A couple things:
If he's been around FR for any length of time he'd know that this is no rah-rah section for W. Many of us have been angry w/ some of his policies, even his most loyal supporters have raised questions.
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Pietro, two things: first of all, check out the live thread on Bush's 4/04 press conference. It was stunningly worshipful. Second, it's my understanding some pretty serious charges have been made (pretty serious if you take the name of the site seriously) that paleocons critical of Bush have been banned from Free Republic.
Pietro, two things: first of all, check out the live thread on Bush's 4/04 press conference. It was stunningly worshipful. Second, it's my understanding some pretty serious charges have been made (pretty serious if you take the name of the site seriously) that paleocons critical of Bush have been banned from Free Republic.
...lame garbage, a referral to one thread out of tens of thousands, and a rumor. And you expect to be taken seriously? Please...JFK
The management of FR has been tolerant of my opinion of Bush and the rhetoric here. (read my tagline for example)
I guess maybe it's because I don't go over the edge with personal attacks or something, I don't know.
Second point first; I'm not sure of the difference between neocons/paleocons or just garden variety conservatives. I would count myself in the latter group and I have often criticized W w/ no harmful side effects. generally, for someone to be banned here they must be abusive. Although, we have been experiencing a lot of "troll" activity wherein someone signs up and the next day begins to trash W for not being conservative enough. Its simply a matter of house cleaning, the Trolls are obvious, usually, and disappear of their own accord more often than not.
And to your first point; Surprise!! alot of people here like W, they like his straight forward language, they like his principalled approach (such a contrast to the bj administration). I'd also point out that as we near the election conservatives are going to coalesce, the time for inter-party squabbling must take a back seat.
First, I'm sorry that you do not have the time to surf FR daily. You would have found many, many posts critical of certain policies of President Bush, i.e. CFR, Education, immigration.Secondly, I have posted several critical comments and HAVE NEVER WORRIED ABOUT BEING BANNED. The "understanding" you mention is probably the disruptors (trolls) that register to make asinine comments that can be exported to DU for "proof" that the FR posters are evil, dumb, or whatever. When trolls become too ridiculous, they ARE banned. I have been registered her for serveral years and lurked here for years before that and have never seen anyone banned for disagreeing with other conservatives, unless they got profane, racist or made personal attacks.