I fell for the bull from Bush & Arnold. I’m not from CA so I didn't vote for Arnold and like you, I feel Condi has been a disaster on the Middle East.
We all should remember these lessons when we vote in the next primaries. I keep hearing people tell me that Rudy is the only one who can beat Hillary. I think they're just trying to scare us to support a liberal. If it comes down to Rudy or Hillary, we are doomed!
Rudy will destroy the Republicans and Hillary will destroy the country.
I am probably the single most vocal FReeper in opposition to Romney, whom in many ways I consider far more dangerous than Rudy (and he exhibits a lot of Ah-nold characteristics and the “only he can defeat Hillary” schtick). I think the entire Rudy McRomney troika would be a fiasco for us. Fortunately, since McCain was about as popular as AIDS on FR, we never had a contingent of his shills to deal with. There were quite a few Rudybots, but we got rid of them. Now it’s the Mittwitts that are the big problem on FR. Constantly attacking Fred and his wife, spreading lies and misrepresenting themselves and their candidate as some sort of Conservative that he never was and never will be, all the while ignoring the fact that he buried the MA GOP and fled the state after leaving a ghastly mess behind him — to seek a promotion ! I’m hoping the mods and JimRob give the thumbs up to finally sack these destructive twits so we can largely come together behind Fred for President (and Duncan Hunter for Sec of Defense).