[B. A. Conservative]

Reagan's vision of America is still with us. The 1994 Congressional elections prove it. Republicans lost their vision and maybe their values in the aftermath of the loss of leadership surrounding Newt's embarrasing resignation. Free Republic lost part of its focus and vision as a result of the same events, but also from the distraction of the now concluded lawsuit.

Now it is time to put our house in order. Free Republic must focus on its primary mission in order to get the Republican Party back on track. Only the Republican Party can restore America to her former greatness by defeating the Democratic Party that led Americans away from freedom and down the road to serfdom through socialism. Arise Free Republic! Let the Reagan Renaissance begin!

[B. A. Conservative]

Where are the patriots? It is time to rally the troops and put on our armor.

[FF578]

Part of the problem is that Free Republic has been infiltrated by leftists (Libertarians) who support blasphemy, drug use, homosexuality, abortion, fornication, adultery, prostitution, immorality, and a host of other things that All true conservative despise and hate.

[Burr5]

Bitch, bitch, bitch. This forum is as free and as entertaining as I could hope for. Perhaps you need to start your own: where there's a hell of a lot less going on.

[ned]

The key is going to be as it has always been - public opinion. By and large, that's why politicians vote as they vote.

[usconservative]

Only the Republican Party can restore America to her former greatness

Sorry, but I laughed out loud so hard at this statement, my wife came running from three floors up to see what I was laughing at.

The problem is, the spineless, limp-wristed "leadership" that exists in the Republican Party. Trent Lott has got to go. He dealt away power to the Democrats when the party should've seized the control it rightfully had in the Senate. There is literally NO HOPE of regaining the Senate this year. Anyone who thinks there is, well I wnat some of what they're smoking/drinking/shooting up.

The House will be lost this November unless a MAJOR shakeup in House Leadership happens, and Conservatives (not the RINO's) are put back into leadership positions - ACROSS THE BOARD. The House is on the verge of being lost, despite what the Republican Party internal polling numbers say. Simply put: they're delusional if they think they can keep the status quo and keep the house.

Is Free Republic a failure? HELL NO. Free Republic day in and day out, points in a clear, concise manner what is wrong with our Government. We applaud it when it does something right, we criticize like hell when it does something wrong. If it weren't for FR, I'd have gone absolutely NUTS a long time ago. Hell, some people say I already have.

Regards,

[Pharmboy]

The only problem with FR is that it's addictive.

[Burr5]

Perhaps I should expand and clarify: It seems to me that 95% of the time, when a Freeper comments on something, implicit in that comment already is the subtext "so we better go elect some more Republicans." The "Chatting" that you deride is part of the fun. But I don't see how it detracts from anyone's activist inclination. You're not going to organize the far-right grouches who hate both parties to join you in line to vote any more than you'll organize the Democrap disruptors to do so. I think 99.9% of us are already voters who can already figure out who to vote for. And I like FR the way it is.

[PatrioticAmerican]

"By using any yardstick of your own choosing, there are few if any parameters in which conservatives can claim any improvement"

I'd disagree on one respect: Education. More people now understand more of what is going on than ever, and cable news and the internet are the mediums of this education. Free Republic is a major player on the Internet.

[leilani]

Part of your problem, and frankly part of everyone's problem, is that most folks don't think like we (each of us as individuals) do. That's the conundrum: we've got this great place - FR - to market our own ideas, but, lo-&-behold, maybe everyone isn't buying 'em. To say that we should shut down the marketplace because they aren't buying our products is BOGUS, BAConservative. If you have a problem because folks on this site are not up to par, you have only yourself to blame: YOU have not convinced the other folks at the marketpalce how valuable your ideas are. For heaven's sake, don't blame the messagebearer.

[Ohioan]

There are already almost enough knowledgeable patriots, who hang around this venue, to turn America around. In the sense of creating an interactive ferment, where ideas on how to take back America are stimulated daily, this is already a success. It is far too early to judge the ultimate result--or the ultimate issue, by the present state of American politics.

What is happening here, is that a lot of otherwise unaffiliated Conservatives are stimulated to think a bit more deeply, a bit more tactically as to what should be done. In meeting others of like mind, their spirits are also raised just enough to bring out a bit more individual effort. As this interactive process continues, new approaches--hopefully better approaches--will emerge.

It is important to understand how powerful an informed group, numbering in the thousands, can be, when they understand the issues and the tactics of influencing the political dynamics. In early 1916, Lenin had 10,000 dedicated followers. Eighteen months later, they had expanded to 40,000, and took over one of the World's most populous empires. I refuse to believe that mobilized evil is more powerful than mobilized virtue and honor.

