IMHO a big part of the reason that Rudy gained any following at all here is because several of the Rudybots were very dishonest and had some of the moderate Republicans here duped into thinking all the information posted about him were lies from radicals.
They were successful in getting people to ignore all the facts and turn every thread into a flame war.
Then they would regroup, go to another thread and start over.
This made it impossible to have any honest debate about the facts of his record and positions on issues.
If a few of those that were using FR to promote Rudy had been Zotted 6 months ago I doubt we would be having this conversation today.
Perhaps now the facts can be presented without being countered by nothing but lies and worthless spin.
I mentioned to one of them that it would be nice if they would respond to a serious post. Most of the time they would ignore that type.
The only way to get a response was say say something outrageous and wait for them to flame you
When you responded to the attack, you were the rude and insulting one. Rooty Fleas. Just keep smack...smacking them.