As a Rudy backer (although I will gladly support whoever the eventual nominee is), I find myself shocked after spending a few hours here. You would think that Rudy was John McCain (very close to dropping out), yet when I get into other sites, I realize I am not alone in the world.
Anybody that thinks that it will not be a fight to the finish between Rudy and Fred (although Mitt could still surprise us all) is deluding themselves.
To tell the truth, on paper, Fred should be my number one choice. Yet what I have seen in person has failed to impress me. This is my own personal view, but Rudy does exude Leadership to me, where I just don't have that gut feeling about Fred yet. I am, however willing to wait until closer to the first primaries before I make up my mind 100%.
Freds health also scares me. Not that I think he is hiding any true facts, I just don't want to discover in May of next year that the Dems are successful in using his lymphoma against him. And we all know they will do that. With the help of the MSM, you know every single newscast, and every single 20/20 type show will be doing exposes on the "Truth behind Lymphoma, What are the true survival rates" (which in all reality aren't that good.)
While they could do the same with prostate cancer (and they probably will), Rudy has actually been cured (5 years without a relapse), where Fred is only in remission, and even his own doctors say that more likely than not, it will return. Will the American public want a President that they know will need intense cancer treatment, even if they realize that the treatment will put him back into remission?
Whether or not FreeRepublic wants to keep its head in the sand, or not is up to each and every one of us. Until I am actually banned, I will continue to support Rudy, but I will not get into the childish name calling on either side.
“Whether or not FreeRepublic wants to keep its head in the sand, or not is up to each and every one of us.”
I suspect we all are here at the luxury of the site owner. I don’t make the rules, and I can’t enforce the rules. As far as sand is concerned, there’s all sorts of good uses for sand. One example is when it’s used for drainage with yards or landscaping. It allows the water to flow through and prevent flooding, that will kill grassroots or other things you may have planted.
Run, FRed, Run!!
Please continue to bring a semblance of sanity to the anti-Rudy threads.