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Thompson, the new great Conservative hope. Deus ex machina. Out of thin air. I’ve been on FR a long time. Funny I don’t remember all the postings about Thompson’s great, unique and laudatory successes while he was in office. You like Thompson? Great. You think he can be elected? Great again. If he is elected, super great. But I’m not so sure how much you like Thompson. Because if you really liked him you would post article after article to boost his chances. And you would do it in forums where selling him might help, not in the deluded bubble that is FreeRepublic. And you would have your work cut out for you. But that’s not what you do, is it? Your continuous defamation of Giuliani doesn’t boost Thompson. Not one bit. Its only achievement, if any, will be to damage the one Republican candidate who could win in 2008. I have a sneaking suspicion that you would be glad to see any Democrat sworn in Jan 2009 rather then see Giuliani of whom George Will was right when he said, “His eight years as mayor of New York were the most successful episode of conservative governance in this country in the last 50 years.” Which makes you and the other zealots, enemies to Republicans and Conservatives and those who care about America.

I only consider supporting Thompson because I've been convinced by the actual moderates in the party that we need a compromise candidate - one who is not too conservative nor too liberal. Giuliani represents the far left liberal side of the party and Hunter and Tancredo represent the far right conservative side of the party. I'm a far right conservative, but for the sake of the party and the election I would be willing to compromise and pick an actual moderate candidate to represent the party.

We have ALWAYS trashed liberals here and Giuliani should certainly be no exception. Promoting the other candidates in the back of the field - or even one who has not announced his candidacy - is almost pointless when the three frontrunning candidates are either liberals or nutcases.

The reason I'm particularly nasty to the pro-liberal posters here on Free Republic is that they are distracting from and disrupting the conservative mission of this website. There's a liberal about to fool the Republican party into nominating him to be their candidate for President and to seal their doom as a viable party. You may be willing to accept that, but I'm not. Free Republic should be on the forefront of exposing liberals - especially those in our own midst - who would destroy conservatism and the Republican Party in their zeal for power at all costs. Those of you who would promote a candidate who is clearly in opposition to the majority of the Party Platform are the enemies to Republicans, conservatives, and those who care about America.

the conservative mission of this website.

Oh, is that what you think you accomplish? It's not. Unless the mission of this website is a suicide one.

What you accomplish is to disgust a lot of decent people, many Freepers, and any lurkers who are curious about Conservatives and Republicans.

You justify every criticism of us.

You do nothing good.

And you failed to take exception to my belief that you would prefer a Democrat to Giuliani as the next President. Which makes you a fool- under the very best observation.