Replies

I have always mused why the daily life of this president was apparently greeted with such enthusiasm on a conservative forum. I rationalized that many who have joined the forum since the 2000 election have mistakenly identified FreeRepublic as a Republican forum.

I guess you haven't read the founder of this forum's strong statements regarding this President (and the importance of reelecting him) then, have you?

I think he knows what kind of forum Free Republic is..............since it's HIS forum.

There seems to be three common characteristics, which when combined, are an indicator of a Republican Party loyalists operating on this forum.

1) As I noted earlier, their forum membership date usually is around or after November 2000.
2) The excessive use of the pronoun "you" in an adhominem style which is generally designed to discredit the messenger and thereby ignore the substance of the critical comment.
3) An attempt to canonize the reply by tying it to a sacred cow thereby making an further comment unethical or blasphemous or both.

Two replies on this thread fit that profile. The two replies were posted by members who joined FreeRepublic in the specified time frame, utilized the "you" word 18 times in an adhominem style and both replies worked their sacred icons into the response.

If any member is going to spam a topic promoting a candidate they should be prepared to defend their candidate under critical scrutiny. No one benefits when critical, political comments are met with vitriolic nonsense, especially in the form of personal attacks. We all usually hold our noses at the polls but FreeRepublic is the place to debate the issues on their merits.

I repeat. Good luck to you in November.