Word: giuliani
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...racial issues, and they pointed in different directions. In a 1999 case, Gant v. Wallingford Board of Education, Sotomayor would have allowed a 6-year-old African-American student to challenge as racial discrimination his school's decision to demote him from first grade to kindergarten. In Pappas v. Giuliani (2002), Sotomayor would have held that the New York City police department may have violated the First Amendment when it fired a police officer for his racist, anonymous speech. And in Hayden v. Pataki (2006), Sotomayor said that a New York State law barring felons from voting violated the federal...
Before the current p.r. gaffe, Palin's trip to the lower 48 seemed to have been going well; it included an Alaska-themed parade that drew 20,000, a Yankees game with Rudy and Judy Giuliani and a dinner honoring her for the Independent Group Home Living Foundation, a nonprofit that supports people with disabilities. (Palin's fifth child, Trig, has Down syndrome.) "They have been all over the map for the most part since the election," says a former GOP aide who worked with Palin. "But this trip has been smart." Perhaps it seemed that way at first...
...Giuliani was repeatedly depicted as only qualified to fight terrorism, while other strong features of his program were downplayed or overlooked. Though he had an excellent track record of reducing crime, it was his economic ideas that made him seem like a seasoned accountant. He advocated a change of the tax code that would both simplify it and ensure that businesses would not be penalized for operating in the U.S. rather than abroad...
...what the U.S. has done for the Muslims in Bosnia and Kosovo, that he would tell young people in Kandahar how many Muslims died in the World Trade Center, and that “we have done a lousy job of getting our story out.” Giuliani promised to promote U.S.-Muslim exchange programs as president, hoping that the two cultures would find mutual ground and understanding through dialogue...
...making sure that the government works in the people’s best interests. Still mired in the failures of the Bush administration, however, the Republican party has been unable to offer anything like an appealing alternative to the Democratic vision. Hopefully, knowledgeable politicians of the Romney and Giuliani variety will fill this void soon. Republicans, we may not always understand you, but—for the sake of our democracy—we wish you a speedy recovery...