Titans,
My eyes are fine, thank you.I am not a conservative, but a republican (there is a difference, please make an effort to find out what it is), and so I can see perfectly.
It's your OPINION that "Rudy is wrong". It is my OPINION that perhaps he's worth listening to before he gets trashed.
"That has nothing to do with purity or theocracy. "
When the greatest criticsim and resistance thus far come from the religious and the ideologues, then, yes, it most certainly DOES have everything to do with purity and theocracy. The one source (other than a democrat!) quoted here is from a Right-to-life spokesperson, so I can reasonably (I believe) presume where her beliefs spring from. Why is it, do you think, that there are no quotes, pro or con, from say, a business leader, or a libertarian or, GASP!, just plain 'ol Jim from up the street in this piece? Because it was written in such a way as to agitate the Moral and the Religious, that's why.
And it's worked.
And it's hardly fair or informative.
In the meantime, anything the man might have to say will be ignored and he will be hounded for not walking lock-step with "conservative" ideology, even when there's a great deal of conservatism in his background. The purpose of THIS article, and the vast majority that I have seen in the last two days, has been to highlight the NEGATIVE while ignoring the POSITIVE. All have played up the "unseemly personal life" angle.
In the meantime, we have these petty arguments and never get around ot fair and balanced debate on anything, and never find any common ground. You might call acting in such a fashion "principled", I call it stupid. I want to know everything I can before I'm forced to hold my nose and pull the lever for "bad" and "worse". You don't mind if we exercise that right and responsibility, do you?