By R J Shulman
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – In a sometimes heated debate, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romeny assailed front runner Rudy Giuliani by saying that the former New York mayor not only didn’t hate immigrants enough to qualify as a Republican, but had a last name that hinted that he must have descended from immigrants.
Guiliani quickly shot back, “so’s your old man. Besides I’ve got family values that will make an offer your family values can’t refuse.”
“You made New York a sanctuary for those foreigners,” responded Romney. Guiliani answered by saying, “It was not a sanctuary for illegal immigrants to hide in. I made New York a sanctuary for my police chief to have a tryst with his honeys.”
Senator John McCain, whose campaign has been damaged by his support for immigration legislation said, “I am in favor of securing Borders, as well as Hastings, Sam Goody, Brentanos and any other place selling unpatriotic books that say it is not safe in Iraq.”
Meanwhile, former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson asked, “where in the hell is craft services, I’m hungry.” He noted that he didn’t have to wait so long for food and breaks on the set of Law and Order.
The other main issue that was discussed by the candidates was the rights of unborn children. “It looks like the GOP race is all about who loves the fetus most and who hates the Mexicans more,” said political analyst William Pepe. “The question I have,” said Pepe, “is where does that leave a Mexican fetus?”