[TomB]

There really is something wrong here at FR when you scooped the blogosphere on a hot exposure of a Leftie boutique rag that is perpetrating myths about our soldiers and a day later there's only 120 comments.

Yep, look at the virtual feeding frenzy going on right now in the blogosphere, and all the info/research that went on yesterday. That used to happen here. But no more.

Yesterday morning a google blog search yielded 1 result, it's now over 200.

You never did tell us exactly. Were you just googling or checking TNR for fresh info or do you have an RSS feed to watch fresh TNR blog posts automatically?

Pure dumb luck. I was surfing all the results for "Scott Thomas" and I think it was at Townhall or Hugh Hewitt's blog where they were taking TNR's blog to task for not addressing the issue, so I clicked on the link, and there was the statement.

[George W. Bush]

That used to happen here. But no more. Yesterday morning a google blog search yielded 1 result, it's now over 200.

I agree. You know, in the 2000 open primary, it was toe-to-toe often. But FR is getting to be like a circular firing squad. And it isn't just Giuliani. You see it with the other candidates too. And not just Ron Paul. It worries me. I've even tried to cut out my own harsher jokes and stuff (except that leftwing mayor who I will never vote for). Hmmm...I guess I still have some work to do on that comradery thing. But some of that anti-Mormon trolling was especially nasty. And I'm as obnoxious a Baptist as you can find and I still didn't like going after him that way. I think we lost a lot of Mormon members who have sought greener pastures. I'm not sure I blame them.

I guess I don't know how the mods could fix it though if people just want grudgematches and constant fighting. So many good hot threads, like this one, get neglected and the real flamewars get hundreds of posts daily. It just can't be a Good Thing for FR.