[George W. Bush]

Wow. What a pointed essay!

I thought the pro-life movement would be the most difficult hurdle for a Giuliani campaign to overcome, but the backlash among gun owners here on FreeRepublic to his recent appearance on Hannity & Colmes was pretty shocking.

Now, Alberta, you've been here long enough to recall that the faintest wisp of gun control from any pol or HCI and the Brady Bunch once brought calls for armed insurrection here at FR. Plenty of us are still here but are more, ahem, discreet.

Overall, this vanity reminds me of FR as it was during the pre-Bush era. A constitutional forum, committed to certain principles of the Founders. As long as we have vanities like this one, the old FreeRepublic still survives. I only wish some of the expedience-oriented Republicans of the Bush era had half the common sense and principle shown in this essay.

There are certain candidates we simply cannot accept without repudiating everything the party has fought for since it became the party of Reagan, quashing the old northeastern liberal establishment. And Rudy is the embodiment of the northeastern liberal establishment. He will kill the Reagan legacy.

[Spiff]

Overall, this vanity reminds me of FR as it was during the pre-Bush era. A constitutional forum, committed to certain principles of the Founders. As long as we have vanities like this one, the old FreeRepublic still survives. I only wish some of the expedience-oriented Republicans of the Bush era had half the common sense and principle shown in this essay.

Hear! Hear!

[Alberta's Child]

Thank you, George!

I'm most impressed by your comment that this thread reminds you of pre-1998 FR. That means a lot to me, since it means I knew I found a good place when I signed up in 2000.