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Jim Robinson himself had them restored and gave that post a green light.

If Rudy (or any other Rino) gets the nomination, FreeRepublic will be his biggest supporter. I saw the transformation Robinson went through when Bush became the chosen one. I have no reason to believe it will be any different this time. Everyone should get it out of their systems now.

If Rudy (or any other Rino) gets the nomination, FreeRepublic will be his biggest supporter. I saw the transformation Robinson went through when Bush became the chosen one. I have no reason to believe it will be any different this time.

I'm not sure. I notice that JimRob already has posted about ten times as many tough anti-Rudy posts as he posted about Bush in the entire nomination process. And JimRob actually had picked a horse in that race so his stake could be said to have been higher against Bush. JimRob doesn't have a candidate yet this time.

JimRob is a constitutionalist. That's what FR was established to be. That was the yardstick by which the pre-Bush FR measured everything, not just JimRob but pretty much everyone. You should have seen some of those old threads, like reading the fine points of constitutional law, especially when Xlinton issued an executive order.

During the Bush era with a congressional majority, it just became less popular to take on our own party, especially since they weren't gungrabbers or pro-abortion, the red-meat issues in the Xlinton era along with Monicagate, UN deployments, etc. Did the GOP majority spend too much? Sure. NCLB? Flaky. But not enough for armed insurrection or doing the Dims any favors by fracturing the party either.

Times have changed, our GOP majority gone and Bush lameducked. And Rudy Giuliani is the embodiment of the northeast liberal establishment. Rudy is the anti-Reagan Republican. And that is how I see JimRob's opposition to him. JimRob has returned to his steady compass of constitutionalism. I try not to dis the Big Tent too much but it really is true that political purity is easier when you're in the minority. Beyond that, a substantial defeat like we suffered in '06 should make anyone return to their party's bedrock principles.

[just in case his grep isn't working, I pinged JimRob]

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(I'll do the courteous thing foryou and ping the Freeper you mentioned by name.)

Glenn prognosticated: If Rudy (or any other Rino) gets the nomination, FreeRepublic will be his biggest supporter. I saw the transformation Robinson went through when Bush became the chosen one. I have no reason to believe it will be any different this time. Everyone should get it out of their systems now.

If Rudy (or any other Rino) gets the nomination, FreeRepublic will be his biggest supporter. I saw the transformation Robinson went through when Bush became the chosen one. I have no reason to believe it will be any different this time. Everyone should get it out of their systems now.

Maybe, just maybe, Jim Robinson and a number of previous "broken glass Republicans" are sick and tired of being taken for granted. Nominating a liberal like Giuliani and expecting us to hold our noses once again, this time for the most odious liberal GOP nominee in history, may just be too much. I know it is for me. I can't vote for him. I can't speak for Jim, but he just might not allow the GOP kingmakers to take him for granted anymore. If Giulian is the nominee, you will see a split in the Republican Party of historic proportions. From which, the GOP may never recover. Have you heard of the Whig Party? Yeah, kinda like that.