Hoping for the dumbness of people

Of all the candidates in the 2008 Presidential election, I find Rudy Giuliani to be the most dangerous. Under him, I see USA becoming a police state with his cronies running the country. I do not think Giuliani has any tolerance for ‘nuisances’ like individual rights and world opinion. He will make us wish for our days under George Bush. Until last week, I did not worry about this possibility. The chance of any Republican candidate winning against a Democrat like Hilary Clinton or Barack Obama, looked so slim then. But things have changed dramatically with the mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg, signaling his intention to enter the Presidential race as an Independent candidate. The billionaire Bloomberg has an excellent record of accomplishments as mayor, and his progressive views are quite similar to the Democratic platform. Although he has very little chance of winning the Presidency, Bloomberg will drain a lot of votes from the Democratic candidate, thereby creating the opening for the Republican candidate to slip through. My only hope is that the hard core conservative block of the Republican party will be so dumb to deny Giuliani the Republican nomination, as they do not like his stand on abortion and gay rights!