A related thought:
I think FR will continue to be the best conservative news site on the web for a while to come as long as the majority of people who contribute to it (FReepers) are truly interested in advancing conservatism.
I'm not an old-timer. I found FR shortly after September 11 when I was looking for a place to read and share ideas with like-minded conservatives. And JMO, but the quality of conservatism here right now is lacking compared to what it had been in 2001.
I think it has become more about Republicanism and maintaining GOP party power than anything else.
Yes, George W. Bush is better than John F. Kerry. Yes, generally speaking, Republicans are better than Democrats. But frankly that seems to be about as "deep" as most FReepers are interested in going. That is not conservatism.
That is not "your" conservatism. Who made you the arbiter of what is conservative and what is not.
Like I said before the views espoused by some so-called conservatives(the ones you admire, IMO) as in the links on reply #2963 of this thread would make the father of the modern conservative movement, Ronald Reagan, sick to his stomach.
Agreed.