Someone once famously said that consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. If that’s true, then Rudy Giuliani’s head must be bigger than it already appears.
As we already know, "Mr. Leadership" declined to take a stand on the Confederate Flag siting state's rights (where have weheard that before?). Well, s it turns out, the dog killer's husband used to have an opinion.
Giuliani called Gov. David Beasley "courageous" for his efforts to remove the flag from the top of the state's capitol building.
From the New York Daily News on 9/3/98:
During his visit, the mayor also praised Beasley, who is leading a controversial bid to permanently remove the Confederate flag from the capitol dome. Those involved in that effort, Giuliani said, took "a very courageous stand . . . at great political risk." "There is disagreement in South Carolina," the mayor said, noting that local Republicans tried and failed to have the flag moved to a Confederate museum, "and South Carolina has to work that out."
A New York Post news brief from the day reported this:
"COLUMBIA, S.C. - Mayor Giuliani, venturing into the Deep South on another of his "non-presidential" swings, yesterday urged South Carolina to remove the Confederate flag from atop its state capitol."
Again I say that it is amaing the lengths these guys will go to in order to satisfy a sliver of the electorate in order to cover up their past moderation. Truth is the first casualty of being a Republican.