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Also, you completely miss the reason for the Sunday Show threads. No one is eagerly following them or the retards that host them. in fact, the opposite.

Politically Washington works by trying out all their lies and narratives for the week on Sunday, via the shows. McCain and Biden were the perennial guest 20 years ago. Whatever nonsense they were pushing/talking about started there.

Why do people post articles from mainstream media? Because they believe it? NO!

They want the nonsense to be out there, public and then tore apart by other FReepers. That IS the essence of Free Republic, and why it's lasted so long.

Same thing as the Sunday shows. Even Tony Snow, who used to be the FNS host, and went on to be Bush's press secretary told us, that the various network hosts would read our Sunday news show comments ot see if they could get away with it. He praised us saying, “Nope, nothing get’s by FReepers.”

Anyway, no one twists anyone's arms to any particular thread on Free Republic, but I'll bet you don't let a Ukraine or Russia thread go by without taking a look and often making a comment.

AB does a GREAT job on the Sunday threads, which are much appreciated by most everyone, especially us long timers.

He’s also doing a good job here pointing out that even if you hate the war, which pretty much everyone here does, i’s no reason to root for Russia.

Before anyone claims that’s not what they were doing, just realize it can quickly look that way even if that’s not what was intended.

I was here for Tony Snow, Alas Babylon!. I go back to the beginning, having attended the March for Justice in DC along with Dr Raoul and two bus loads of FReepers from the NJ/PA. We were a movement back then, unified in every way. 9/11 and Bush #43 changed the nation. His compassionate conservativism mixed in with Cheney's neoconservativism has left a schism that remains today. DJT gave me hope, and I agreed completely when he said, "wouldn't it be great if we could get along with Russia" His political instincts are remarkable, but unfortunately indigestible to permanent Washington. And to the NeverTrumpers who dominate these threads. Too much money to be made and too much Wokeism to tolerate a $billionaire populist.

Whatever Jim decides to do with these threads, I could care less. In the end I will still be a staunch opponent against war, unless and until it endangers America and our national interests.