Totally agree. I was just teasin’. ;-)
I knew you were teasing - saw you LOL! Just used it as an opportunity to thank ‘rbookward’ his skit. That is what I will remember from this thread and, hopefully, to take away the sting from my own posts!
I’ve said for years that FR is the best microcosm of the GOP universe in existence. That’s one of the main reasons I’ve loved this place so much as a place for personal growth, sharpening of thinking, writing and debating skills, and an increase in personal understanding of where we are, in a larger sense, politically.
So, while I’ve been, at times, frustrated by the presence here of certain folks - liberals, hacks, trolls, phonies, et al, I’ve also recognized JR’s wisdom in, as he phrases it, “keeping a light hand on the rudder.”
Because, hey, let’s face it, they’re representative of the liberals, hacks, trolls and phonies that exist in large numbers in the Republican Party all across the fruited plain.
But, now is the time for the political fight of our lives. It looms in front of us as Christians, as conservatives, as small “r” republicans, and as Americans.
Jim recognizes that you can’t go into combat carrying a load of baggage. As an old sailor, knowing the need for speed in battle, he’s thrown the dead weight over the side of the ship, thank God.
Hence, my tagline. “The decks are cleared for battle - damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!”
People, it’s time to fight for what we believe in, like we’ve never fought before.
It’s time to insist that only the core principles that make this country a free republic will prevail.
We are charged with doing a great number of very practical things, in a relatively short time; some of them very difficult and likely to cost us personally, to make sure those critically important principles carry the day.
Our children and grandchildren, our posterity, have an equal right to the same blessings of liberty that we have enjoyed because of the sacrifices of our forebears.
It’s our job to make sure they get it. This is our generation, and God help us if we are the weak link in the glorious chain that links us with the shining city on a hill.