You'll never do it, champ. All that ever ends up happening is thread after thread with blood all over the floor.
It happened with the Libertarians and the Buchanan fraternity, and we lost a hell of a lot of good people. And while everyone was at each others' throats on FR, the libs were marching on. Compare that to the effectiveness of the last month, when the place became a war room for information exchange on the support the troops campaign. Can you *imagine* the impact we could have, if Freepers are all pulling together that way, in Nov 2004?
But the only way that impact can be optimised is if everyone suborns their primary issue to the common good- within reason. We'll never get to where we want to go when all the wheels are pulling in different directions. What I've seen a zillion times is good people coming to FR who are justifiably passionate about a single issue- maybe guns, or abortion, or Mexican immigration. They get all wound up that others don't share their passion to the same degree. The flames start, then the factions, then (worst of all) the bitterness. Then- the departure, one way or the other. And that departure was too often FR's loss. So please forget any idea about hammering the Bush-no-matter-what camp, off the forum. On the issue of the AWB, I think the President is making a big mistake, by sending Scott McLellan out with the bad news. But it's not too late to change his intent, if we pull together. Specifically, by urging gunowners to write to their congressman, by getting on talk radio, by providing links to online polls and the like. This website always punches above its weight and there's no telling what might transpire with the AWB extension if gunowners raise an almighty stink about it- now. All the best, Byron
If I recall, wasn't it the congresscritters that started this mess in the first place?