Rudy's Problem

LGF links to this calling it the Right's "self-defeating campaign to excommunicate Rudy"-

What do Giuliani’s Religious Right detractors really fear he will do about abortion? If he can overcome their suspicions, secure the GOP nomination, and win the White House, do Giuliani’s critics actually believe he would squander that victory and enrage the GOP base by pushing abortion? Do his foes honestly think Giuliani would request federal abortion funding in violation of the Hyde Amendment he says he supports or appoint activist Supreme Court justices, rather than Antonin Scalia- and Clarence Thomas-style constitutionalists, as he says he would?

Having kept or exceeded his mayoral promises on taxes, spending, crime, welfare, and quality of life, why would he break his presidential promises on such a signature GOP issue? What kind of bait and switch do Giuliani’s foes truly worry he will attempt?

The answer to this one is simple- look at the current Republican administration. Bush comes out and says he supports the 2nd Amendment and then announces he'll sign into law an assault weapon ban if it comes across his desk; he challenges Texas law by supporting an international court over it; he kicks supporters in the teeth by not only supporting an illegal alien amnesty but slandering those who criticise it; he announces to the world that you're either with America in the war on terror or against it, and then proceeds to funnel mountains of cash, arms and military training to Fatah; and on and on and on. For the past few years it as if Republicans in Washington have been doing their level best to drive away their core voters.

And people wonder why some conservatives are wary of Rudy- the guy who sued gun manufacturers, for example, but who now comes to the NRA begging for support when he needs it. Gee, why would voters not want to trust someone like that over issues that matter deeply to them? Rudy's opposition to the Second Amendment is loud and clear but now that he wants to be president, he's apparently had a change of heart- amazing what appealing to voters all over the USA as opposed to just New York will do to a guy's principles.

Is this what America has come to? Conservatives being asked to vote for a Republican who doesn't truly represent them and who they can't trust just because the Democrat alternative is worse? Some choice.