I think he makes some good points.
“If you support Rudy Giuliani, who still has a decent shot at being our nominee, you’ve probably been purged.” This is a real problem. If Rudy IS the nominee, will FR support the Dem candidate? The level of hostility directed at this very viable candidate is counterproductive. We should know all the negatives on all of the candidates - recognizing that we will never get everything we want in one person - but the personal attacks serve only to alienate FR from the GOP - which marginalizes our utility in the fight.
“What lessons did our activists learn from this? Freepers, who were our best online activists, never learned how to swarm to other sites, to take different kinds of actions, and to raise money for conservative candidates.” This is true - but that is not the kind of site envisioned by JimRob. Kristinn has taken it to the True Activist level in DC, but otherwise we are not really ‘out there’ much. And it’s a shame... FR could have been Conservative Central for news and information.
I used to be able to find ANY story first on FR. It’s still my favorite site and a daily read, but no longer sufficient in itself.
Viable for what?
Rudy's viable for way too many conservative positions, such as pro-life, pro-gun, anti-global warming, pro-free speech, anti-special-gay-rights and pro-liberty. The GOP has to nominate someone from the center of the party, not the far left.