No, that is not at all what I am trying to say. I am saying that the pro Rudy and pro Romney posters should have been allowed to discuss their candidate without all the rude disruptive postings of the single issue posters ruining the thread. If they weren’t interested, they should have just passed over the post and let it go. If there was no interest, it would have died a natural death. Killing discussion doesn’t benefit anyone. Politics of personal destruction and refusal to allow any dissent are liberal tactics that I never expected to see on FreeRepublic.
But, yes, I do think that the tactics that were used by the anti-Rudy Jihadists displayed lack of deeper thinking and an inability to even consider any differences of opinion. These posters must have felt threatened in some way by the support of Giuliani and Romney, much like Al Gore and his enviro-Nazis are threatened by the “global warming deniers”.
As a result we ended up with the worst possible candidate for the GOP. I hope they are happy.
I'm surprised this needs to be brought to your attention, but this is a discussion forum. People tend to come here to express their views, and pointing our the liberal nature of Rudy and Mitt is certainly fair game. The fact that it was your liberal who was being lampooned doesn't change that.
But, yes, I do think that the tactics that were used by the anti-Rudy Jihadists displayed lack of deeper thinking and an inability to even consider any differences of opinion.
And, again, I'll point out the arrogant nature of your view.
These posters must have felt threatened in some way by the support of Giuliani and Romney
I'm sure they did - Giuliani and Romney are indeed threats to the future of the conservative movement. McCain is a lousy candidate, but he's far superior to Rudy and indistinguishable from Mitt. Still won't get my vote though.
If you are unhappy with McCain, then blame it on Giuliani. He created the road map for McCain’s primary victory. The Giuliani campaign pushed for NY, NJ, and CT to be on Super Tuesday and Winner Take All Delagates. Also Giuliani’s wait till FL plan helped to revive McCain’s campaign. When Giuliani’s support began to erode in the early primary states, McCain started to gain support. If Giuliani decided to campaign in NH and SC, then McCain wouldn’t have won those states. In fact McCain probably would have dropped after SC and endorsed Rudy. Since Rudy was too lazy to campaign, McCain was able to build momentum and take states would have gone to Rudy.