Replies

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.