[defconw]

I feel fairly safe in saying that Rudy wouldn't want your vote, not if it means he has to become some kind of mind numbed automaton that has to parrot conservative talking points in order to get your vote. Rudy is flesh and blood. A real human being. A good man, and a strong leader. He has a brain and he knows how to use it.

One thing is for certain, he's been out in the arena and has the wounds to show it. Some bomb thrower on Free Republic can't take that from him. Rudy is a patriot and I would be proud if he were my President. At least I would be able to know that if some Islamo-facist tried to blow me up, he would do everything in his power to prevent it.

[Peisistratus]

"I feel fairly safe in saying that Rudy wouldn't want your vote, not if it means he has to become some kind of mind numbed automaton that has to parrot conservative talking points in order to get your vote."

If he's not a conservative in fact, I'd rather him not parrot things he doesn't believe in. If Rudy wins the nomination, he'll lose the Presidency.

"A good man, and a strong leader. He has a brain and he knows how to use it."

None of this is proven to the country at large.

"At least I would be able to know that if some Islamo-facist tried to blow me up, he would do everything in his power to prevent it."

He made NYC a sanctuary city before a bunch of visa-violators attacked the WTC....