Every time I see a thread like this, I have a great urge to pull out all my hair and look for a big, flat rock to bag my head against until I lose consciousness. As a hobby, believe me, there are better things to do.
I haven't posted a lot on FR in the past few years, but I've been involved with the site long enough to know (It says 1996, but there was a glitch regarding my screen name. It's really more like 1993) that we run through these spells where we want to choose up sides and say bad things about each other. Does anyone else realize how stupid this is?
Yes, there have always been lurkers and closet Dems, not-so closet Dems, honestly curious Dems, Dem party shills, Reagan Democrats. anarchists, objectivists, friendly libertarians, not-so-friendly libertarians, atheists, and so many various wings and sub-wings of the GOP that I refuse to even attempt to count them. If I remember rightly, we even had a constitutional monarchist once. Besides, it does not matter. What matters is do we stick together for the general elections? Do we work to get the best candidates in office?
The primaries are coming, so slug it out. That's the way it should be. While this is a conservative site, I don't think anyone here has laid claim to omniscience (yet). For goodness' sake, debate! There's nothing wrong with that, just do it within the rules.
The problem is that there are not so many conservatives that we can start throwing people overboard. Just tell the truth in your posts. People here at FR, though maybe not everywhere, are smart enough to separate the wheat from the chaff.
Finally, I will vote for the GOP nominee, I don't care who it is, and rest easy knowing the Dem candidate will not be as good. I will work as hard as I can for the conservative candidates I believe is best and let the chips fall where they will.
Thanks for reading this.
Bump.
good advice
Thoughtful, good post.
Here's a recent one by me:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1794672/posts?page=206#206
good thoughts....if only:)
The primaries are coming, so slug it out. That's the way it should be. While this is a conservative site, I don't think anyone here has laid claim to omniscience (yet). For goodness' sake, debate! There's nothing wrong with that, just do it within the rules.
The problem is that there are not so many conservatives that we can start throwing people overboard. Just tell the truth in your posts. People here at FR, though maybe not everywhere, are smart enough to separate the wheat from the chaff.
Finally, I will vote for the GOP nominee, I don't care who it is, and rest easy knowing the Dem candidate will not be as good. I will work as hard as I can for the conservative candidates I believe is best and let the chips fall where they will.
What concerns me are the number of posters who would not support the party nominee if he won the nomination fairly. I'm also concerned that the conservative electorate not posting on FreeRepublic may also feel the same way and stay home or vote third party.