My FRiend, I really appreciate your POV and I agree it's true, however I'm far from ever supporting Rudy.
Good to hear. :-)
I should have designated it was addressed to all concerned. Didn't mean to single you out at all.
Basically I've been fed up with Reps in D.C. trying to outlib and be more more anti-American then the left, Hagel and Warner to name a few, and took a break.
Come back and see the "pramatists" beating the Lib drum predictably, believing the big "L"iberal gets that "R" into the W.H. even though history defies their assertions.
They aren't conservatives, they aren't interested in conservatism succeeding, they stand for nothing other then political power. hey! Like the pols, both Dems and Reps, in D.C.? And in the end all they got for their "pramatist" ways was the beating last November. Oh, but according to them that's because the Reps weren't liberal enough. Gang of Fourteen, spending, amnesty, Warner resolution (the first one) and every other liberal atrocity they spent years pursuing thinking they would be rewarded and then those ungrateful mods went straight backs to the Dems. Reason? 'cause conservatives didn't primp their leadership like the netroots do, they told the truth and those swing voters deserted the GOP. just like they'll do when conservatives line up in 'fall of '08 and tell them if Rudy were the nominee that he is pro-abortion, pro-government control, pro-gun control, pro-spending, pro- tax hikes, pro-gay marriage (despite his polled response about civil ceremonies).
Now, i don't hate Rudy. I don't think most conservatives do. But I HATE his stances on the issues and liking the guy because he has stood firm on the WOT and hasn't bashed conservatives lately like McCain does, doesn't spare him from heated objection to this guy as a nominee based on his beliefs. beliefs he is already starting to be less then honest about, trying to coerce conservatives to his side.
Now if the "pragamatists", and I'm not including you in this number, actually want to live up to their self described title they'll recognize the truth. Which is that conservatives HATE Republicans right now almost as much as they do the Democrats. And if these "pramatists" succeed in pushing the liberal through, they are going to pay more by losing more power. Because conservatives don't have a lot to lose. One lib is the same as another in most instances. we're screwed either way. but there is a big difference for "pragmatists" between control of the W.H. and a minority that can still block Dems in the Senate, vs no W.H., No House and 39 reps in the Senate. If they are as smart as they think they are, time for them to recognize that and start backing a conservative for '08.