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Welcome to Free Republic. This is a grassroots conservative website, although there are some liberals who post here in a nondisruptive manner. I should assure you that the people who are organizing this rally are conservatives and that the speakers will say things that are, well, conservative. (LOL -- with any luck.)

That said, I do not think the support for our troops should be a partisan issue. Our theme is to "Support Our Troops" and to "Liberate Iraq." That's the central goal of the rally.

So why I cannot assure you that you may agree with every thing every speaker says, I can assure you that this rally is about a *positive* message of support. We're are not gathering to bash liberals.

I would also like to assure you that we are a highly tolerant group of people. We have been out supporting in favor of our troops for some time and are pretty much *aghast* that the left's anti-war protests have included some signs and graphics and shouts that cannot be construed as other than virulently anti-Semetic.

We don't do that and we're not like that. Whatever race, sex, political party you belong to, if you support our troops, you are certainly certainly welcome to come.

As a final note of confirmation of this fact, I would note that we have routinely had Iraqi-Americans whose families suffered under Saddam Hussein speak at our rallies. You will not have seen any Iraqis who know first-hand about Saddam at the ANSWER rallies.

I do recall many of my left friends saying that if the war started, they'd be right there supporting the troops. If just *one* came, LOL, it would brighten my heart a little that that statement was for some a sincere one.

Look for me, I'll be manning the press table, I'd be happy to greet you.

One little point:

"Democrats for war." Gee, I'm not sure *anyone* is "for war." No one is "pro-war." No one -- I don't think even the leftists that claim to believe it -- can possibly believe that sizeable group of patriotic American of either party wants war.

What we know, which the left just seems to have forgotten, is who Saddam is.

It's really sad to see that none of the leftist human rights groups haven't already joined us -- other than, of course, the Iraqis in exile.

Support for the troops transcends partisanship, IMHO.