http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/013/370rvrau.asp
I see that thread. I haven't gotten to it yet. Frankly, if there's a connection from Rudy to NAMBLA, that would trump anything else going on in politics today, so this litmus test thing is likely to be more heat than light. If I post about the split there, I'll try to remember to ping you so that we can carry that conversation on over there.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1794672/posts
Let's Make a Deal - Social conservatives, Rudy Giuliani, and the end of the litmus test.
The Weekly Standard ^ | March 12, 2007 | Noemie Emery
Posted on 03/03/2007 1:05:48 PM PST by gpapa
Al, I read the article, and there is a lot of interesting food for thought there. But the one element missing from it, as with a lot of "inside the Beltway" thinking, is that the average God-fearing sooial conservative is going to look at Rudy and is NOT going to be motivated to the ballot box-- in an election where the Dimorats will be hungry as heck to defeat the party of Bush, the person they hate the very most. This person is not privy to the glad-handing and $1000-a-plate dinners and smoky back rooms of GOP compromise.
And if Rudy does get the nod, expect the MSM to open up the hype floodgates on the cross-dressing and the gay stuff -- oh, not condemning of course (wink) but how it's a big change, how will this play in the South, does this mean gay marriage is A-OK for the GOP. A big reason why 2004 was so successful was getting the church-going to the voting booth via marriage-saving initiatives. If that's tried again in 2008, with Rudy you will have a top-of-the-ticket candidate that denies everything those initiatives stand for-- not only in public policy but with his philandering and divorcing ways. And if Rudy runs, you better pray that Hitlery with her motivational negatives gets the primary nod, because nothing else with get our people motivated with enough strength to win this.
All the Rudy folks keep saying that he is the pragmatic choice. He is everything but pragmatic, and ultimately with this sellout of core conservative values a Rudy candidacy will doom the party of Reagan to lose its share of power-- as well as its very soul.