[oldfart]

"You know what (whether you support Ron Paul or not..) we should be discussing IDEAS not people; if the pro war people (and I am one of them) disagree with Paul; and I do on this issue: We should make the case for the war, and against Ron Paul’s ideas-not attack him and his supporters personally..

Absolutely right!! Unfortunately, the quality of debate (and of the debaters) at FreeRepublic has decreased over the past few years. Now, rather than engage in meaningful discussion over ideas and policies many posters simply call each other names and refer to public figures they disagree with as mentally deficient. FreeRepublic has members all over the world and so is able to "scoop" almost all the conventional news organizations. For that reason alone it's worth watching. As far as political discussion goes though it's little better than DU.

[michigander]

Well said.