Well said. Jim Robinson has a minimum number of rules, and basically they are about common sense, good manners.
This format opens one up to instant flaming from people that you will never meet. If a flame lights your fuse then who owns the problem? Good manners rule, every time.
I am a relatively long term FReeper, and Jim has always gone the extra mile with my sorry mechanical habits, as well as my equally sorry grammatical ones. I enjoy the give and take on FR, and find that the excellent thread posters keep me ahead in the news on a variety of topics.
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The topic at hand is of great interest to me, because little is posted on FR about Candidate Paul, but he is the second best vote getter among the current Candidates. I am curious as to why this is so.
We need all the votes that we can get to defeat Bolshevik Chairman Obama, so it is encouraging the GOP bigwigs are asking for a dialog. I stand ready to be in that dialog, Jim’s Rules RULE, of course.
“The topic at hand is of great interest to me, because little is posted on FR about Candidate Paul, but he is the second best vote getter among the current Candidates. I am curious as to why this is so.”
I am a Paul supporter, so take this with that in mind:
- He has a very dedicated band of supporters who are actually doing politics the old-fashioned way with new technological twists; they actually walk precincts, join and become active in their local parties, and chat up people about their candidate. The volunteers are also very well trained comparatively speaking.
-RP can run his campaign on the relative cheap because of those dedicated supporters. They’re usually self-supporting, make their own signs, and pay their own way. Funding can be spent where it does the most good, such as on TV ads.
-There is some crossover voting. But contrary to the view held by many that this is some sort of felony, it isn’t. Viewed from a different perspective, you have people who have never before voted for a gop candidate doing exactly that. Some might well stay.
-One of the things that I personally find attractive is the consistency issue. Good luck in finding a flip-flop on an issue. Folks are tired in their bones of candidates who change their views at the tip of a hat.
-Some of the issues that RP has been talking about are very relevant right now. Who would have cared about the Fed 10 years ago? Part of that is just good luck.