You have said exactly how I have felt throughout this re-thread as well as the other one from a few weeks ago.
It is most uncomfortable to me to see newbies/previous FReepers/outsiders trolling here for membership over in their camp regardless of the cause.
IMHO, there are magnificent minds right here on FR, and if something needs to be done about anything, then I have no doubt the FReepers will get it done. "Why reinvent the wheel?" as they say. "Why fix it if it ain't broke?"
This effort to lure FReepers to something new and exciting and groundbreaking seems to be counterproductive. All it will accomplish is the scenario of division.
But this is simply one FReepers' opinion.
This "group" says that Rush Limbaugh is in a unique position to tap for donations of 400-600 MILLION per election cycle.
Then in the next paragraph, "they" say that private efforts to contact Rush for over 5 years have failed. So they want FReepers to talk it up, since "they" think Rush or some of his family or staff monitor FR. And supposedly, FReepers are going to be so enthusiastic about this "plan" that Rush will bow to the call and help "them" start up the Reagan wing of the Republican Party or some damn thing, to get rid of the RINOs and elect REAL Republicans. They'll decide who is a REAL Republican.
That's a very cynical ploy for using FR for self-enrichment. I am coming to despise this unknown, unresponsive "group."
So far, there are a lot of names being slung around by this poster--Jim Robinson, Rush Limbaugh, and Ronald Reagan.
Jim Robinson is silent, Rush Limbaugh blew him off for the last 5 years, and Ronald Reagan is in heaven. That just leaves FReepers to do his heavy lifting. I say, "phooey!"
For all we know, it's John effen Kerry.