[samtheman]

Free Republic is a VERY influential site, more so than most here realize.

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I have always suspected and hoped that such was the case... thanks for your strong argument for the idea that it is indeed the case.

[catnipman]

I should have also added that I believe that, right now, Free Republic is the venue where the philosophy of conservatism is genuinely deliberated, as opposed to, say, the self-proclaimed “keepers of conservatism” like National Review, which is nothing but a fraudulent front for the moneyed elitist power-brokers.