What a great letter! I saw impressive efforts by animal rescuers after 9/11 and Katrina. I wonder how many people died by deciding to stay with their pets, and how many animals perished on their own.

I've heard rumors that Rudy is interested in greening NYC, maybe there's hope.

I liked the letter - beautifully written!

Posted by: Maya, C.V.T. | February 1, 2008 04:03 PM

Maybe Rudy can clue the Republican party in to the fact that they are losing voters because too many Republicans support animal abuse.

When Wisconsin Republican Jim Sensenbrenner (who was chairman of the House Judiciary Committee at the time!!!) actually got into bed with dog fighters and helped protect them from legislation, the Republicans have a problem.

http://sensenbrennerwatch.blogspot.com/2007/08/sensenbrenner-cut-michael-vick-break.html

Because Sensenbrenner colluded with dog fighters, Michael Vick's charges were far less than they would have been.

There are some Democrats that support animal abusers, but overall it's the Republicans that are the worst.

Part of the problem is that too many Republicans blindly follow the dictates of the farming industry, which supports and promotes every kind of animal abuse under the sun (even puppy mills and dog fighting.)

Posted by: kelly | February 1, 2008 05:17 PM

Rudy Giuliani is insane.

Posted by: Brandon Becker | February 1, 2008 05:47 PM

Kelly

ARAs make only a minority of the voters.

Why does PETA always pick the wrong people to represent them?

Posted by: Caboose | February 2, 2008 12:26 PM

I doubt he'll do it after the milk advertisment against him. But then again, you never know.

Posted by: Ryan | February 2, 2008 04:32 PM

Republicans and Democrats support cruelty to animals .
AETA

Posted by: mike | February 3, 2008 12:21 PM

How about telling all those red state Republican voters to stop hunting and grilling steak on grills. Honestly, I moved from a Blue state to a Red and it is quite shocking the cultural difference. Animals barely enter one's consciousness in a Red state. How about John Edwards for this post?

Posted by: Jim | February 3, 2008 08:36 PM

I can think of some awful TERRORISTS in New York that need to be done away with. Maybe he could finally address them? Its a long shot but good to see Peta trying to enlist him against the TERRORISTS that torture poor animals. New York is full of really awful terrorists like HLS and Columbia and others. Actually, try to point out to him exactly why they are terrorists, just like al qaeda and the nazis. So many of these torturers are just like those infamous enemies, as far as their VICTIMS are concerned!

Posted by: stoptorture | February 3, 2008 09:50 PM

Jim,

I moved from a red state to a blue and didn't see much difference. I knew of only a handful of vegetarians in the red state and haven't met many in the blue. Everyone eats at steakhouses in the blue state, and most people who own pets work long hours and leave the pets locked up alone all that time each day. I'm not sure what blue state you could have moved from to have seen such stark cultural differences in terms of eating meat or thinking about animals. Where I am, the only difference is that the blue staters get more of their meat from factory farming than from hunting.

Posted by: Ashes | February 5, 2008 10:42 AM