This was before Rudy announced his support for taxpayer funded abortions on CNN and before I learned he spoke to NARAL. As a conservative who leans libertarian, I was willing to give Rudy the benefit of the doubt on social issues but that right there, in addition to some of other Rudy's social stances, sealed the deal for me.
You defended him on the grounds that he was electable and was a strong supporter of the war against the jihadists.
I did, yes. I was taken in by the 9/11 effect and believed Rudy would be the best to fight terrorism, naively. All prior to the GOP debates and before Fred was in the race.
You've gone from supporting a big government liberal on the basis of his terror warrior credentials to supporting a radical anti-war libertarian who's been adopted by the radical left as one of their own
I've always been a fan of Ron Paul. Paul is not an anti-war libertarian. He supports a traditional non-interventionist foreign policy. He has always voted for Reagan's military policies and defense. I support Ron Paul's candidacy because I believe he is rebuilding the old Reagan coalition which will inevitably help Fred Thompson or whoever the GOP nominee is, if Fred's the GOP nominee since most of his views are similar to Paul's. Do I think Paul will win? Probably not, but I'm not going to let a Constitutionalist like Paul get denigrated here on the very website that supposed to defend the Constitution.
Yes, I supported Rudy in the past but realize what a fool I was in doing so. I'm not going to run and hide from it.
Recent comments I received during an email exchange with a Ron Paul fanatic:
I think that Fred Thompson has a real chance at the Republican nomination due to one and only one fact, the New World Order Globalist controlled propaganda media is pushing for the man........ and Republicans as well as most Americans can't think past what CNN or FOX tells them.
That said....... you can take me off your political email list.....I am done with the political thing...... America as we knew it is finished and America will get what it deserves.
Later, he wrote:
I would be of even stronger opinion than I was then that Fred Thompson is backed by the same One World Order dudes. He is definitely a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Sounds like you and this guy aren't on the same page about Fred Thompson.
Ron Paul is closer to being conservative than Thompson or Romney . Check out early votes on abortion ,illegals and homosexual marriage on these two .
Party worship has almost killed this nation . A republican or conservative who acts like a liberal is not a conservative or a republican .
How many more real conservatives will be run off this site with false accusations of hate . Divided we fall . We will never all agree on everything .