“We can survive and have survived forty years of suffering” right, but look where we are - SS about to go broke, Medicare/caid about to gobble up the tax base, illegal immigration has turned into an invasion, senators more concerned with the due process rights of admitted terrorists than marines serving in Iraq, calls for devasting environmental regulations that will cripple the economy....
Your point about Rudy is well taken - “He’s just too weak in character. Our enemies would use his many weaknesses to manipulate him.” This is an argument against him I can respect. Simply saying he’s not conservative enough, to me, isn’t sufficient given the alternatives, but what you point out here is different.
Then again, doesn’t it come down to this - a choice between the lesser of two evils or sitting it out and letting others select the lesser of two evils? I’m really struggling with this. Pre-9/11 I sat elections out b/c I was not supportive of the choices I was given by the RNC/DNC insiders. Then post-9/11 I began to think it’s far too important to sit out and allow the likes of someone like John Kerry to be put in office, even if Bush was imperfect in my eyes. I face the same issue again - am I to try and “survive” Hillary for 4-8yrs? Hillary can and will do enormous damage to this country. Look what’s been done over the last few decades.
I don’t think there’s a right or easy answer to this problem.
Rudy will come in third, where he belongs!!