At times, yes. For the most part though, one side knows it can do so with almost complete impunity while the other must tread very lightly, and that no matter how valuable you are and have been to the forum, one little slip of the pc rules and you are gone. A little moral relativism it would seem.
But it's about Rudy,isn't it?
And Rudy can shout all he wants about conservative values, but I'm not buying it. And neither are many other Freepers,including the founder of FreeRepublic.
It would seem so to read the comments of the social right here, but with me it has not been about him at all. The issue is simply why the most important election of our times is going to be held hostage for a candidate who meets the approval of the social right, a relatively small part of the Republican Party.
It should be about all the choices and their differing positions on the issues.
It should be about putting all of the candidates before the electorate and debating about who will best represent our Party platform.
It's my opinion that there are several candidates besides Rudy that we can run against the Dem candidate, and if we all get behind him in the general election, we can beat anyone.
To say only Rudy can win insults the average Republican voter, who will turn out in large numbers to support a quality conservative candidate.
The issue is simply why the most important election of our times is going to be held hostage for a candidate who meets the approval of the social right, a relatively small part of the Republican Party.
We all know how important this election is. That's why we're already working hard so early to promote our choice for nomination next year.
It's bad enough that Rudy fans are supporting such a left leaning guy on this conservative forum, but your arguments insisting Rudy is our only chance to win in November '08 ignore the fact that there is a long, hard primary race to fight, delegates to choose, a Party platform to agree on and a Convention to hold.
Rudy folks want us to skip the primaries, set our arguments and principles aside, and rally around a man who does not share our conservative ideas.
And you may think that we social conservatives represent a small part of the electorate, but our conservative views are shared by a much larger portion of the general population than you may want to admit.