First of all, welcome to FR. You will soon see that logic and sanity are, at times, thrown by the wayside here to make room for screaming hissyfits. This is one of those times but is nothing compared to the days of Miers and Schiavo. Don't let it prevent you from interacting as most of us do not feel the same way these 100%ers do. They are merely attempting to grab defeat from the jaws of victory yet again. They say people like us sound like DUers when in reality it is their homophobic rantings and bitterness and basic Buchanan-like spewing that keeps the general public wary of anything Republican. Any win for them is a win for the Rats.
I see you have met the "foxhole freepers." To these good folks anyone who isn't to the right of Jesse Helms (one of my favorite people!) just isn't good enough.
Rudy is not only under attack from the far left but the far right. You have earned their derision because you dared to provide us an informed, "other side of the story."
By the way, welcome to Free Republic!