[rbmillerjr]

It doesn’t surprise me that you are one of the more reasonable one’s on the other side (so to speak).

Yes, RWR is the reason I am a Republican and a conservative. It took awhile to get the mush out of my brain from all of those liberal socializers in school and in the media.

[Gumlegs]

Then can we agree on this? For the Gipper's sake, can we work towards common ground -- within the conservative wing of the GOP, of course -- and away from what is disturbingly close to an indiscriminate bloodletting?

I've already posted that I have no intention of voting for Rudy in a primary. I mean that. And I regard Rudy as being about as likely to get the GOP nod as Lieberman (were he running), is to get the Dem nomination. But I'm also trying to think a couple of moves beyond where we are now -- that's the only reason I'm uncomfortable with some of the more extreme anti-Giuliani posts here. We have to be able to unite behind whomever is the GOP nominee in the next election or we're going to see consequences too horrible to contemplate. And systematically squashing anyone who says anything even neutral about Rudy will only make that more difficult no matter who the nominee will be.

I'd much prefer a no

policy when it comes to Republicans.