Posted on 05/03/2009 12:32:07 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
I'm going to try one more time to explain what FR is all about.
Free Republic is a conservative site. That does not necessarily mean it is a Republican site. In fact there may be many Republicans we don't support and some Republican issues we cannot agree with.
I'll throw in Arlen Specter as a prime example of a Republican we cannot support. Should be obvious to all why not. Should also be just as obvious to all that we cannot support Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins, John McCain and his lap dog Lindsay Graham, Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney, et al.
Some of the issues we cannot support as conservatives even though sometimes initiated by so-called Republicans include TARP, or any kind of government bailout of private enterprise, federal intrusion into free markets, federalized education systems, government provided or controlled health care systems, abortion, gay marriage, amnesty, global warming, gun control, etc.
I guess there is more than one definition of conservatism floating around out there, and this won't be text book, but the one we use involves defending, preserving and protecting our constitution, our unalienable rights, our traditional family values, our American heritage, our nation, our borders and our sovereignty.
We aggressively defend our rights to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness!
We aggressively defend our rights to freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, freedom to keep and bear arms, right to due process, right to equality under the law, right to be governed under the rule of law, right to constitutionally limited government, right to corruption free government, right to self-government and our private property rights, etc.
We also aggressively defend our right to state and local government for all issues not expressly delegated to the central government by the constitution.
We aggressively defend our rights to free markets and our rights to live our lives free of government intrusion, interference, coercion, force, or abuse of any kind.
We aggressively defend our rights to national sovereignty, state sovereignty and individual sovereignty!
And this definition also includes aggressively fighting against all enemies foreign and domestic who may try to deprive us of our rights or sovereignty. This would obviously include all foreign enemies, but also we defend against RINOS, Democrats, liberals, socialists, Marxists, communists, militant feminists or homosexualists, radical environmentalists, etc, etc, etc.
And we expect our elected representatives to also aggressively defend our rights and fight against all enemies foreign and domestic. We do not elect people and send them to DC or our state capitals, etc, to reach across the aisles or to be bipartisan or to negotiate or compromise away our rights. If you're not going to aggressively fight for us, and for our rights, STAY OUT!!
We bow to no king but God!
Our God-given unalienable rights are NOT negotiable!
Do NOT Tread on US!
Thank you very much!
Thank you, Sir, for you service to our country.
And you are a newbie troll and have no clue what you are talking about. But it doesn't matter because you've probably got another 30 seconds left before your zot.
Would you like to explain that?
Whew. I was going to say you had friends, but I was afraid you’d turn your flamethrower on me. :p
Romney Sleaze Machine operative assigned to disrupt conservative forums.
So what's your definition of "the good fight"? Kissing of the RNC's ass? Advocacy for a political tent large enough to encompass abortionists, gun-grabbers, tax-hikers, and amnesty supporters? Explain yourself.
It wasn’t nice knowing you. Bye now!
To all those who think a slick hair do on a RINO can turn him into a conservative, I invite you to do what Ronald Reagan told all “moderates” to do, “GO YOUR OWN WAY.”
It’s hard to “forget” when he continues to stab us in the back about once a week.
As long as there is an America, and there are Americans who love her with every breath of their body, the ‘good fight’ will NEVER end!!
Naysayer! “If God is for us, who can be against us?”
I personally like those odds. :-)
As would I, in a heart beat!
yep, catastrophic is the way to go.
It is better than going without anything.
I don’t know what people did before insurance,,perhaps things weren’t so expensive. Certainly we pay more for high tech, new treatmens and the litigation problems.
I don’t mind anyone paying his own way but people don’t do it,,the amount of the bills is part of it, it is enormously expensive and few can come up with the money.
But anybody who goes without insurance and pays his way has no problem.
It is those who stiff the rest of us with their bills,,
DITTO!, My FRiend!
Duncan Hunter? And get what? 3% of the vote? No thanks. Not interested in losing and allowing even more leftist SC justices to be appointed. We need someone who can speak and persuade - someone who can speak as well as Mitt Romney I might add. Mitt has problems but communications is not one of them.
Hell, as long as the teleprompter is working okay Zero can speak well and communicate ideas.
The problem with Myth IS NOT his inability to communicate ideas, it is the ideas themselves.
Inside joke? Or is this your obit?
Doesn’t matter. Presidents are elected not based on idealogy but perceptions, likability and their ability to speak and persuade. It is tablestakes and minimum requirements.
Therefore I am not interested in choir directors but rather evangelists.
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