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That’s a very low blow, and unworthy of you.

I was giving an honest opinion. You should see some of these threads we get any more. People advocating complete socialism. Not just RP threads either.

I hate to break it to you but FreeRepublic has a number of Bush-era big-government conservatives. These are persons who would have been banned out of hand in the pre-Bush pro-Gingrich era. That's just how it was.

So I don't think it was a low blow at all. Just an honest description.

In the pre-primary seasons, we should generally be more principle-over-party. Once our primary has selected a nominee, most of us may have to accept a party-over-principle candidate. Certainly, that's what I try to do.

The real objection I have is the effort to exclude Ron Paul the only likely Reagan-Gingrich type Republican from the race (after the others drop out or likely become irrelevant after Ames). And if Duncan or Tom pulls off a surprise in Ames and RP gets a Big Nada, I'll be glad for Duncan or Tom to still be in the race. Because they're both good candidates to help push the entire GOP field to the Right and their borders/illegals leadership is very valuable.

Our goal is to choose the most conservative electable candidate. But we will clearly have to push them to the Right and get them to commit to conservative policy.