[NautiNurse]

Thanks for your thoughtful reply.

I was not aware that people were trashing Fred Thompson in order to make Rudy look better. Unfortunately, I have seen Fred Thompson criticized in an effort to promote Alan Keyes in this thread. I didn't particularly like it, but it stands for what it is--a FReeper expressing his opinion.

With the Rudy supporters whittled down to ten or so talking points--that is progress. I still favor intelligent persuasion to sociopathic bug zappers invoking God.

[dirtboy]

A lot of the Rudy boosters who were banned were trying to make it seem like Fred was pro-choice because of one vague article from 1994.

What was pathetic about that was the fact that they are supporting a guy with a 100 percent NARAL rating and who thinks public funding of abortion is a right. If they don't care enough about abortion to keep them from voting for Rudy, what gives them the standing to try and question Fred's bona fides, when he has goose eggs from NARAL and Planned Parenthood?

It was that kind of two-faced nonsense that ended up getting a lot of them banned. It wasn't like JimRob didn't give warning after warning.