No one here that I know of is trying to use FR "to help replace Bush with a Democrat." But I don't know HOW you influence your candidate (and I DID VOTE for Bush in 2000--check my posts back them---think I was lying at the time?) to change course on policies you're convinced are disastrous for the nation if you're not willing to withhold your vote as a last resort. Although I haven't definitively decided not to vote for Bush, I haven't decided to vote for him either---and up until a month ago, I was certain there was no one else in the world I could vote for EXCEPT Bush.
If Free Republic, in addition to the rules about no personal attacks, no racism, etc., now has a new rule that no one is to criticize Bush, then let that be clearly enunciated. There's no need to make insulting inferences about someone "using FR to elect a Democrat"---just ban whoever criticizes GW, especially in an election year. That way, you won't need threads like these, and you can just pretend that everyone really is united behind Bush.