[Pistolshot]

Someone FINALLY gets it about Rudy. I would hope the rest of the 'Rudy can beat Hillary" crowd get the point.

It's about CORE values, and Rudy is nowhere near the real Republican core values.

[rhc2000]

What does a candidate who believes in all the "core values" get you in the general election? 40-44% of the vote and that ain't gonna cut it in 2008. Pick your battles my friend as losing in 2008 is not a pleasant thought.

[Obadiah]

That's the point. Why should I vote for Rudy? He doesn't share my values. Oh, I should vote for him because he's better than Hillary? Have you thought of the irreparable damage this asymmetrical "Republican" President could foist upon us?

In my mind, Hillary as an opponent is better to combat than a Republican Trojan horse Rudy presidency.

[poobear]

"It's about CORE values, and Rudy is nowhere near the real Republican core values."

So let's just stay home like we did last November and hand not only the House and Senate BACK to the Socialists but suffer another Clinton administration for 8 years.

Yeah, we'll teach them like we did in 1992 and 1996.

If Duncan Hunter could beat Hillary by winning the Primaries great, I'll vote for him. At this point I'll vote for anyone who has a chance at beating her. The moderates will vote for Rudy and that could be the turning point.

[sine_nomine]

Rush L. has quite a following in this country. Conservative radio dominates AM. Liberal talk radio is almost invisible , or should I say inaudible. Free Republic has the most participants of any website in its genre. Nevertheless, the traditional views of Americans seem to be losing at every point.

We are being overwhelmed by homosexual activism, abortion on demand, justification for a massive illegal invasion, surrender to terrorists, etc.

I was fooled into voting for Bush Sr. and W. I have trouble deciding which one is more treacherous. I suppose G. H. W. Bush gadding about with Clinton really decides that one. Any leader of any persuasion who can befriend that criminal is void of conscience.

I would vote for Rudy against Lady Macbeth, but count me as one who has been left in the cold by the GOP. The RINO Senate is made up of capons and geldings.

If we do not get a peaceful revolution in the GOP, we will have a complete collapse into Left wing activism as the norm, Mexifornia as the ideal socialist state.

[redgirlinabluestate]

It's about CORE values....

Regarding your tagline - Condi 2008.

You realize that she is pro-choice? Does that affect your core values assessment or does it only apply to some people?

http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/mar/05031401.html

[wouldntbprudent]

Rudy may not be near some people's core *moral* values, but he is fairly aligned with Republican core values, key being that Republicanism is a political philosophy, not a morality or theology.

[capt. norm]

It's about CORE values, and Rudy is nowhere near the real Republican core values.

Your kind of thinking got us a Dem congress and senate.....and now you want to extend it to the presidential election in 2008?

If you're waiting for the perfect candidate, it's never going to happen. It's always a choice of the lesser of evils.

[arthurus]

Giuliani is a law-and-order Liberal.

[juliej]

I hope that Rudy denounces his pro abortion views. He used to be pro life - come back, Rudy!