[hchutch]

I'd have to side with habs4ever on this. Bush pretty much tells the Palestinians to dump Arafat on the ash heap of history, and comes out with a pretty solid speech and position on Israel - one that does NOT sell Israel out, and Mark Levin was still slamming him.

Personally, I'm tired of those who allow perfect to be the enemy of good enough. I have been quite irritated at a few of the threads that have descended into little more than circular firing squads, or squabbling. And sometimes it's not even an issue of what the problem is, it's how best to solve the problem, or what approach to take. Basic questions of strategy and tactics sometimes divide us, on occasion they bitterly divide us. I believe that if this is not dealt with soon, I fear that the Left will win in 2002.

Everyone on this forum needs to decide whether what we agree on is enough, or if we will allow an occasional disagreement to be enough to split us up and let the Left take over. I'm going to say up front that I think that allowing the Left to win is NOT acceptable, so I'm going to stick here and do what I can. However, if I think the wrong strategy is being used, or if there is a potential problem that could hamstring us down the read, I WILL speak up.

I will also say this much: As someone who is still madder than spit about the backstabbing done to Bret Schundler last year and Ollie North in 1994, I will NOT look favorably upon backstabbing that will elect leftist Democrats, and this applies to RINOs and the right EQUALLY.

[illstillbe]

I'm going to stick here

Me too ... me too ... thank you for that ....

[B Knotts]

Well, one of the troubling things is that there are quite a few people posting here who seem to disagree with the mission of Free Republic.

[Kevin Curry]

Everyone on this forum needs to decide whether what we agree on is enough, or if we will allow an occasional disagreement to be enough to split us up and let the Left take over.

FR isn't the army. FR is a boisterous town hall where we debate, reason, shout, catcall, argue, and sometimes in frustration just make rude noises.

We are an army in November, when we close ranks, forget and forgive disagreements for the moment, and launch a concerted attack against liberals and Democrats at the ballot box.

Anyone not with us at that point is against us.

[kristinn]

You're wrong. See, even on this thread F. Lee Levin is being accused of coming over to that other thread just to pimp his article at National Review Online. Once again, you guys are making my case for me.

Go back and read the thread where Levin came in. The nastiness did not start with Levin.

[NordP]

I agree with you. I also have my problems with Sean when he is guilty of virtually the same thing...AND, too often I can see that the goal is merely to improve his ratings.

Perhaps, he's not on radio to push the Republican agenda and simply get listeners, but I guess in my idealistic approach to things, I thought he had it in him to answer to a nobler cause.

I believe that to be of the Republican party is to be a person that believes in personal responsibilities, love of God and life. You are a person of honor, realizing that to do the right thing for the right reasons is paramount, and that may be more difficult--you'll be tested, but to have the moral fiber to handle it. I believe that to help others understand that is more important than ratings. Ratings don't dictate your actions, because if you stand up for the things I mentioned, the ratings will follow.

November is key here people, and we all need to get together on what is right, stand behind the party of those that have these core beliefs, and stop feeding the dems ammunition for their campaigns.

We are in serious trouble here in CA now, with Simon's fraud case. I'm going to the precinct meeting this month, and I'd better hear "when you can't argue the person, argue for the party and what IT stands for" or I'm walking out.

We better start learning how to sell our product, or we should just roll over and pee on ourselves, because that's it. WAKE UP CALL, PEOPLE...WAKE UP AND WIN!