Some of those "hard core Pro life" here were slamming the President for not being sufficiently pro-life for them. Those are about the only ones who will not vote for ANY Republican if the opponent is Hillary.
The FR poll is a joke. Who in their right mind does not know that FReepers are the extreme right in NO way representative of the rest of the GOP or electorate. Most FReepers did not even vote.
Tancredo would not get a double digit percentage in any real contest.
Dear justshutupandtakeit,
The numbers that I cite speak to hardcore pro-lifers who actually vote in presidential elections. These folks vote overwhelmingly (around 90%) for Republican presidential candidates.
"The FR poll is a joke."
Tell Jim Robinson that.
"Who in their right mind does not know that FReepers are the extreme right in NO way representative of the rest of the GOP or electorate."
Frankly, my experience is that posters here at FR are usually moderately conservative, but are spread over a pretty wide range, politically. There certainly are extreme right-wingers, here, but there's also plenty of moderates and even a few folks that I'd say are closer to the RINO part of the spectrum (hint hint).
"Most FReepers did not even vote."
Can you validate that assertion?
My own view is that posters at Free Republic are usually more politically involved than most, more politically knowledgeable than most, and have a greater familiarity with a wider array of Republican politicians than most. I suspect that FR posters are also more likely to understand where different politicians stand on different issues, and thus, are better able, at this point in the election cycle, to form informed opinions about potential candidates.
Thus, a presidential poll of posters at Free Republic is liable to reduce the effect of Mr. Giuliani's and Sen. McCain's overwhelming name recognition advantage and give a truer measure of real popularity.
But then again, perhaps you're right, and FReepers are predominantly a bunch of whiners who don't even vote.
LOL.
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