It is foolish to assume a homogenity that doesn’t exist. There is no total consensus even among the conservatives on Free Republic
There is not now and never will be a Republican caucus that conforms to some idealistic conservative orthodoxy. I think that to prevail, conservatives must be inclusive rather than exclusive
Being agin every person that doesn’t agree with you on every subject right down the line is a losing proposition. If there is a filing of Free Reuublic it is the prevailing tendency to be agin to the point of becoming irrelevant
“It is foolish to assume a homogenity that doesn’t exist. There is no total consensus even among the conservatives on Free Republic”
That’s true, but those that are telling us that we need to all stand together, and be a “big tent” never seem to notice those among the elites that deviate from the plantation, they only notice US. They don’t say a word about or to John Warner and Richard Lugar endorsing democrats. Was Lisa Murkowski stripped of her seniority when she refused to support the republican nominee and ran against him? Was Charlie Crist? No, they were high-fived and rooted for. It’s “big tent for thee but not for me.” And it gets tiresome. Jim Jeffords, Arlen Specter, Lincoln Chafee, Dede Scozzafava, John HuntmanFormer Governor Millken of MI the other day, the republicans in KS, Bill Weld, Colin Powell (though we always knew he was really a democrat), and on and on.
In all honesty, I really would like to see some unity, but what has been made clear is “only our types must win, we must stop conservatives, and if a democrat beats one, even though a republican loses, that’s a good thing because conservatives must not be represented in the Congress! We want their votes, but they must not be represented.”
It’s very frustrating and causes a lot of us, who would otherwise vote for the “R” to say FU!