1- Cruz, Rubio,................Trump
2- I think it’s worse than I remember from past Presidential elections. Many more intolerant people quick to insult and resort to name-calling when others disagree with them.
3-Illegal immigration, Abortion, Muslim Refugees, Obamacare, Homosexual Marriage.
My first post at FR was in 2002 I believe but I began lurking and reading during Whitewater investigation in 90s. (Don’t remember which year I found the site)
I appreciate that Trump has brought topics into the campaign that otherwise the press may not have brought up. However, I don’t like his temperament in the way he talks down, insults, mocks, and puts down others who disagree with him or who may threaten him in polls. While his fans see these traits and ego as positives, I view them as not being Presidential.
The Big Guy himself:
35. Dissatisfied with the operation of the Prodigy bulletin board, and similar sites, I decided to start my own "bulletin-board" Internet-type site to encourage the free expression of ideas -- particularly in connection with President Clinton's then past and present activities. I wanted to be able to reach a wider audience than did the Prodigy bulletin board and encourage more free discussion. Thus, in September of 1996, while still a consultant for ProtoSource, I started Free Republic.36. I began looking for suitable "forum" software. I located a couple packages and tried them out, but was not happy with the formats. I decided to write my own.
37. It took me a couple of months to write and test the software. I developed and tested version one on ProtoSources' computer. I developed and tested later revisions on our Electronic Orchard computer before installing on freerepublic.com or other sites open to the public.
38. I "cross-posted" (showing a link to freerepublic.com) articles to Prodigy, several USENET groups, and a couple other forums on the internet -- the names of which I no longer remember. On all articles I posted, I included the URL of the new freerepublic.com forum and within a few months people began visiting the Free Republic site.
I think I first saw one of Rodger's articles, before Google worked so hard to limit linking access to FR. :)