their government to fulfill it's most basic responsibility.

The primary responsibility of the U.S. government is to protect the territorial integrity and people of this country. They have completely abdicated this responsibility. Both parties have been complicit in this. We are being told it is not possible to control our borders, enforce our laws, and thereby control our destiny as a nation. Hogwash. We are being sold out by corporations intent on importing workers for jobs that can't be exported with the taxpayers paying the true costs, financial and human. If we act like sheep and don't stop the inundation across our borders, we will lose our country without a bleat.

http://www.gohunter08.com
*(h/t portlandmom)
DHulme writes: Thursday, October, 11, 2007 4:50 PM
Landslide situation.........
2008 POTUS ticket consisting of a social conservative and a social liberal(yes, Fred Thompson is a social liberal, but not him). The LGBT (Rockefeller) Republicans are already signalling their intent to social conservatives by actively seeking another social liberal to share the 2008 Republican ticket. It is unquestionable that the social liberals of the Republican and Democrat Party will remain borderline confrontational and narcissistically hostile toward social conservatives of both parties. The winning solution exists as a shared solution. Neurotic individuals have no problem engaging in antisocial behavior. Who will the conservatives support on a shared ticket consisting of a social conservative and a social liberal? Huckabee? Hunter? Tancredo?
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