Wow. You've been living in a cave for the last year. Nothing else could explain such a hollow remark. EEE is absolutely right. The liberal media has held back its criticism and given Rooty a pass in the hope that it will help him become the nominee. The liberal media knows full well, with Rooty at the top of the ticket the GOP will fracture. Many conservatives have made it abundantly clear, we will not vote for Rooty under any circumstance whatsoever.
I do agree with you, however, the left does hate Rooty. Not because he's a liberal on most issues, or because he's an opportunist and a major authoritarian. They hate Rooty becasue he's a Republican! If Rooty was still a Democrat, they'd be falling all over him as an icon of the leftwing. Wakeup!
Please,
They hate Rudy because he doesn’t represent what they want... that’s the facts. You go and read the NY press from the days of Rudy being mayor... the idea the LEFT was holding back is laughable. He was attacked daily.
You think the libs agree with forcing bums off the streets? Please if it was up to them, they’d force you to give up your extra bedroom to house them. You think the libs wanted the sex shows and other hedonism of times square shut down? Please....
You are either ill informed, or willingly ignorant. Rudy’s faces more negative press than any other individual candidate over the course of his career. The left hate him, not because he’s simply a Republican, but because he does not share their world view... and has enacted many policies completely counter to it.
You guys can keep throwing around this “he’s a liberal” nonsense, but it just doesn’t stick. If you think Rudy is a liberal you don’t know what a liberal looks like. If you think there is no difference between Hitlery and Rudy then you are not only dillusional, but pathetically ignorant.
The idea that the press is propping Rudy up is comical, please, the D’s are being propped up like crazy, never have they had a weaker top tier, and frankly the R’s top tier is pretty weak as well.
Social conservatives have to accept reality, and that is, the republican party is not simply a bunch of social conservatives, and 1 issue voters. The social conservatives don’t like Rudy, but they are only about 1/4 of the registered Republicans at most. There are some social issues that most Republicans and most AMERICANS will agree on, but that doesn’t mean that social issues rule the day, in fact social issues should not be part of the legislative or judicial fiat.. and if the R’s had any balls at all they congress could have banned most of them from the courts pervue by simple legislation when they held congress (yes the congress can constitutionally limit what the court can review).. but they didn’t, nor did they even make an attempt to.
Social conservatives wish to have a candidate strong on them, then they need to organize and recruit someone who can actually get votes. Thompson ain’t it, Mitt ain’t it, and no one else is even worth mentioning based on their poll standings at present. So, organize, and build up a coalition that has some clout, and maybe next cycle you’ll be able to have someone that better represents these ideals you want that can actually attract voters. This cycle, this sure hasn’t happened, and isn’t likely to happen.
As to the GOP splintering if someone who is not a hard core social conservative becomes the nominee.... I think that’s wishful thinking.