While we are not--we hope--faced with having to manage a revolution in the streets, the point is the same. With 20,000 well informed Conservative activists, we could create a psychological climate that would make the continued drift to the Left impossible. With 40,000, we could finish the job we thought we were going to accomplish in 1980.

William Flax Return Of The Gods Web Site

[Darth Sidious]

Only the Republican Party can restore America to her former greatness...

It was at this point that your essay was disqualified from possessing anything meaningful.

Only God can restore America... if we really want Him to.

[ChadGore]

Never speak ill of a fellow Republican.
--Reagans Law

[LarryLied]

We can cost the left a lot of money if Republicans in every state introduce a voucher bill before the election. All the Democrat groups, from the NEA to the AJCongress and PFAW have vowed to do with it takes to defeat vouchers in state legislatures.

Every dollar they spend defeating vouchers is a dollar they don't have to give to a Democrat candidate.

It costs us nothing to introduce legislation. It will cost them millions stopping it.

[shiva]

Is Free Republic a Failure?

I hope not!!!I just sent them a donation!

[KirkandBurke]

FreeRepublic is not a failure by any stretch, but it needs to extract its cranium from the RNC's anus. The current Republican Party is a mere shadow of what it once was. It has now been infested with Trotskyite, Frankfurt School Neocons, whose Big Government objectives do not jibe with true conservative values. They're little more than avaricious, internationalist Democrats who claim they go to church and have traditional values. Woodrow Wilson would be proud. Let FR return to its original purpose

...an online gathering place for independent, grass-roots conservatism on the web. We're working to roll back decades of governmental largesse, to root out political fraud and corruption, and to champion causes which further conservatism in America.

[SamBees]

FreeRepublic has the power within its grasp to achieve its mission and change the course of history. Organization, delegation, and unity of purpose are the keys
to success. On another thread, I have offered what I believe to be one solution to the problem. There may be others. That is what the mission of this forum is
about. Let's Roll!

[Johnny Shear]

Reagan's vision of America is still with us. The 1994 Congressional elections prove it.

OK...Here's what you and your kind need to do...

Keep whining and complaining then throw in another Ross Perot and get Hildabeast elected in 2004...

THEN, you'll have set the stage for another 1994 for the Republicans...And ONLY then will you have done so!

And I hope you'll finially be happy with Hildabeast as your President for another 6 years...

[JZoback]

Free Republic must focus on its primary mission in order to get the Republican Party back on track.

Sorry to inform you, but the words Constitution and Republican Party are not even closely related.

I'll take a Repug over a Demoncat any day, but they for the most part are different sides of the same wooden nickel.

Only the Republican Party can restore America to her former greatness

Are you not paying attention at all?

If you really think this, you are (no offense) either very young with lot to learn about how politics work or very old and senile

...Or you are something in between I'll rather not accuse you of

[Nick Danger]

Well thought out, carefully crafted political activism can be effective... I will proffer that we have done little more than chat or indulge in wishful thinking. Our attempts at organized planning, coordination or unification of efforts, orderly assignment of tasks and delegation of responsibilities have been largely non-existent.

There are a lot of people working to make that happen, and you denigrate them by claiming, I think in ignorance, that they do not exist. The Fresno chapter has been out there almost every week, causing some kind of Hell for the liberals. The DC chapter was Bill Clinton's worst nightmare, and they are still out there raising hell. Only last month they tried to put on a major rally. Did you go? The Florida chapter made Sore Loserman go home. The Houston chapter just participated in a protest on illegal immigration. The Dallas chapter sent a bunch of Greenies home in their SUV last month when they came to put Exxon/Mobil "on trial." Some more of us in DC did a similar number on Ralph Nader's "PIRGies" when they tried a similar thing. All of the Texas chapters just got together and coordinated a booth at the Texas Republican convention. They paid for it, too, out of their own pockets.

The Free Republic Network has gone out and acquired the services of the Leadership Institute, and is putting on a convention within driving distance of at least 3,000 Freepers where people can learn how to do this stuff even better, from the people who teach the best. Are you going?

I'm sorry, but I see a lot of people doing a lot of work in this area, and it irks me to see people say that no one is doing anything, or that things aren't being coordinated, or that things aren't being planned. Do you have any idea what goes into putting on the kind of rally DC tried? Or fielding a booth at a GOP convention? Or putting on a national Free Republic conference? People aren't just giving their time to these things, they are putting money where their mouth is. I don't see you on the list of chapter members. How come?

[JZoback]

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