I suppose a partial no answer is as close to an answer as you can get.
You speak of Palin, but I hadn’t mentioned her. Then, in your tag line, you got it almost totally wrong too. Plenty of people who were not going to vote McCain are now going to because they believe that she makes up for all of McCain’s ‘sins’.
You’ve decided that the time for ‘third parties’ is now over for this election, so everyone should shut up? I may have said that I was going to vote third party, but I don’t recall so yet again, your reply is non-responsive.
How is asking questions being divisive? Where did I question his bravery or service? I questioned the report of him being close to death and his recovery without medical intervention.
Is ‘Hall Monitor’ a paid position or volunteer?
99% of the time I live and let live. God knows, plenty of my posts have been wrong or stupid or counterproductive. In one particular case I argued against the 2003 Iraq invasion even after it was decided (in late 2002). I was asked to stop arguing (well asked would be a nice word) because I was impacting troop morale. I stopped pretty soon after that.
I don't track trolls or newbies very often, don't have the time and nobody pays me to be here or do that. Maybe one time a year at most. I have occasionally called out a poster I thought was a troll and there was one occasion where I contributed to the banning of an obvious troll (much more obvious than you).
The reason I spoke of Palin is I checked your other posts to make sure you weren't bad mouthing her. There are still third party deadenders who are. You are not and that is good. Considering your posting history I do not think you are a troll (whew that must come as relief to you!)
With that kind of censorship there is always the danger of group-think. But I don't think that is a problem in this case, there are still plenty of reasonable arguments against McCain's specific positions. I just don't like innuendo such as your postings in this thread.
Ok, I changed my tagline a bit just to please you.