Now that the great Betrayal of 2014 is in the rearview, anyone else notice that the recently absent Freeper left is creeping back onto threads with little and not so little hints that we have to vote GOP no matter what? Give it a few posts. They will hit this one too.
Boy am I shocked.
Now that the great Betrayal of 2014 is in the rearview
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Well said. That’s exactly what it was. They shot us in the back.
I am among the “Freeper Left” I suppose.
Once Romney was the de facto nominee, I advocated 3-4 times over several months that Freepers should remain as critical as they wish but that in the end they should hold their noses and vote for him. For that I was banned from Free Republic until after the election.
I very much wish that JB’s positions on immigration and common core were closer to the views espoused here. I wish that JB could be more deferential and polite to the individuals wgo post here. So ... You can call me names but objectively you would be mistaken. And a jerk.
If those who post here take the position At this very early stage that there is nothing that JB can do to secure their vote even in the general election, then why in the world would he ever take your positions into consideration?
My primary interest in posting this is not to advance the cause of JB. It is to ensure that a significant and important viewpoint in the Republican pantheon not get written off and written out.
My secondary and selfish interest is to stand up and say that I won’t be intimidated by anyone posting here. Call me names. Insult me. Slander me. I reserve the right to respond even if that gets me banned. That is not at all what I want. I have come here every day many times per day for many years. If I were a lefty why would I do that?
Indeed the reason that some posters make it such a point of pride to trash me (and my ilk) is that right or wrong our positions are both reasonable and well-reasoned.
And just to make myself clear, I am not advocating for JB. I am merely defending myself.