[mad_as_he$$]

Man I am so tired of the that line. Just give me my cigarette and blindfold - shoot me or hang me or lethal inject me. It's all the same if you put it that way. No wonder Conservatives have a vacuum of leadership if that is the best reasoning you can come up with. I for one am tired of two crappy choices for national office.

[free_for_now]

I merely asked a further question. The thread posited a Guiliani/Thompson ticket. It is certainly not the ticket I would like to see the party putting up for election, and I won't be voting for Rudy in the primaries. Nonetheless, I haven't gotten the Republican candidate I wanted since Reagan. For my part, if I have to make this choice, I'll hold my nose and vote for Rudy. I was curious if others REALLY meant it when they said no, or were only saying "No, No, No! Don't put Rudy on top of the ticket just because we are scared of Hillary"

I agree that anointing Rudy the candidate just because many perceive him to have a better chance is copping out on the whole primary process. I hate the fact that in recent years our party in particular has pretty much handed the nomination to whichever candidate seemed likely to raise the most money.

As for two crappy choices, it's hard to get away from that since we know we are ALWAYS going to start out with ONE crappy choice.