Criticizing Bush for alleged youthful indiscretions is VERY DIFFERENT from pointing out verifiable facts about policies that Rudy has both pursued and supported that are totally at odds with conservatism.
And doing it in a reasoned, adult manner is VERY DIFFERENT from what you usually see from said kooks.
They deny that the losses incurred in the 2006 elections were Republicans that forgot both of those principles, the loss of character, and the big spending was their downfall.
I would guess that the losses were due to both failures on each side of the party. Republicans tired of big spending, and Republicans tired of the loss of character in the Republican party. Who is to blame? Both fiscal and social Republicans.
If that does not tell a party something. Nothing will.
We can go at each other daily. It is not going to change anything. Social conservatives are willing and able to give fiscal Republicans their vote in exchange for support of socially conservative causes.
Many people that are vehement in socially conservative values are not wealthy, they would never deny people the right to prosper in this system. Many may even have more of a benefit fiscally voting for the other party.
The principles they stand on are important to the party, if they want to survive. The sooner they wake up and embrace the people that have given them the White House most of the time in the last 30 years, the sooner they will once again be in the drivers seat.
Rudy is not the man to bring this party to reality, he is a divider that will destroy the Republican Party and make it a party of rich men who don't give a damn about anything other than money.