But, as stated on the FR home page,
"Free Republic is an online gathering place for independent, grass-roots conservatism on the web."
IMHO, this site has been over-run by Libertarians and infiltrators from DU, et. al., who are using the prestige of FR to trash a president supported by the majority of its members.
FR is still the premier website for news and information, but sooner or later I think JR will have some tough decisions ahead on the political direction of the site.
In the meantime, I will continue to defend a president whose main defect would appear to be that he is not a cross between Ronald Reagan and Jesus Christ.