[justshe]

Pinging the *GOP PING List*. Apologies if you have already seen this post from Jim Robinson.

EXCERPT:
Is Free Republic too "Republican?" I've been receiving a lot of complaints lately that FR is not really conservative, it's Republican. Is that a bad thing?

When I started FR (see the wayback machine) I don't think I even used the labels conservative or Republican. But, even though I was a registered Democrat at the time (I registered when I was very young), I was definitely anti-Democrat. And definitely anti-big government, anti-government corruption, anti-government abuse, anti-liberalism, etc. And I still am.

As FR became more and more popular, people started referring to it as a "conservative" web site and so eventually I posted the label to the front page. If it no longer applies, big deal. What's in a label? I'll change it to "Republican" if demand warrants.

[deport]

Thanks... saw it earlier and am really indifferent as to what Jim calls his forum. It would probably make very little difference in the headaches he has to put up with daily, hourly. He has the final solution in his hands and that is the ban/suspend function which Jim uses very judiciously, imo. He has the patience of Job and I wouldn't want to sit at his keyboard and filter through all he has to read.

I suspect it will only get worse as the primary season and the general election approaches. You know, keep the politicans feet to the fire while cheerleading for thier re-election will make things interesting. With all the different factions/issue groups trying to sway the outcome things can only become more hectic, imo. Some of the factions/issue groups include but limited to the following: abortion, immigration, tax, education, liberal, conservatives, 3rd parties, gay/homosexual, judicial, one issuers, etc. etc.... Given this array of people on the forum there will be dissent.

[Humidston]

Thanks for the ping, Justshe. I love being called a conservative my own self! There are actually a handfull of conservative Dems I'd vote for, if they ran against a "moderate" Republican.

Well, a thimble-full.

[PhiKapMom]

Thanks for the ping! Already replied but wouldn't have known this was here if someone had not freep mailed me.

See the usual people touting the usual glass half empty theme!