An Open letter to Jim Robinson: Can the Bush-Bashers

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[Big Guy and Rusty 99]

Dear Mr. Robinson,

I have been a loyal member of the Free Republic since before the 2000 election. I have been a Conservative since the early days of Clinton. When I found this site, I thought "Thank God, people who think like me." I have continued to think this until the more recent days. Now, it seems that there are threads left and right bashing our President.

Why? There are things the President has done which I don't agree with but my loyality still lies with him. I am not sure if these "Bush-Bashers" fail to see the reality that with politics comes comprimise or it is something worse. I feel there is a cancer in the Free Republic. Some are eating their own.

I feel that some of these people are members of the dreaded democratic underground disguised as disgruntled conservatives. They are only here to stir up trouble. What's worse, they are doing just that. I am not sure what I think you should do.

As a conservative, I believe in our moral code but I also realize the reality of politics. I back our President but if he were doing something unsavory (like lying under oath,) I could not support him. This is unlike the left's clintonista dogma. What President Bush is doing is not betraying the conservative cause. He is using politics to confound the left. Those who do not understand this are either leftists themself or unable to separate themselves from their zealousness.

This is your show. You choose who gets to be a member and who does not. Those who break your rules are banished from the kingdom. I am not discouraging free speech, but this is free speech in your forum. These Bush-Bashers are brining us down. When this infighting happened in 1992, Bill Clinton got elected. let's not let that happen again.

Yours,

Big Guy and Rusty 99

[Joe Hadenuf]

This is a CONSERVATIVE forum, not a BUSH forum.

Good shot, right in the ten ring.

[Torie]

The Second Amendment interests you? I'm shocked.

[PhiKapMom]

90% of the bashing is not pointing out what he has done -- a lot of it is lies, innuendoes, half truths, and outright mean! Not to mention how some of us supporters are treated!

[Registered]

I think we should ban people that have two names within their screen name...

[Dan from Michigan]

Why did Bush come out for a Palestinian State after 9/11 and reward terrorism? Why is Bush saving Arafat's butt for 8 month or longer? It's against the Bush Doctrine. It doesn't make any sense.

I don't think Bush has any TOUGHNESS. Or SPINE. He's weak.

[Howlin]

Because we have no leader.

Yes, WE do. At least the 90 percent of us CONSERVATIVES who support George W. Bush do.

You need to find yourself a leader -- and another party.

[Torie]

Well that leaves me in the ring, and we don't agree on very much. :)

[VRWC_minion]

And you wonder why many think you folks are DU plants. I have seen every liberal epithet more on this forum lately including "shrub", "chimp", and now "empty suit" than I see anywhere else. If

You forgot "Bush's handlers". Talk about dead giveaway.

[Ragin1]

Does the emporer wear clothes?

[america-rules]

You're taking this site too serious.

Most of the posters are in their little world and probably don't even vote because they don't like any of the choices.

No amount of logic or arguing will change their minds so stop trying because they thrive on the debate.

The mainstream conservative isn't on the fringe like some of these posters so don't take what they say as the norm.

The ones who use shrub, daddy's boy, dumbya etc. are the imposters so ignoe these and they go away !

If you ever see a post by murrymom it's a post from a commie so totally ignore it !

[Republican Wildcat]

With all do respect, JimRob and the Moderators have been doing an excellent job keeping this place fairly stable and have indeed banned the most extreme militants that had been on this forum with great success. This post does not further the cause of stability and invites a flame war.

[nunya bidness]

I forget, is it two legs or four legs bad?

[Howlin]

So you're one of the 9 percenters, too?

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

I supported Keyes in the primaries, and still respect him, but am usually supporting Bush in most of these flamewars. I thought the big fight about Rushbots vs Bushbots on Wednesday was silly. The dishonestly named thread tonight, about the fictional greatest expansion of government ever got way over the top. We had posters calling the President a SOB and saying he should sc--w himself, and saying he was a Nazi. Anyone has a right to say this stuff, but they do not have a right to say it on Free Republic. If I wanted to read stuff like that I would read DU.

[Sabertooth]

When this infighting happened in 1992, Bill Clinton got elected.

And what caused the infighting?

[diotima]

If all of Bush's political decisions are above reproach then you should have no trouble fending off the "Bush Bashers."

[Registered]

Post a poll Kermit...they believe polls ;-)

[primeval patriot]

Having been here since about Dec. 97 I can't say I've seen anything out of the ordinary.

[Republican Wildcat]

I guess that should have been "due" respect, not "do"...

[Dan from Michigan]

that I can undrstand. Bush-Bashers are rueful, almost zealous in their bashing. No matter what, he's wrong. That's what I am talking about.

Reminds me of those that say that Bush is God, is never wrong, and is a GENIUS for signing CFR, etc.

I'm still bitter about CFR and the Patriot Act, and I have a long memory.