Rudy and the Republican Nomination

http://www.joinrudy2008.com/News/DocumentPrint.aspx?DocumentID=19580 ^ | 2 Feb 2007 | Brent Seaborn, Strategy Director

[onyx]

That's when we eviscerate one another.

[dirtboy]

It'll be popcorn time. I think it's a huge nothing. Time will tell

Well, look at how the Dems got a lot of mileage out of the Foley scandal, even though they've spent a lot of effort selling the general public on the notion that what Foley did should be taught to third-graders as acceptable behavior.

[Admin Moderator]

I'm surprised that a ruling should be needed here.

Indeed. Use your judgment, we'll use ours.

[Howlin]

LOL. I've got REAMS of them, believe me.

Not from you though. Yours was shockingly nice! :-)

[dirtboy]

Indeed. Use your judgment, we'll use ours.

Well, the question has been raised - should freepmails adhere to forum standards regarding profanity, implied profanity, and/or personal attacks? I've always understood that to be the case. Maybe I'm mistaken, then, since Howlin has said otherwise.

[onyx]

Let's get PKM's opinion.

PKM -- Rudy in COSTUME raising money for charities is going to be a huge negative hit on him IF he's the nominee?

I say, no.

dirtboy says yes.

Tie breaker goes to you.

[dirtboy]

Tie breaker goes to you.

Tie breaker goes to the voters.

[Blackirish]

So what? He did this in public and I doubt he has any regrets.

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The pics have already been on the cover of the National Review yet Rudy keeps nailing down the nomination....it's just killing the RudyHaters!

[TheSpottedOwl]

Hunter shows some promise on true conservative standards. He needs to get wider exposure to be a viable candidate, and his wife should help him with his wardrobe. Look what they said about Nixon and his 5 O'Clock shadow. Petty, but that's how it goes.

[WalterSkinner]

IMHO, have a common denominator: A FReeper who tries to hijack FreeRepublic.com as his personal venue of leadership or fame, or is dead set on insinuating his or her view on all others and "destroying" or excluding infidels. Seems such a thing never fails to bring a withering assault of flaming posts as all guns are brought to bear, to the consternation of whatever followers said FReeper may have managed to gather to him or herself. I'll name no names, but there have been a couple of Flame Wars that were doozies. At times it was hard to keep up with all the opuses. =)

..from the FR Dictionary

[dmw]

I'm surprised, as a few others are as well, that none of the Rudybots are over here on this thread http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1778399/posts defending Rudy's decision not to classify himself as a republican when filing his papers. Come on over you Rudybots and tell us what you're gonna do if Rudy runs as an independent.

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1778399/posts

[onyx]

You'd think that posters here who are serial spamming the pics would know that, but they're acting like they've hit the Mother Lode.

[You Dirty Rats]

I must be lucky -- I've never received a profane freepmail or one that personally attacked me. I did receive an obscene e-mail from a couple of the Desperate Housewives who wanted to meet me at a Holiday Inn if I would wear a flight suit and a George W. Bush mask, but I'm a gentleman and wouldn't say who they are.

[PhiKapMom]

Buchanan/Keyes versus Bush flame wars got really nasty and lot of name calling. This is mild, very mild compared to those days. Bunch of lies posted over and over again and when you posted facts, they got really nasty. That's when we were all on dial-up and took forever to post.

In the Recall threads we had the same thing as social conservatives, some of them on this thread, came after all of us for daring to support Arnold against Gray Davis. It got so bad one night that one of the guys told me in Freep Mail to quit posting as he was afraid we were going to be banned and he took over what I was saying. Some of the same group were whining then too.

These are tame compared to those threads. Back in those days you had to be able to take it and also dish it out or you would be clobbered. I don't use profanity in real life so I haven't used it on here.

This is kumbaya compared to those days!

Get a good night's sleep -- tomorrow is another day for finding more good info on Rudy!

[Fierce Allegiance]

Thanks. I'm glad you remembered that. You can ask a couple of the rudy fans and you'll see my freepmails are all like that. If I have something to say, it will be in forum.

I like FR, and don't want the boot. Using freepmail to taunt is way wrong imo, and if it were my forum, I would never tolerate any abuse of it. To me, it's like going into someones house to taunt them, whereas in forum, it's like doing it out in the street.

[PerConPat]

I'll go for anyone except McCain. I'll sit out before I'll vote for him...

As I see it, this would be the worst scenario that has any chance of presenting itself for me...facing a McCain nomination. I parted with friends because of his (McCain's) antics in 2000. The back and forth tonight on this thread may have given comfort to the McCainiacs. The Hunter faction slugging it out with the Giuliani backers could eventually escalate into a blessing for McCain.

[PhiKapMom]

ROFLOL! That was a good one!

[Howlin]

It's against forum rules to bring disagreements from thread to thread.

And it's against forum rules to troll.

At least it use to be.

[dirtboy]

I'm surprised, as a few others are as well, that none of the Rudybots are over here on this thread http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1778399/posts defending Rudy's decision not to classify himself as a republican when filing his papers.

I think we can get after Rudy's past positions, quite frankly, and debate whether those are consistent with someone who can unify the party AND win the election.

I have no idea what the relative significance of a paperwork issue means to the destiny of the Republic.

[dirtboy]

I'm a gentleman and wouldn't say who they are.

You're so damn boooring...