Just a reminder: Free Republic is a conservative site

[Jim Robinson]

Just a reminder: Free Republic is a conservative site. We fight for conservative principles, values and causes. We defend the Constitution. We defend our borders. We defend our God-given rights. We are opposed to the liberal/socialist/Marxist agenda for America. We do not willingly give up ground to the Marxists.

It's true that the illegal immigration issue is very discouraging, and I don't know if anyone has a solution that will appeal to conservatives and yet manage to get by Democrat obstructionism, ie, a filibuster, but I don't see that as any reason to give up everything. We should not allow it to rip us apart and destroy the movement. We fight on.

We hold the majority. We continue working as hard as we possibly can to elect as many conservatives as we possibly can. We build a conservative majority that can overcome the Democrats and the RINOs. We do not willingly give up any seats to Democrats. We add seats. Preferably, conservative seats.

I would also like to remind everyone, that Free Republic does not condone racism and does not advocate violence. We exercise our first amendment rights to free speech and peaceable assembly. We do not condemn people because of their race, religion, ethnicity, skin color, etc. We do not advocate civil war, anarchy, or an overthrow of the government. We do not advocate shooting illegals or mining the borders. We do not appreciate people coming across our borders illegally, but as conservatives, we do not issue racial epithets or threaten them with violence or bodily harm.

And, yes, we are at war. And we do support our troops and their mission. We also respect our commander-in-chief and are mindful that when people disrespect him, it hurts troop morale. We do not appreciate the mainstream media's attempts to destroy America's will to fight and we do not do anything to assist the Democrats and their accomplices in the media in their treasonous mission of undermining the war effort by providing aid and comfort to the enemy.

And despite our dissatisfaction and disappointments in regards to the illegal immigration issue, we recognize that it is not the last issue on earth and there are plenty of other reasons not to allow the Marxist Democrats to retake power.

I'll list a few issues (by no means and exhaustive list) that will be adversely affected by Marxist/Democrats in power:

Islamofascism/terrorism
National Security/Defense
The United Nations (as in their control over us)
The Supreme Court
The federal judiciary
The legislative agenda
The right to life
Marriage between one man, one woman
The family
Education
Health care
Private property
Taxation
Oil/energy
The right to keep and bear arms
The right to freedom of religion
The right to self-governance
All of our God-given rights
The Constitution
The Republic
Liberty itself

Do not get so discouraged that we give it all up. It could take generations to get it back. If ever.

"Securing the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity" is our duty.

[BigSkyFreeper]

Hey at least it's not a shutout.

It's pathetic given your bias.

[SoCalPol]

You have a choice, vote Republican or Democrat or sit home and suck your thumb.

2004 Election: Bush %50.73 Kerry %48.27

All you third party folks, take away a few per cent of the
Republican vote and you get a Liberal.
You are not going to get any per cent of the left to join you.
Also sit home and you still get a Liberal.
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.

[jan in Colorado]

Thanks for the reminder!

[processing please hold]

Scary scary stuff facing our country on more than one front. It's like the perfect storm is brewing.

With our politicians today they tell us what we want to hear, but behind the scene, totally different.

[BigSkyFreeper]

The cold hard fact is that George Bush the elder lost because of Perot, and I willingly and freely admit that, but the "why" that people were so willing to abandon Bush when he needed them most is more important today then the facts of that loss ever was.

I can give you one reason why, his "no new taxes" pledge.

[fairtrader]

Crossfire would still be on the air if the two of you were the hosts. An Excellent and entertaining debate.

BTW I am glad that JimRob stirred the pot. This debate has been a long time in coming.

[LuxMaker]

Bravo! Well said.

I second that motion.

[LibLieSlayer]

Thanks ET!

LLS

[SoCalPol]

Paddy Buchanan & Ron Paul are against the war.
If that is what you want, just vote Democrat.

[Echo Talon]

Those conservatives holding office need to have the majority to effect change. Without that majority, ALL Conservatives will lose.

This is exactly what one of Jim's points in his post alluded to!

I don't want to speak for Jim but this is what i gathered from his post also...

[Calpernia]

::right back to my schizophrenic ponderings of Bush::

[Squantos]

Is this thread a product of a short temper on this thread.....??

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1612338/posts?q=1&&page=401


Sure appears to be.....

[sneakers]

Thanks for reminding us Jim!

God Bless

[oldbrowser]

I assume Sir, that I am not the first person to suggest that YOU ought to be a candidate for office?

Actually I think Jim is providing more support for the conservative agenda by manning this site than he would as one vote among 535 in Washington.

I am one of many that has become more knowledgeable by lurking and listening to the thoughtful analysis of news events as they are occurring.

Keep up the good work Jim.

[usmcobra]

Any american that believes a politician when he says "no new Taxes" should be horse whipped, just because.

Perot's economic plans were such a breath of fresh air, americans couldn't help but vote for him because they hadn't heard anything like it before.

There is a lesson there, Americans love new ideas and concepts, Newt learned that lesson and applied it in 1994.

The democrats still haven't learned it.

[Colonel Batguano]

"Paddy Buchanan & Ron Paul are against the war.
If that is what you want, just vote Democrat."

If I vote Democrat, I get:
Affirmative action (aka discrimination against whites, asians and men)
Gay "marriage"
Rampant illegal immigration with amnesty
High taxes
Environmental whackoism that strangles growth

Why in HELL would I vote for that?!

[Tares]

I think electing conservatives and appointing constitutionalist judges will do much more for ending illegal immigration than anything else. And if we can do that, then a lot of our other problems will begin falling into line also. Failure to control the government will be our doom.

BTTT!

[Echo Talon]

You have a choice, vote Republican or Democrat or sit home and suck your thumb.

2004 Election: Bush %50.73 Kerry %48.27

All you third party folks, take away a few per cent of the Republican vote and you get a Liberal. You are not going to get any per cent of the left to join you. Also sit home and you still get a Liberal. Don't cut off your nose to spite your face

Actually ALL the 3rd parties added togeather only barely got 1% of the vote in 2004...

[BigSkyFreeper]

So why have you been disagreeing with me for the last several hours?