Fortunately for us Republicans, I doubt Fred and Rudy’s egos could fit on the same ticket. I really truly dislike Rudy - basically because he’s got the Constitution wrong. The Republic can survive lots of things, but we are so far away from original intent now, that voting for someone like Rudy is just impossible (for me). Some would say I have a litmus test. That would be correct. I want the whole constitution. Every damn enumerated power and every single right. Rudy has demonstrated he’s unable to read the plain meaning of the 2nd Amendment. That’s the kiss of death for your’s truly.
I want Thompson to win because the alternative is absolutely scary. I am more scared of Hillary or Obama than I was of Gore and Kerry and that is saying something. If Fred chose Rudy, then in a sense he would be running with a Democrat running mate which would go against conventional wisdom, and some might say desperate, but it could pay dividends. It is not so much what Rudy says but what he does or in this case what Fred allows him to do. I was sucker punched by Bush and the Republicans in the last elections. They said all the things I wanted to hear, but absolutely squandered six years of the White House married to majorities in both Houses. Conservatives had to throw an absolute hissy fit or Harriet Miers would be on the Supreme Court today, and one thing I have learned about Texas politicians there is a lot of ideological crossdressing going on behind closed doors as Miers in my mind would have no doubt proven. But you are sometimes better off with the devil you do know like Rudy than the devil you don’t know. And Republicans devils keep appearing that I did not know, Kyl, Lott, and McConnell come to mind.