Very different scenario. Bush wasn’t likely to turn the GOP into a haven for Liberals and liberal policies, Rudy911 is. Bush had never given any threats to rewrite the GOP platform, Rudy911 has repeatedly done so.
Voting for the lesser of two evils is the usual pragmatism in elections, but there comes a point where it is no longer pragmatic because of the harm a candidate can do to the party. Rudy is well beyond that threshold. I consider it a dereliction of duty for a Conservative to in any way aid and abet his attempted coup.
If that means the Dems again own all three Houses for a short time while we rebuild the GOP, then so be it. Better to lose just the election than both the election and the party.
And, yes, liberal Republicans do more damage than liberal Democrats as Republicans do nothing to stop liberal Republicans pushing liberal legislation while they do oppose Democrats when they push such an agenda.
Nothing could do more damage to the conservative movement or Republican party than a RINO like Giuliani.