Well, not all pro-lifers, obviously, but there those who vote pro-life despite not agreeing with you on guns, unions, taxes etc. that would have easily giving Florida to Gore if they hadn't held their noses & pulled the R lever.
That is exactly why the pro-lifers don't have any business calling themselves Republicans, and it is exactly why the Republican party cannot trust them.
The feeling is more than mutal, trust me.
Why did they have to hold their noses when Bush is pro-life? With Dole, it is quite possible that it was the pro-lifers not holding their noses and pulling the R lever that was responsible for Clinton getting reelected.
This from somebody that held his nose (literally) and voted for Ellen Craswell for governor (Washington), even though I disagreed with most of her politics. (that was rather funny actually: I held my nose and voted for Craswell. The guy next to me saw me holding my nose and said "Craswell?" I sighed, and said "yep." We both had a laugh at that).