"Nothing like saying a poster doesn't care about a given issue when he hasn't mentioned those issues and those issues are not the focal point of the thread."
I've been trying to make these the focal points of the thread all along. Go back to my first post, #89 and you will see that. These issues should be the focal point of every thread concerning the 2008 election. Of course you don't want to make these issues the focal point of the thread, you agree with Rudy on these issues and God forbid you ever admit you agree with Rudy on something.
The core topic of the thread from the posted article is abortion. Saying that someone doesn't care about the other issue because they are focusing on abortion for this thread is disingenious.
As Reagan used to say, there you go again.
I agree with Rudy on the WOT and national defense. I think he did a good job controlling spending in NYC. As I noted on another thread, there are only two pubbies running for whom I would not vote - McVain and Ron Paul.
HOWEVER, that does not change the fact that Rudy is my least favorite choice of the pubbies I would vote for, namely because of his stances on abortion, gun control and amnesty - three issues that are extremely important to me, and to many others in the base. And regarding the Iraq War, I think most of the pubbies in the race would do a good job in carrying out that war and the broader war on terrorism, with the exception of McCain (temperment) and Paul (cluelessness).
So in the primaries, Rudy's positions on the WOT are NOT the critical issue once we get past McVain. And that's the entire point - you can rant about this stuff all you want, but his record on abortion and gun control and his utterances on amnesty are clear and on the record. You can pretend otherwise, you can berate those annoying social conservatives and gun nuts and anti-illegal-immigration xenophobes for having the temerity to give a damn about those issues - but all that will do is further alientate the very voters Rudy needs to win the nomination.