“Buck - I do not think anyone on this thread called Rudy an atheist. What we did say is - “He is not pro-life and is shaky on the Marriage Amendment. “
Unfortunately, the aspersions went far beyond that. Here, Rudy endured far more gratuitous abuse than Sarah Palin did at the hands of the liberal media during the campaign. That gave us McCain, who begat BHO. Rudy could have won. Admittedly, he did make campaign mistakes, but those could have been overcome by support from the single issue voters who vehemently (and wrongly) opposed him.