I saw that purging may be a necessity sooner but not the regular long time members, who contributed time and money. Look at the times during Shiavo. Many were new and cruel without providing valid points and never banned. Just my humble opinion. They signed up just then and had their say and were not banned. Howling and Peach were vocal with point and definitely republican. The front page does say republican? As a member who has donated and who is Republican, what might make me undesirable?
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Free Republic has always been a conservative forum. FR has never been a Republican Party based forum. FR supports political conservatism and opposes political liberalism. If conservatism crosses paths with Republicanism, that is a good thing. The GOP is the conservative party in America today and we're working to keep it that way.