My first step will be to stay on protected threads only, but that's not what I'm here for.
I'm here to learn and grow and contribute, and frankly, the MANIACS are keeping us solid citizens from being able to participate on this forum.
It is counterproductive to be here. It is counter-conservative to be here. And it is becoming counter-intuitive to stick around.
I've said it on other threads, but I hope that the Secret Service monitors this forum. I truly believe some of these out of control Bush haters would do him harm if they could.
They do not represent conservatism at any level, and they are not being stopped.
Yeah, it's tough sometimes. I stopped seriously engaging with them, and instead mock them. For some reason they don't take kindly to that, though. [scratching head]
The same could be said of President Bush, Sen. John McCain, and a whole gaggle of Republicans in Congress and the RNC.
What you FAIL to understand is that this is not a Republican website. It isn't a Bush fan club website. It is a conservative website first and foremost and when any Republican to include the President is acting in a manner counter to the goals and ideas of conservatism, this is where we decry that activity. Yet those of us who attempt to do just that receive all kinds of static and noise from those who don't understand the actual mission of this forum.
I support President Bush and other elected representatives as far as their actions deserve my support. I criticize them when their actions deserve such criticism.
"Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. It is patriotic to support him insofar as he efficiently serves the country. It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent that by inefficiency or otherwise he fails in his duty to stand by the country. In either event, it is unpatriotic not to tell the truth, whether about the president or anyone else." -- Theodore Roosevelt, Republican President
So, call me a "maniac" and even call the Secret Service on me. I've done nothing wrong and my statements on Free Republic are consistant with the mission under which this forum is stated to operate. It is your noise and static, and that from others like you who believe that the President and other Republicans can do no wrong, that is counter-conservative and counter-intuitive to the mission of this forum.