Posted on 04/05/2007 8:46:45 PM PDT by Pistolshot
I came here in 1998 looking for conservative, logical, thoughtful conversation and debate on the things that matter to us the most. I was a Reagan Republican. One of those who had watched in horror as our embassy staff in Tehran was taken by fanatics. The answer should have been overwhelming force, but it was Carter, that limp-wristed, cant-we-just talk-this-out, weakling who had made the military a shambles, and stripped it of its soul because of VietNam. I knew from the beginning that there was no room in this world for weakness and that was the beginning of my road to conservatism.
Now here we are, in the beginnings of a campaign to deny the Democrats not only the White House, but the two houses of Congress. It is extremely early in this race, the leading candidates that have announced are far from acceptable to a large majority of us. Yet, day after day on this site we have the Rudy machine, the McCain people, Mitts people, and every other supported candidate backer posting missives about their guy. Some are repeated vitriol that has no debatable content, and only begs to be ignored. Some of it is the adage of Dont like it, too bad. He will be our candidate. In the past Ive seen posters here who were thoughtful, logical, literally passionate about impeaching Clinton, but with a HUGE degree of civility.
What is taking place here, and I am guilty of it too, so dont think I am pointing fingers here, is the destruction of what is good about this site. WE ARE CONSERVATIVES, first and foremost. We have our passions that lead us to the candidates we have running. Debate is the give and take of ideas to reach a consensus about a direction. A direction we should all look at for the country, not because of the he can beat Hillary dogma, but because the candidate we choose is THE one to carry what our hopes and dreams are for this great nation. I have seen posters here demean others, insult integrities, bash people they DONT EVEN KNOW ON A PERSONAL LEVEL, and generally look like some of the slime that lurks on DU.
We are supposed to be better than that. Its time we stop acting like we cannot debate without insult, stop treating each other as if our opinions dont matter or our vote. Its time that Jim starts looking around and suspending or closing some accounts for this type of behavior until it gets under control.
We are not DU here. The candidate we vote to carry the platform will be the one who reaches out to the most diverse among us. If that doesnt happen for your candidate, Im sorry. But to stoop to some of the tactics Ive seen here based on a persons opinion or religion is despicable and speaks poorly for all of us.
that was a great thread...specially the keywords...
Well .. that’s a pretty “liberal” interpretation of Free Republic.
I believe it means .. A FREE COUNTRY, A FREE NATION.
Free Republic has NOTHING TO DO WITH THE FREEDOM OF DU TO COME HERE AND SPEW THEIR STUFF.
Please go tell your friends.
Dear Clueless:
Pay attention to what the Democrats are doing right now; try to digest it; if you believe that they will EVER give up that power again, you don't need to be voting.
Never mind that the primaries are a year away (give or take). On the one hand I keep asking myself why I should even get worked up at this point, and on the other hand it seems pretty clear to me that it’s in the media’s (read: the Democrats’) best interests. It’s a whole year of playing Whack-a-Mole with any Republican to raise his head. I have to agree that we’re falling for a really grotesque game that’s entirely media driven. I guess it’s natural, and the media surely must recognize it: the chips are down for us at the moment, and we desperately want to get out of the box we’re in — and the media knows it.
“Ill support the Republican in 08.”
Good for you!! So will I if we nominate one!!
Ah, no, it's not.
Big BUMP!!
Remember Ash??
What drew me to FR was the flaming of my occupation as a bunch of JACK BOOTED THUGS. If it had not been for the flaming, I would not have become a member. One of the most attractive aspects of FR is the passions of posters. About the only thing I take offense to is, a-holes accusing other Freepers of being peds and beastialists with no proof!
Well, why don’t you explain to me why it’s ironic?
The democrats can/could never split the republican party..
They are not smart enough..
George Bush is the one that has fractured the republican party ON PURPOSE..
Over immigration, fiscal spending, Sandy Berger, the border guards, and other bending over for democrats.. i.e. not fighting back..
The MsM is not splitting us, the White RINO House is..
ON PURPOSE with malice aforethought so that Hitlery will be elected.. Either George is stuck on stupid or he is well aware of what he is doing.. I believe he is NOT STUPID..
I think you make a very good point.
That would be me. Onlyu I'm not going to sit it out, I'm going to campaign like hell for a pro-life candidate and if the Republicans choose to elect a pro-abortion gun grabbing cross dressing RINO, then I'll work to elect a pro-life Republican in 2012.
No pro-abortion republican will win in the General Election. Pro-Abortion belongs to the democrats. They will not trust a pro-abortion republican and neither will pro-lifers. A pro-Abortion republican candidate will be doomed from the get-go.
Keep that in mind when you pull the primary lever.
Good thoughts...great post, but it’s going to take far more than a single, well thought out post to get the herd back into a pack. We live in very hatful times.
While many factors played into the final results, we lost the 2006 election because we failed to fight as a group. We can kiss the Whitehouse goodbye and bow to president Clinton if we don’t fight together.....and quite frankly, the Traitor Party knows this fact and uses it to great advantage.
And how many of them did you contribute? ;-)
That’s the sad truth, isn’t it? Good to see you, Potlatch!!!
Threats?
Sure it is. Like AlSnore’s ice samples. You can get a good feel for what’s happening and where we’ve been just by skimming through the forum.
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