I'll say it was disgusting, and scary. I am a new FReeper and former long time lurker. I avoided officially joining Free Republic for the longest time primarily because of the negative attitude a FEW members regularly display. I finally joined a few weeks back because I felt I NEEDED you people to get me through this election. I still feel like I need you all, don't get me wrong. But as I was reading the live thread last night, I found the attitude of a very few so unsettling that I left.
I have a very positive attitude and opinion about President Bush and I know he prevail in November. I couldn't allow the aptly described "fair weather, chicken-little FReepers" affect my positive feelings about President Bush. A constructive critique of Dubya's performance would have been fine, but the remarks of the few made reading that thread most unsettling.
Guys, there are times when we need to WAIT a while, take a few steps away from an event we feel hasn't gone the way WE think it should have gone, and view the WHOLE picture. President Bush did fine. Yes, I think he missed some opportunities to really nail that arrogant jerk down, but he was true to who he was. Kerry didn't win anything. He showed himself to be the self-obsessed disaster most of us here know he is.
pattyjo
Welcome to the other side of the lurking divide. Great comment.