[WestVirginiaRebel]

The thing is, the anti-Rudy Freepers seem to think they’re the ones who will decide the election. They won’t. I doubt they will even make much of an impact on the primaries. Remember that at this point in the 2000 campaign the owner of this site was calling Bush a Coke-sniffing loser, and Alan Keyes was the darling of FR’s “Real conservatives.” Their numbers are inflated because of their prominence on Free Republic, and unfortunately that has also inflated their sense of self-importance.

[zook]

You got that right. Should be fun around here next year if Rudy does get the nomination. I expect a lot of people will come around by then.

[Spiff]

The thing is, the anti-Rudy Freepers seem to think they’re the ones who will decide the election. They won’t. I doubt they will even make much of an impact on the primaries. Remember that at this point in the 2000 campaign the owner of this site was calling Bush a Coke-sniffing loser, and Alan Keyes was the darling of FR’s “Real conservatives.” Their numbers are inflated because of their prominence on Free Republic, and unfortunately that has also inflated their sense of self-importance.

That's it, bash conservatives, Free Republic, and its owner right here on Free Republic. That will win people to your argument and gain you many friends here. Or not.

[EternalVigilance]

You're factually challenged.

Keyes hadn't even entered the race at this point in the 2000 cycle.

Alan Keyes -- The talk-show host filed exploratory committee papers with the FEC June 17, 1999 and officially entered the race on September 21, 1999 in Bedford, New Hampshire. He announced in mid-July 2000, shortly before the Republican National Convention, that he had ended his presidential bid.