"I'm still trying to figure out why there are so many Rudy supporters here."
***That caught me by surprise as well. I think part of it is our own making. Liberals go on over to DU and they get emotionally hacked to pieces, then they wander over here and freepers are generally very nice people. You can disagree all day and not get banned. So they stick around because it feels comfortable. But they forget what motivated the whole setup in the first place and they don't value some things as much as socons do.
Many of the Rudy supporters simply agree with Rudy on the issues and have trouble seeing why we can't just let it slide on such little issues as... (fill_in_the_blank).
I've talked to a few Rudy supporters before and I have yet to hear a single one of them give a real answer to his liberal stances on important issues. As you said, they're willing to let it slide.
The best I've heard is that these social issues "aren't important right now in this time of war." After all, we need a tough leader who will save us from Islam, right?
But to be honest, I'd think that social issues would be important during war times more than ever. We're fighting wars over PRINCICPLES...our purpose of fighting to stand up for what's right.
PRINCICPLES = PRINCIPLES. Pardon the spelling error.