Finny, though Rudy and Arnold are socially liberal, what I’ve noticed is that Arnold would rather give in to his opponents than confront them. He’s definitely a Hollywood actor in that he has a strong desire to be universally loved. I honestly believe Rudy’s much different in that regard. People forget that before 9/11, New Yorkers hated Mayor Rudy - because of his tough stance on crime, his insistence that welfare recipients go to work. And I remember his very vocal opposition to using public funds to show the ‘Piss Christ’ exhibit at a NY public museum. (Hillary challenged him on that one when they were running for the Senate - she wouldn’t dare do that today.)
Rudy has said he’s against Roe v. Wade because he believes the states should decide the abortion issue. He’s promised to appoint SCOTUS justices who will overturn it. Is he lying to get elected? I don’t know. What I do know is that even the ‘Democrat Rudy’ of your nightmares will be a much better president than Hillary Clinton. The idea of Hillary Clinton as Commander in Chief is galling. And the Democrats controlling all three branches of government would simply be horrific for this country. They would have free reign to impose their failed social experiments on us all.
You are wrong. Rudy never said he was against Roe v. Wade. And he never promised to appoint SCOTUS justices who will overturn it. He promised to appoint “strict constructionists” and went on to say that a strict constructionist Justice could either overturn Roe or retain it as a precedent and he would consider either course to be a “strict constructionist” result. That is exactly what he said.