This is an excellent idea, one that is much-needed if we are to reclaim our country and keep it from being a socialist mess.
HOWEVER, I am seriously concerned that, with all the free-thinking on Free Republic, and with all the one-issue FReepers, that we will not be able to unite enough to become effective. Look at all those who got mad and stayed home the past two national elections — and look at what we have in Washington as a result.
I strongly suggest a pinned thread where we discuss and define the few MAJOR conservative principles that unite us and that we are ALL willing to fight for, so that when we do begin to organize on the local level we already have ourselves focused on the task ahead and don’t waste time arguing for our pet issues.
The time for that is over. We must unite or we’ll be steamrolled.
The problem is that even when we agree on principles, we don't agree on the path forward on those principles or the issues that surround them. Plenty of us who believe strongly in the Second Amendment eventually decided that we could forgive past statements by Mitt Romney and believed that he would do no harm to us as president. We enthusiastically supported his candidacy. Others who hold to the same principles believed that he was just playing games and would grab our guns as quickly as the Democrats would if he ever reached the White House. Ultimately, we're each going to spend our efforts in the direction that we think is best.
Bill