[DrMartinVonNostrand]

Yeah, I probably went off on too much of a tangent with the Ken Starr bit, but I was trying to explain why pragmaticism and moderation sometimes is in your long term best interest to a bunch of reactionaries who can't grasp such a concept. I get the feeling like I have stumbled into the GOP's kennel here. It's like the polar opposite of MoveOn here with some of these characters. Scary.

[DoctorMichael]

I've just quickly scrolled through this Thread to get the jist of it before posting my own 2 cents..................

To DrMartinVonNostrand: Please turn your head and cough.

[Tamzee]

I get the feeling like I have stumbled into the GOP's kennel here. It's like the polar opposite of MoveOn here with some of these characters. Scary.

While we do have a few folks here that would qualify as polar opposites of MoveOn members, our entire Free Republic site is more balanced than that. There is constant friction here between the camps, though, as the hard-core conservatives are pulling the Republican Party as far right as possible and less hard-core conservatives don't appreciate being viciously insulted for not cooperating. It seems that there is a particular topic this tug-of-war takes place on every week and you've just had a bit of bad luck to stumble directly upon the current one.

[EternalVigilance]

...but I was trying to explain why pragmaticism and moderation sometimes is in your long term best interest to a bunch of reactionaries who can't grasp such a concept

The only ones who use the term 'reactionary' generally are communists.