[Jim Noble]

Lead by example and via the bully pulpit for starters. Hire and or appoint only capable men and women of high moral character to government positions. Appoint originalists to the judiciary. Fight for the conservative small government (constitutional) position on all issues. Secure and defend the nation and our national sovereignty. Defend life and liberty for ourselves and our posterity. Pull in conservative members of congress on his coattails. Leave the nation in much better shape than it was when he came in.

There is only one candidate in either party who has demonstrated, through prior executive experience, that he is capable of doing most of these things, and in the teeth of hysterical leftist opposition, to boot.

Only one candidate who has left his area of operations in better shape than when he was first elected.

Only one.

I grew up in New York, and my whole family is still there. It's clear that I and others cannot convey here the scale of the profoundly conservative changes that occurred there from 1993-2001, but they were real, they were profound, and most of them endure despite the maladministration of Bloomberg.

I'm going to bow out of the Rudy threads, but suggest that those of you who still have an open mind on this topic not sign on to anti-Rudyism just yet.

Liberals don't do the things he did in NYC. They just don't.

[harrowup]

Would a conservative platform focusing on victory in the war, national security, national defense, securing the borders, deporting illegal aliens, sound fiscal policy and defense of life, liberty, property and individual rights be a winner over Hillary's treasonous platform of surrender, weakness, open borders, socialist fiscal policies, "abortion rights," "gay rights," global warming, continued government abuses and subversion of our rights to freedom of religion, freedom of speech, right to keep and bear arms and private property rights?

No. You cannot insist on your rights while restricting the rights of others. As long as any candidate expouses such silliness the voters will reject same.

The religious right cannot continue to insist on moral superiority when they are contaminated by the likes of Ralph Reed, Gingrich, DeLay and Abramoff among others thrown out last November.

If conservatives ever want to sit at the table again then they are going to have to learn some manners and be willing to accept portions of their desires.

If conservatives continue to be anti-everything then they will continue to sit on the sidelines.

The Republican Party is not The Conservative Party but it is more conservative than the Democrats. And, you might remember there are still quite a few conservative Democrats who are a hell of a lot lonlier than any liberal Republican.

You would do well to note Jim Noble's fine commentary on the facts of life in the big city:

I grew up in New York, and my whole family is still there. It's clear that I and others cannot convey here the scale of the profoundly conservative changes that occurred there from 1993-2001, but they were real, they were profound, and most of them endure despite the maladministration of Bloomberg.
... Liberals don't do the things he did in NYC. They just don't.