[ReaganBaby26]

Some of the vicious lies and smears on Free Republic have been beyond the pale.

I'll be quite honest with you. I have been here since around 2002 under a different username. Quit about 2 years ago, came back just recently and I can't believe the changes! Half the comments I read come straight from DU. It was quite the culture shock for me. It's not the same place it use to be that's for sure.

[tnlibertarian]

If you’ve only come back in the last couple of weeks or month or so, don’t take the current environment for the norm. Everyone has gone nuts over their candidate. I tried for a while pointing out how tearing down other candidates wasn’t helpful, but everyone is emotionally involved and the only thing that matters is their candidate. To heck with conservatism or anything else. I gave up. I am now more turned off at certain candidates, including Perry, because of their supporters more so than anything the candidate has said or done.