I find that to be pretty sad, actually. There are few things online more bothersome than when someone mistakes an intense debate for personal disdain. I can get intense at times, and the few times people mistaked me for being a jerk, I felt legitimately bad.
You're dead wrong about the "liberal" posters being the problem. It's always been the purists and the third party advocates
Again, look at the Thompson posts from the last week. There is NOT ONE "purist" trashing him. The people that are trashing him are the Rudy fans. As I mentioned earlier, I'd be more than happy to go toe-to-toe with ANYONE bashing Fred at this point, but I have not seen anyone from any camp other than Rudy's doing this.
people who put their pet issues before the good of the country. Their ever changing pet issues. I count you as one of them.
I never change my pet issues. My core issues have always been maximizing personal liberty with an emphasis on the 2nd Amendment. Does that make me at least a little better in your book? :-)
If all goes right, this whole discussion will be a moot point in a few weeks. Once Fred gets in, I look forward to working along side of you. I haven't dealt with you much over the years here, but I do remember our exchanges being pleasant and going away from them thinking that you're a pretty cool chick.
If you check out my freeper profile page, I explain this a bit more in depth.
Allow me to amend this sentence too. The people that are trashing him are a small-minority of Rudy fans.