But on the contrary, "this thread alone" confirms and increases my data of probably twice as many folks on OUR side of the river than there are on the side that says, "desperate times call for desperate measures such as voting for leftist Republicans -- they aren't as bad as leftist Democrats."
In real numbers, in real people, it is very probable that there are QUITE a lot more self-defined "conservatives" who hold with us in rejecting functional-leftist Republicans like Romney even in the general elections, and actually a very SMALL number of self-defined conservatives and Republicans who fall for the fallacy of voting "against" by voting for functional leftists.
FR has a small number, comparatively speaking, of "conservatives" who defend, or tolerate, or even who promote (like a certain flag woman who is in her late 50s! {^), functional Democrat Republicans.
FR has a much larger number of conservatives who may not post remotely as frequently, but when they do, they make it clear that they stand with you, me, Tau Food, Graybeard 58, and other kindred spirits. I know for certain it does right now, and I had reason to believe it did in 2012 as well. In any case, real voters behaved at the polls in 2012 as indicated on the FR by August 2012 that they would -- that is, reject leftist Republicans even at the cost of a Democrat victory -- and Romney lost.
Just because a small handful yelps and squawks and makes enough noise to sound like two or three times their numbers, the fact remains -- they are a small handful that only looks big.
For some reason, you look at this thread and are discouraged. I look at this thread and am heartened.
Ping to my post 360 above — forgot the 58 the first time I pinged you! {^)
Thats because for every one of these threads Finny, There’s
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3245458/posts
And if you look at the names, there’s a lot from the last go around starting the same capitulation again.
And 150 posts in, the propaganda flies unabated. We discussed why privately.