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"...Nobody on FR trusts the GOP to see to our best interests. The GOP sees to the GOPs interests..."
# 283 by ovrtaxt

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Therein lies the problem of ANY political party. They want one thing only - to get and keep power.

The Republicans are more than willing to draw in liberal voters, as long as they can do so without losing conservative followers.

That's where third parties come in. If your party leaves your principles lying in the dust, you only encourage them to do more of the same if you blindly give them your vote, hoping that they will remember that you exist.

Show them that you exist. Give your conservative vote to a conservative third party candidate. Your old party will notice that, and your principles will be honored in the NEXT election.

[ovrtaxt]

Well, yes. And some would argue that primaries serve that purpose. But the media is complicit in 'deciding' primaries. (Alan Keyes being physically removed from the debates and NOTHING about it in the papers...)

But remember the voter guides that the Christian Coalition distributed? Those things were dangerous. You could tell because everyone squealed so loudly about them! What if a national network of volunteer freepers distributed voter guides for every election? Local chapters could come up with the research, all printing costs could be covered with our own money. Over time, candidates would see the freeper vote as something to be dealt with.

It's more effective than just posting rants. It become intellectually incestuous. We aren't turning any libs into real Americans here. By and large, we all agree that government is too big, welfare has to go, etc. Im talking about organizing something for real. What we have now is still pretty ineffective.

Im saying that if we don't take this to the next level, what's the point of Free Republic? Writing funny captions for pictures of Hollywood idiots?