wardaddy wrote: "No...don't go vote Dem or 3rd party (yet) but we don't have to slather over Bush either."
I was warning FReepers about President Bush years ago. He's a big government guy through and through, because compassionate conservatism means making government more efficient at helping people. It isn't about getting government out of people's lives. You must admit he's even been pretty consistent on immigration. He's been in favor of a defacto amnesty all along, you know.
Nevertheless, President Bush is much better than the alternative. A lot of FReepers are saying they are so upset about the immigation problem, they are going to sit the 2006 elections out. That's just crazy! I mean, I understand their frustration, but letting the Dems take control because we only got 5% or 10% of what we wanted from the RINOs would mean we get 0%. We know what the Dems want and it's ALL bad.
I don't think a lot of FReepers are going to sit out. I'm sure not but I'll be damned if I'll cheerlead Bush's amnesty nor the RINO's capitulations. Bush will be gone. Replace him with someone less like Bush's daddy and dump the RINOs. But I can tell you. That is not what the BOTs here are suggesting they are Bush and GOP period and we are supposed to like it. I have seen less than a handful here say they would actually support Dems. We may not opne our pocketbooks as much. Nor is this not to say that the GOP could go the way of the Whigs in time.
I think the BOTs and their taskmasters use that as an excuse to try to stem any criticism of their demigod GW.
That is what I see night after night here when the long knives come out.
Anyone have a clue as to how many old time FReepers have been banned the past month?
30-50?
Some freepers (not you) do nothing....absolutely nothing ...but run up and down thread after thread baiting folks and calling the Mods who are in leagues obviously and look for reasons to ban folks over criticizing Bush, RINOs or immigration squabbles.
This is always how it works here on FREE REPUBLIC.
Any contentious issue and the sides line up and whoever had the PTB and the Mods on their side then runs around pell mell looking to slash and burn because they can and they get a perverse pleasure out of it.
Over and over....Schiavo, Harrietgate, Lottgate , The Port Deal....you name it.
The same ones all pissed off during Schiavo and Harrietgate at JR and the Mods are now the same bunch running up and down forum threads like high fiving night riders.
It's disgusting, despicable and gives a nice window into the rather sorry side of human nature. Especially when that human nature involves folks who have no life but punching out a keyboard night after night with nothing but contempt and negativity and relishing taking down others.
These folks never got beyond High School and a few look like they share DNA with Tony Soprano's mother.
I used to wonder what made anti-freepers tick.
I used to think the folks ranting about immigration were alarmists.
This one may not pass. But the same hyenas that have made hay off this immigration schism will still be here enjoying their dark sport.
And decent less petty larger minded folks will have long left.
those soft on immigration tend to often be socially moderate anyhow....go to a South Bashing thread....the Open Borders and South Bashers often merge