The first thing the Rudyites did was start crying to him that FReepers were saying mean things about Rudy's liberalism. It sounded like stuff an eight year old would say about their siblings.
Think of the wonderful service Candidate Rudy did to our FreeRepublic! His candidacy has outed a whole gaggle of closet liberals who otherwise would not have been recognized, many who hid and sniped safely from the shadows before. Now they are out in the open for all to see. They just couldn't help themselves.
Now they have been rudied. And, with their exposure comes the irrelevance they have earned.