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I have been a minor participant at Free Republic, the Internet’s leading conservative forum, since September 2004. An online friend referred me to a discussion where members of Free Republic were talking about the 1952 and 1956 presidential elections, and using my maps from this page to make a point. I had to join FR to introduce myself to that group, and thank them for visiting. Because that was right after the “Rathergate” scandal, I thus became one of the “Pajamahadeen” that had just brought down the Sauronic eye of CBS. Being a “Freeper” has been an interesting and fun...

Please stop. I've recently recommended FR to several people and if this is their first visit to FR well it makes me and everyone on here look like an ASS! Stop it already.

All my life, I believed in Republican values -- individual responsibility and limited government. Then it happened; I found myself with a small child, unemployed and disabled. I turned to my church, and after years of regular tithes, suddenly I just wasn't their problem. My Republican friends? I was now a pariah to them. My only relief was to turn to government assistance for housing, food, and other needs and I was able to survive with dignity. So chalk me up as one who no longer drinks the GOP koolaid.

I was saying that our borders must be defended. Here's what I got.......... I would ask you what should be done? We do not have the resources to protect our borders and Iraq. His plan is not amnesty!!! It is a temporary worker program. The US is seen as a beacon of hope for a better life, shutting our doors is not an option, that is not what the US stands for. This program allows foreign citizens who are proud of their country's heritage to live the american dream. The program is not perfect, but it is a step in...

First, this is NOT an April Fool's joke. I am leaving Free Republic. Over the past two years, civility and thoughtful discourse has vanished from this site, replaced with demands for ideological conformity that are straight out of Stalinist Russia or China's Great Cultural Revolution, and unrelenting uncivility if said conformance is not forthcoming. This trend began with the California recall election, where certain posters were allowed to flame the living beejezus out of those who didn't wholeheartedly support Tom McClintock, or thought that he wasn't running a campaign capable of winning. It extended into the Keyes campaign last year,...

John Kerry wants neither American nor our allies’ military pullout from Iraq. Kerry even approached the Spanish prime-minister with this in mind but found no understanding at all. Mr. Salatero was firm in his denial of the prolonged Spanish military presence in Iraq ‘where during the last year of peace there were more killed than during the previous year at war. He also noted that the UN is still not in charge in Iraq. Perhaps the Spanish top official knew the real motives of Kerry. The guy’s doing brisk business there. That’s was quite a revelation for me! Kerry and...

Graydon Carter, the editor of Vanity Fair, wrote an amazing editorial in the latest issue of the magazine pointing out some of Bush's most dubious accomplishments during his tenure as president. Here are just some of the many facts Graydon puts forth. 2 - Number of nations George W. Bush has attacked and taken over since coming into office. 10 million - Estimated number of people worldwide who took to the streets in opposition to the invasion of Iraq, setting an all-time record for simultaneous protest. $100 billion - Estimated cost of the war in Iraq to U.S. citizens by...