We were all newbies once. But people tend to be suspicious of those who recently joined, especially if they post something controversial.
Just hang tough and you will be an oldie way too soon.
Here is what YOU said,
Post 157.
Rudy made a fool of himself. He was as bad as Jkerry when waffling. I would vote Mclaim unless Fred runs. Please, Fred, RUN!
Here was my response. So try again and this time actually READ what I said. Learning to do this will keep you from making a total ass of yourself yet again and again and again as you are doing so far.
I figured you must be a newbie. If you think Rudy sucks then McLame should be the LAST person you would vote for. dbacks Since May 2, 2007
See anyone who has actually been around here more the 2 minutes would know that no matter how bad you think Rudy might be, McLame is FAR worse. McLame is Rudy subtracting all Rudy's positive attributes. Rudy at least has SOME staunch views he will not compromise, McLame would sell his mother in a heart beat if he thought it would win him a vote.
Please don't react like that, at least not on this thread. We're not into that here. It only rebounds against you and detracts from this thing we have built together.
The comment by MNJ was accurate. To dis Rudy then uncritically praise McCain here is proof that you haven't been paying attention for very long . Regardless of the relative merits of either candidate your post was covering ground already covered ad nauseum and, boy howdy, have you missed the mark on the consensus here. The community that has grown up around this thread believe that you are entitled to support who you will, however much any of us may disagree, but you have to know the baggage that each carries before you venture forth in the way you did.
I too am a Fred Fan and have gotten flamed a great deal the last 24 hours for daring to say that I will vote for Rudy if, by some incredible stretch of the imagination he is the Republican nominee, over any Dhimmicrat. None of the flames I have gotten were on this thread or from any of the participants here. You have not been flamed over your post. MNJ was just giving you a heads up, IMO (that means "in my opinion" by the way (NB that's a joke)) about the nature of your post.
MNJ and I have gotten into it any number of times from opposite points of view on this thread. Some of those exchanges have been heated, at times. I have always learned from and come away better for those exchanges... even if he was always wrong <g>.
Bottom line, please don't take offense and please stick around for awhile. I think you'll find a different atmosphere here on this thread than a lot of other places, not only on FR but certainly than on the vast majority of the web.
We are the "Jedi Council" when dealing with these Sunday shows and we try to act that way, as silly as that may sound at first blush. We have fun here (as much as possible) but we also take this seriously. More importantly we really don't want to see this thread become a shouting match over any issue. I am as guilty as anyone (more than most) of taking arguments further than they should go, but I often get caught up in the old "dorm room BS session" of any argument, assuming that everyone here will understand that I mean no offense and am perfectly willing to end up being proved wrong (see my tag line). More than anyplace else on the web I have found an amazing tolerance for my obnoxious and overbearing style of post here on this thread. I value it and these people more than you can imagine. I hope you will come to feel that way too... whether we agree with you on a particular point or not.
Welcome to the thread. If you stick around you have no idea what kind of trouble you are letting yourself in for <g>
Nobody has to tow nobodies line. Its just that most of us expect alot of $0r0$ plants to start signing up to disrupt the primaries. Not that anyone suspects you.
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