......what's the beef? 
RUDY DRAGGED DOWN By IAN BISHOP, Post Correspondent
March 3, 2007 -- WASHINGTON - Rudy Giuliani's liberal stance on abortion, guns and gays wasn't his biggest problem yesterday as he addressed a conference of conservative activists - it was his having dressed in drag.
A whisper campaign targeting the front-running GOP White House contender's cross-dressing stunts at gala political dinners in New York and on "Saturday Night Live" was the hot topic among right-leaning activists.
"A lot of people are talking about it. It's not respectable. They use it as a way to highlight all of his other shortcomings," Las Vegas conservative Bruce Feher told The Post.
Giuliani, who addressed the key gathering yesterday, may top national GOP presidential polls, but conservatives already uneasy with Giuliani's positions on social issues were latching on to his gags as a drag queen.
"Can you think of any president - even Clinton - or another candidate wearing a dress on several occasions? It's unpresidential. It's not a secret, but a lot of people don't know about it, and it's only going to get more attention," said Florida GOPer Gregg Shore.
"It lends credence to the belief that he's not conservative."
"It wouldn't be an issue if it weren't for the fact that his views on every conservative value weren't so far to the left. But it resonates here," said Georgia conservative Justin Lewis Wight.
Anti-Giuliani Republicans also circulated newspaper clips accusing America's Mayor of appointing left-leaning judges.
Giuliani received ovations from the capacity crowd at the Omni Shoreham hotel in D.C. - and garnered loud cheers when he talked tough on terrorism.
Giuliani took a veiled shot at Hillary Rodham Clinton by mocking her tortured refusal to admit to liberal voters that her vote for the Iraq war was a mistake.
Explaining his mayoral missteps in reforming the city's schools, "I made mistakes. I'm going to admit them and apologize for them," Giuliani said to only scattered guffaws.
"Some people got it," he quipped.
ian.bishop@nypost.com
RUDY DRAGGED DOWN By IAN BISHOP, Post Correspondent
March 3, 2007 -- WASHINGTON - Rudy Giuliani's liberal stance on abortion, guns and gays wasn't his biggest problem yesterday as he addressed a conference of conservative activists - it was his having dressed in drag.
A whisper campaign targeting the front-running GOP White House contender's cross-dressing stunts at gala political dinners in New York and on "Saturday Night Live" was the hot topic among right-leaning activists.
"A lot of people are talking about it. It's not respectable. They use it as a way to highlight all of his other shortcomings," Las Vegas conservative Bruce Feher told The Post.
Giuliani, who addressed the key gathering yesterday, may top national GOP presidential polls, but conservatives already uneasy with Giuliani's positions on social issues were latching on to his gags as a drag queen.
"Can you think of any president - even Clinton - or another candidate wearing a dress on several occasions? It's unpresidential. It's not a secret, but a lot of people don't know about it, and it's only going to get more attention," said Florida GOPer Gregg Shore.
"It lends credence to the belief that he's not conservative."
"It wouldn't be an issue if it weren't for the fact that his views on every conservative value weren't so far to the left. But it resonates here," said Georgia conservative Justin Lewis Wight.
Anti-Giuliani Republicans also circulated newspaper clips accusing America's Mayor of appointing left-leaning judges.
Giuliani received ovations from the capacity crowd at the Omni Shoreham hotel in D.C. - and garnered loud cheers when he talked tough on terrorism.
Giuliani took a veiled shot at Hillary Rodham Clinton by mocking her tortured refusal to admit to liberal voters that her vote for the Iraq war was a mistake.
Explaining his mayoral missteps in reforming the city's schools, "I made mistakes. I'm going to admit them and apologize for them," Giuliani said to only scattered guffaws.
"Some people got it," he quipped.
ian.bishop@nypost.com
