Character assassination isn't positive and the vitriol with which some posters attack the fellow freepers not supporting their choice does little to lift one candidate because it generates as much negative with readers witnessing the spectacle.
The destruction of momentum is what we get with so much personal assault trying to shut up the opposing views. Herman Cain is a good Christian man. I doubt seriously if he would endorse the hateful vitriol some of his 'supporters' use to try and shut up opposition or denigrate Perry supporters, and now insult Newt supporters. Isn't Freerepublic better than that? Do Freepers really want to tolerate such circular firing squad stupidity?