The following explains how they feel and why they cannot understand a candidate that would stand up for our military and the WOT and put social issues off the radar. From one of their leaders of the Anti-Rudy group posted to me tonight:
To think my daughter and son-in-law in the Navy served in a combat zone for voters like this? However much I supported Rudy before, I support him even more after getting that post back to me.
Right. Serving in a combat zone so someone can vote on issues and convictions is bad? I thank them for affording me the opportunity.
It is common courtesy here to ping the person quoted if you use an attributed quote.
Not once have I questioned the War on Terror or the President's plan in Iraq and Afghanistan (or even Iran). Don't take my comment out of context. We are fully Republican conservatives but we will NOT allow a liberal to be forced down our throats.
As for your daughter and son-in-law -- I thank them for serving our country. Rudy Giuliani has nothing to do with them, since he has never led an army or even served any higher office than a municipal mayor. I'm not sure I would want MY child in a combat zone with Giuliani as the Commander-in-Chief.
I used to respect you even when I disagreed with you.
No longer.
How on EARTH is this poster's comment a reflection on his views towards supporting the military? Just because he doesn't think YOUR GUY is the right candidate for the GOP, for reasons that are quite relevant to long-term GOP positions, you have the gall to call to make such a statement about him? Let along the fact that you put his post in large font and can't even exercise the freeper etiquitte to ping him?
Let's see - you also disparged the motives of pro-life organizations earlier - you implied they didn't want to see Roe v. Wade overturned so the donations would keep coming in. You and your ilk are working hard to make Rudy seem more conservative by tearing at the Reagan legacy. You act like Rudy is the only candidate supporting the war when there are several others, including those with a military background and national experience on military matters. You act like Rudy is the only guy who can win when he pulled out of the NY Senate race against the Hildebeast - he's 0-1 in national campaigns. You say he's a law and order guy when he circumvented federal law to maintain NYC's sanctuary city agenda. You seek to deal with valid conservative concerns about Rudy's positions by ripping into those core conservative positions as being stupid or ignorant. And then when it is pointed out that Rudy is pro-gun-control, pro-choice and pro-amnesty, you just say we're unappeasables. In other words, if we don't throw out SEVERAL core conservative positions (as opposed to one or two) to support your guy, we're just hack zealots.
Pathetic. Truly pathetic. If you think that approach is going to win Rudy the GOP nomination, yeah, it could. By rifting the GOP and ensuring a Dem win in 2008.
And then you will just blame the conservatives for your own damn political sell-out.
By the way, I lost a brother in the military. Don't you preach about how I feel about the military. I would support the Pentagon and our military any time.
The you are fools and I'm sure that the Dems will 'feel' for your loss.
BUMP