[airborne]

I'm not naive enough to believe that party platform is anything other than a carefully crafted document who's sole purpose is to pander to as many special interests as possible in order to garner votes. The platform committee's sole function is to sit and argue about how much it will cost in money and votes to pick Pepsi over Coke.

You are correct.

Republicans are no longer welcome here at FreeRepublic.

While I can see why you would say that, I don't necessarily agree..

There's been way too much animosity between Freepers who support different candidates.

And if I've unintentionally offended anyone, I apologize. But not for my opinions or my positions.

But both sides need to back off the personal stuff and stick to the debate at hand.

[gidget7]

"But both sides need to back off the personal stuff and stick to the debate at hand."




Here, here!!

Personally I strongly feel that a country without strong social conservatism, cannot have fiscal conservatism, or security either. To me, and most folks I know, they go hand in hand. Patriotism is derived from social conservatism, and pride in your country does as well. It's the opposite of liberal indoctrination, and hate America.