[Dog Gone]

If the GOP becomes as liberal as the Democratic party, why should FR not become anti-GOP? FR is against liberalism, if the GOP moves in that direction, then yes, FR will oppose the GOP, but it won’t be because it was FR that changed it’s position.

I understand that position, and in a sense I agree with it, but I also have a feeling that perhaps up to 20% of the daily active posters may have left this forum in recent weeks. There are still plenty of other people, probably in the majority, who fully intend to vote for ANY Republican candidate in 2008 and are still working to get their favorite as the nominee.

If the mood here next spring and summer is that you can't speak out in favor of that nominee, then those folks either shup up or leave, too. Shutting up or leaving are the same thing. The ritual beheading followed by dancing is only a celebration that means nothing.

It would fundamentally change this forum.

A Hillary victory might revitalize it, but if there are no GOP stalwarts still posting here, it might be a long road back.

You guys who are more than happy to throw all the GOPers overboard in a quest for ideological purity might have to deal with the mess you made.

If you're happy with a much smaller, unaligned, and far less influential forum than FR is now, or at least was, at least you were warned of the possibility. You won't have accomplished anything except the diminishment of the finest conservative forum in the world, but you'll feel great about yourselves. That's a choice you might have to make. I hope not, but I think so.

I want to continue to be a part of this forum. I've been here many years. If it becomes a self-destructive third party anti-GOP site, I just won't visit until it regains its sanity. Third parties are for losers. Stay at home voters are at least smarter than them. They don't waste the gasoline to go vote.

[RobFromGa]

Don’t worry about the hypothetical general election matchup too much, Dog Gone, and for God’s sakes we need you here, you are a good one! COncentrate on getting a good conservative that we can get elected, and we’ll worry about the hypothetical later when we know what the world has given us as a backdrop for the election, and who we are up against.

We have almost a year to get a nominee chosen. No need to worry about the hypothetical matchup if we fail in the primaries.

[bjs1779]

The ritual beheading followed by dancing is only a celebration that means nothing.

Since you were an ardent defender of Terri Schiavo from getting starved to death, I will take your word on that. And that means something. Did I get something wrong here?

[EternalVigilance]

Third parties are for losers.

That's why we don't want the GOP to make itself into one.