1. You either want to advance conservatism or you don't.
2. I'm not friendly to leftists.
If you are, you're a tool.
You cannot advance conservatism by losing. The idea that moral purity (which I assume you think you possess) will win in the end is simply a delusion. Only the winners win in the end.
If Rudy is a leftist, why is he so greatly hated by NYC leftists? As they say in the Mid-East, "the enemy of my enemy is my friend".