Republican Candidate's Makes Simple Point: He's Not Hillary Clinton

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) _ Rudy Giuliani made a simple case for his presidential candidacy Saturday to a national convention of Republican women: He's not Hillary Clinton. <br/><br/>Speaking to a

Saturday, September 29th 2007, 8:06 pm

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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) _ Rudy Giuliani made a simple case for his presidential candidacy Saturday to a national convention of Republican women: He's not Hillary Clinton.

Speaking to a GOP organization devoted to getting women elected, Giuliani hammered on the Democratic front-runner and said he deserved their support.

He elicited laughs as he dismissed Clinton's calls for universal health coverage as ``Hillarycare'' and pooh-poohed her proposal to give every American-born child a $5,000 college bond.

The former New York mayor drew sustained applause when he described Clinton's response to a recent question about Iran as incomprehensible.

Throughout, he sought to undermine her appeal as a woman candidate.

``American people decide who they want as president based on who they think the right person is for the country, not whether someone is a man or a woman or a different race,'' Giuliani told an audience of more than 1,500 women.

``We have a record that's very, very proud and very long of making certain that women participate on a full and complete and equal basis with men,'' he said.

The Clinton campaign had no immediate comment.