[mabelkitty]

Three things happened this past year that drew increased membership:
Reagan's death (around Dem Convention season)
Buckhead shooting down CBS in the memo scandal
Bush and Republicans winning the election

Were people led here because they were of like-mind, or were they led here to propogate dissent and divide? With so many, how is one to know? Either way, the culture is different.

[RushCrush]

Speaking of Buckhead, I have seen a "Buckhead Syndrome" emerge on Free Republic since the CBS Memogate. Everyone now thinks they are going to "break" or "solve" a story, particularly Terri Schiavo's case.

There was so much conjecture, mixed in with facts, mixed in with innuendo, mixed in with rumor, mixed in with fantasy, that it completely drove everyone off the deep end in a desperate attempt to help Terri or at the very least figure the dang thing out.