There are a couple very interesting articles about Rudy Guiliani’s presidential ambitions over at Lifenews.com.

First: “Rudy Guiliani Says He’s Running for President, Abortion a Turnoff”

Rudy Giuliani falls squarely in the pro-abortion camp, though he’s been trying to reassure pro-life voters lately he’s not that bad.

During the CNN interview, he tried to play down his pro-abortion views.

“I am pro-choice, but I am also, as you know, against abortion. Hate abortion. Never liked it,” Giuliani said.

He indicated he thought GOP voters could support him based on other issues.

“There is understanding that you can’t find a candidate you agree with 100 percent of the time,” Giuliani said. “I think they will vote for a candidate based on leadership.”

That was such selected emphasis on my part. I mean, the entire article could be emphasized. To address his last point first, I do not care how well he handled September 11, 2001. It’s over. And I’m not trying to sound crass by saying that. But I feel like we have grown as a country and moved on to slightly more important tasks - such as preventing terrorism rather than dealing with it as it happens. I’ll repeat what I have said before, “America’s Mayor” is not my mayor and he will never be my president.

Now, onto his completely illogical views concerning abortion. Unfortunately, many people hold the same views: “Oh, me? I hate abortion. Terrible stuff. But you know, who am I to impose that on someone else?” I just have one question for those people: Why do you hate abortion? Seriously, what is so wrong with it that you would “hate” it? Yet, what is so right about it that it should still be legal, given the fact that you hate it?

I’ll be a bit presumptuous and answer my own question. People hate abortion because it disgusts them. Deep inside, they recognize that there is something inherently wrong with ending a pregnancy and murdering an unborn child. It is not good for the child, it is not good for the mother, and it is definitely not good for society. It inspires hatred. Whereas this hatred motivates some individuals to fight and speak out against abortion, there are other spineless people that would rather not go through the trouble. Spineless Person #1: Rudy Guiliani. (And that’s assuming that he truly hates abortion.)

The funny thing is, Guiliani really thinks that Republicans will vote for him even though he is radically pro-choice. Here’s where the second article comes into play: “Some GOP Voters Wrongly Think Rudy Guiliani is Pro-Life on Abortion”

A new Fox News poll released yesterday finds that only 42 percent of GOP voters correctly identified Giuliani as pro-abortion. Some 21 percent say he’s pro-life and another 36 percent don’t know where he stands.

Giuliani’s high poll numbers will likely drop once more voters find out he supports abortion.

That’s because the poll showed 46 percent of GOP voters are less likely to support a pro-abortion candidate — with 36% a lot less likely and 10 percent somewhat less likely. Only 22 percent are more likely to support an abortion advocate.

That means nearly half of the people who will make the decision at the ballot box in early 2008 as to who will represent the Republican Party in the next election will be less inclined to back Giuliani and about 60 percent of GOP voters have yet to find out that he supports abortion.

Those numbers could be why Giuliani has been soft-peddling his pro-abortion stance in recent media interviews.

During a CNN interview this week where he said he was definitely running for president, he tried to play down his pro-abortion views.

“I am pro-choice, but I am also, as you know, against abortion. Hate abortion. Never liked it,” Giuliani said.

I just had to keep the “hate abortion” quote again. It’s priceless, really. But I hope that the analysis here is correct, that GOP voters really don’t know how pro-abortion Guiliani really is. That would make sense, given that I firmly believe there is no possibility of a pro-choice Republican winning the presidency. I guess we will see.

For now, I suppose we will let Guiliani go on not liking abortion, yet doing nothing about it. I, on the other hand, will go on not liking Guiliani and doing my darndest to tell everyone about it.