[mnehring]

I didn’t say I agree, this was an analysis of the marketing appeal of the candidate. There is little doubt that if you ask 75% of the American public who the ‘heroes’ were on 9/11, they would include Rudy in that list.

You are right in your assessment, but 99.99% of the country aren’t Freepers who can see this. You shouldn’t hope for the best simply based on what you read here.

There are problably 3-4 good conservatives on the ticket and 2 average conservatives that are running against Rudy. During the primaries, the 20% or so of us who see through Rudy will get out there and split our votes among these 6-7 candidates, and Rudy will grab the 80% of the ‘Right’s’ vote that isn’t as informed as we are...

UNLESS.. we start unifying behind a strong candidate and doing so loudly. IMHO, there is only one candidate that has the name recognition and the conservative credentials that can do this (That’s Fred)..

The point is we shouldn’t delude ourselves into thinking a majority on the Right realizes the truth about Rudy.

[wagglebee]

I am not certain that Fred will get the nomination, but I am fairly certain that Fred will take Rudy out of the race.

And one thing that is important to remember, were Rudy to win the nomination, he WOULD be forced to explain just what it was he did that made him a hero on 9/11. And that would include the fact that NOTHING was done between the 1993 WTC bombing and 9/11 to rectify the evacuation problem.