You're clearly missing the point, which is, when you bring up peoples past endorsements, you'd damn well better be prepared to defend your guy against the same.
The history is very clear on FR regarding Rudy.
Even so, I still would vote for Sarah had she run. And in her case, she went to the Biltomore and smoozed with all the pro-illegal republicans and raised money for him. So don't talk to me about someone endorsing Rudy, Sarah endorse McCain, Herman Cain endorsed Romney. People picked the lesser of the evils that were running and last time there was some serious evil running.