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Thanks...nice to know I am not totally alone! LOL!

No you are not...i have a couple of friends that are staunch conservatives...anywhoo, i haven't spoken to them in a couple of years...i spoke to both of them last week and they are just sick of it all....the war in Iraq, the border, the suck up to China..etc...and much more.

This does not bode well and i am telling these Bots and Rudy lovers that they are heading down the wrong path...but no one seems to listen anymore to the right...it's all about get Republicans in control at all costs, not conservatives.

...it's all about get Republicans in control at all costs, not conservatives.

I have heard a lot of that crap, too.

What I am seeing, which may or not be correct, is that when I got here, it was because FR is a Conservative site that I stayed around. Still here, still conservative.

There has been a raft of Republicans in and out who think being a Republican equals being a conservative. At least that is the only reason I can see the promoting (sometimes shrilly and viciously) liberals with the 'R' after their name.

Some of them apparently do not consider us good Republicans.

Well, I'm not a good Republican, I am a Conservative who votes on principle, not party line. Show me a candidate who is anti-abortion, pro-gun, pro controlled borders, anti-illegal immigration, anti-gay marriage, pro smaller government, pro war on terror, pro national security, pro smaller taxes, and has the track record to prove it, and they have my vote--and I really don't care what party they are from.

I think though, that there is a significant component who have been here who have the place confused with a GOP website. That isn't what it says on the home page. Some have left, some are still here fighting for liberal republicanism, and I imagine a few have gotten the zot. Unfortunately, some longstanding FReepers have gone, too, either in a wrangle with the mods over getting too emphatic or out of disgust with the row over the obvious.

Yep, there is a fair amount of contention out there, and it is wearying. I find myself stunned by some of the attacks on staunch conservatives and the adamant, pep-rally style backing of candidates who are far short of the mark by people who deem themselves and their candidates to be conservatives because they are registered Republican. Yep, there is that old confusion again.

There is more, but that is the most noticeable part.