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Bump (Missed ya, my old friend)

I'll add an answer to MI's comment about why many of us do not participate:

Speaking for myself, it is for 3 reasons:

1. Before the election, we needed to focus on our agreements and support Bush.

2. The tiny but so very *shrill* group who do indeed throw out the racism accusation as a habitual tactic of "debate".

To deny this is common is ludicrous - no one is fooled.

To deny it is a serious problem is unwise IMO.

Allowing it to continue is not only terribly unjust, but it needlessly polarizes people into staunch "camps". Not smart, not conducive to clear reasoning.

And if that isn't enough, their crying wolf allows the true racism to sneak under the wire. Think.

Yes - get rid of the bigots as they harm our cause and our image. But dump the wolf-criers for the same reason.

3. Those for Bush's plan, or who don't see our borders as a serious problem in need of strong action, are a tiny minority amongst conservatives. Look outside FR.

Bush's plan isn't going to pass, the call to fix things the right way is being raised in many, and much more powerful, places outside FR, and basically, our side is winning anyway.

So, a lot of us just don't bother getting into the fray here where the debates are so full of useless noise the signal is lost. We just make our thoughts heard elsewhere.