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I for one am sick of what these slugs have done to Free Republic. You may be right but the perception is that FR has changed from a thoughtful site to a site of hot-heads with no political brains. That is sad because there are so many intelligent people at this site being shouted down by these blowhards.
WELL SAID!!!!!!

I too agree FR has changed. It does seem as there used to be more agree to disagree conversations and intellectual banter. These conversations are learning tools for some of us. The name calling is pretty glaring. It seems to me that since the Republicans took office RINO is used as a dirty name to belittle a fellow Republican. I wish it could be remembered that it took all Republicans to elect President Bush and give the majority in the Senate and House. I thought that FreeRepublic was a conservative web-site meaning they stood by the GOP. Reasonable people can agree to disagree rather than alienate our fellow Republicans. Sometimes it is just feels good to be able to express your opinio--even if it is cookey.

I thought that FreeRepublic was a conservative web-site meaning they stood by the GOP.

Only when the GOP espouses, promotes, or defends conservatism.

Or so I was led to believe.

I thought that FreeRepublic was a conservative web-site meaning they stood by the GOP.

There's where you made your mistake...I'd say most conservatives vote Republican, but most Republicans are not very conservative...

Well you have not been here long enough. I remember when all the old timmers were being called trolls by the incomming newbies who only cared if the republicans were doing it then it must be great crowd. They still do it...LOL We all found republicans much more favorable than democrats. But we put principles and values first. That is how FR began. JR was a democrat himself...So What! It is princples that matter.

"I wish it could be remembered that it took all Republicans to elect President Bush and give the majority in the Senate and House. I thought that FreeRepublic was a conservative web-site meaning they stood by the GOP. Reasonable people can agree to disagree rather than alienate our fellow Republicans."

Yes and that "majority" gave us (1)the non-reform of McPain's unconstitutional "Campaign Finance Reform" which Bush said he would veto, then refused to; (2)the largest expansion of federal entitlements in forty years (Medicare drug program); (3)a doubling of the federal expeditures and federal bureacracy for "education"; (4)unrestrained federal discreationary spending; (5)McPain's Al Queda Bill of Rights; (6)failure to invoke rules to end the fillibuster of judicial nominations; (7)failure to reform social security (headed to bankruptcy); (8)and constant appeasement to the domination of the congressional agenda by war-like Dimorat leaders who know how to fight, politically.

Its not a "conservative" record to be proud of and at many points along the way, it was only pushing from the GOP base that moved either Bush or the GOP congressional leadership back on track (Meiers).

So, you want everyone to now applaud a Bush eleventh hour ploy to finally (pretend to) enforce what he was constitutionally mandated to be enforcing all along? To what end?

Have you even looked at the spiraling down immigration enforcement figures over the last six years? Doubtful.

They put to the lie any real intent by Bush to enforce existing law much less any "reformed" enforcement rules.

You confuse the GOP leadership with the GOP base it has abandoned.

I agree. I have been unilaterally insulted several times by freepers just for expressing my opinion. Nicest Example: "go back to your day job."

Also, I have seen almost every Republican referred to as a RINO. Sure we have RINOS like Chafee and McCain, but if you look at their voting records, they are still better than almost all RATS. Only a few RATs like Lieberman and Bayh rate as moderates.