His personal life is very much a legitimate objection to his attaining the presidency. It illustrates his character It poses questions as to his steadiness and consistency of loyalty. I love Newt Gingrich but he has some of that same baggage and it points to questions about judgment which is a fairly important quality in a president, wouldn't you say? It was President BJ for whom we were to ignore Character and morals because of his sterling qualities. His biggest failing was precisely judgment.
Lot's of great leaders have been womanizers, doesn't mean a thing.
And I guess everyone who finds the "baggage" unacceptable is a perfect human being by comparison?
I have no illusions that the man cannot get a fair shake, and certainly will not get past the God, Guns and Gays coalition on the Right. I don't have a dog in this fight, in this regard.
However, it becomes more and more apparent on a daily basis that this party is ultimately doomed because it fails to accept new ideas and people, and insists on enforcing a strict morality in which people are rejected by a relative minority of thought.
You might not agree with Rudy's views, but does that mean we have to be deprived of hearing what he has to say? Most of what has been written thus far on the subject is aimed precisely at shutting him up before he "infects" the rest of the party.