Sadly, you’re right. FR’s really changed since I joined. I think illegal immigration has cracked a lot of people up.
After 2006, I’m not sure about the “get together and work to defeat whichever Dem candidates are running” part. People seem more interested in cutting off the nose to spite the face.
Actually things are about the same as they were the last time there was an open GOP presidential choice (2000), but you were not here then. Civil wars are the nastiest -- brother against brother you know.
Pardon me, I'm trying not to ROTFL. Free Republic has gone through so many migrations, and the funny part is that the people that leave so often think that their passing will doom FR.
There's something about FR, people always come back to it, with it's free-wheeling saloon atmosphere - except, of course, when the latest round of pesky moderators are driving us nuts.:)
It's home base, and nothing will take it's place. Do you know of a better alternative website? I don't, and I've been looking around since 1998.