There was some nice gal who would post what was said on the shows. I usually watched them later because of church.
But, truthfully, the Sunday Shows have become so boring and predictable, they aren’t that interesting.
However, I still enjoy this thread because of the rare displays of common sense one finds here.
My memory is a bit foggy these days, but I believe that was a dear, sweet soul named Bahbah who died a couple of years ago. AB! will remember. She was greatly loved and still missed by some.
I post very infrequently these days, primarily for two reasons.
First, certain deteriorating health issues make it extremely painful for me to type anything longer than brief comments. However, this thread and most of the regulars here are still part of the main reasons I keep reading FR regularly. It remains for the most part an oasis of civility, logic and informed commentary amid the rising tide of venom and vituperation sweeping through so many of the forum discussions. The folks here are the best of Free Republic - I've made a few good friends, and the rest tolerate me with courtesy and respect, even when I go off on what some consider some pretty wild tangents... /g
The second reason I don't post often is, as I shared with rodguy some time back, my assessment of our situation is significantly more dire than most are prepared to accept, and I have no wish nor would it serve any purpose to spread my pessimism around and discourage others.
Despite my pessimism, however, I believe it is still necessary for us to keep fighting, each in our own way and according to our own abilities. Members like bray, rodguy, Fishtalk, kabar and others are in the trenches fighting, and for that they have my utmost admiration. AB! in sponsoring this thread does his part, and all bring something to the table.
The bottom line is that no matter how dire the situation may be it remains our responsibility to continue the struggle, because we are literally at the point described so eloquently and chillingly by Churchill:
“If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may be even a worse fate. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish then to live as slaves.”
This election is not business as usual, it is an existential decision point, not just for the USA, but for Western civilization itself, because if America fails to rise from the current crisis and falls into the beckoning abyss of tyranny, it's going to drag the rest of the world with it.
We (the constitutional Republic of the Founders) are still the last, best hope for freedom. I just hope enough of us can wake up and remember it in time.
Thanks to all who participate, and to any for whom I failed to give proper credit above please forgive my flagging memory.