Very well stated -- hope your flack jacket is on! :)
I agree with everything you have said. What I don't understand is that some Conservatives on here seem to have forgotten what happened on 9-11 and put social issues over everything. I want a leader who will stand up and to me it was simple to look at Rudy and see that leader. I am just glad he is a Republican and believes in smaller government, less taxes, and appointment of strict constituionalist judges along with his staunch stand against terrorism and support for our military.
One "social issue" that is of equal importance to the war on terror is the 2nd Amendment, which Rudy wishes to dissolve.
If they outlaw and start seizing handguns and semi-auto rifles, as they did in Australia, England, Scotland, Canada and New Zealand, you can kiss our freedoms goodbye, as the 2nd Amendment truly is "the reset button" of our nation.
Ed