[Jim Robinson]

Received word that disgruntled FReepers are passing the above message around underground. Let's get it aboveboard.

For those who are leaving us, thank you all vbery much for your past participation and support.

Go, Cruz, GO!!

Go, Trump, GO!!

Either way, we win, they lose.

The Rebellion is on!

God bless.

[SisterK]

You are sort of stuck with me.

[digger48]

Thanks you for this site.

Gotta be tough for you and the mods to herd cats, and you’ve been more tolerant, especially with all of the personal attacks.

It isn’t much cause money is tight, but I just dropped $20 in the FReepathon.

[justlittleoleme]

I am staying here. I am obviously pro Cruz and I don’t like Trump. I have been guilty of being overly negative of Trump, And having a bad attitude.
I have begun been making my best effort to influence positive dialog on FR.

A few ideas that could help things improve here.

Whoever you support stop the constant posting of material intended to bash and making fun of Cruz/Trump. It will not result in any kind of positive dialog, and will encourage others who are for Cruz/Trump to attack in kind. It is ok to discuss what you may think is error or incorrect in a post, but personal attacks, vulgar language, and using the Lords name in vane have no place on FR.

Being Pro Cruz myself, there is nothing anyone could post at this point to convince me that Trump is the better choice. I am certain also that is where most Pro Cruz people are. I have said before that I wouldn’t vote for Trump, to me he is the exact opposite of what I stand for as a Christian Conservative. I may reconsider should the contest end up being Trump vs Hillary or Sanders, as I could not vote for either. Since no votes have been cast and I pray every day that choice will not come. I must continue to say GO TED CRUZ

Make the best possible case for your candidate as you can, stop the bashing it helps no one.

Romans 12: 9-21

[paintriot]

Free Republic is the only site for me, and I will support Trump or Cruz.

[sarasmom]

I can't say I will miss those I identified.
The incoming OPUS’s will probably be boring.

[Future Snake Eater]

Damn people can be so childish.

[Duchess47]

I went over and read the sight. What a shameful place. Since when did conservative mean my way only and I’ll destroy anyone who doesn’t do things my way.

To take advantage of FR to do that is really very underhanded. I hope any of the posters there that are still reading here will see this and know what sorry, disgraceful people you are.

FR has given you a place to meet and discuss for years and this is the way you repay? What small, mean people you are.

[wagglebee]

This happens every election, real FReepers are with you Jim.

[Randy Larsen]

I agree!

Both will work but only one can win.

[SaraJohnson]

Not this crap again. : ( Does it happen every election?

[hollyweed]

I am not leaving. I’ve been on this site daily since... I’d have to go back and look when I joined. My last post was in 2006 until recently. The most recent debate concerning Trump and Cruz brought me back into the posting fray.

The differences between Trump and Cruz and the implications of supporting one or the other primarily are significant. It does seem that we have a split in what it means to live in a free republic and the debate is needed, even if it is heated.

I am firmly in the Cruz camp and will not vote in the primary for a populist/nationalist candidate as my first choice if a conservative is in the race. Leaving this forum is not the solution to this debate. We need to keep hashing it out even if it’s somewhat unpleasant.

I will support the eventual nominee but refuse to abandon the conservative cause that I have stood for my whole life.

Thank you Jim Robinson for this site. I will still lurk, troll, post or whatever anyone wants to call it as long as I’m allowed to be a member. I do think this current Trump/Cruz debate has exposed differences that I didn’t realize existed. I’m not happy that a lot of Freepers are now populists but let’s continue to debate on Freerepublic.

It’s not going to be pretty, but can remain firm and civil at the same time.

Thanks again Jim.

[American Number 181269513]

Until Trump came along I supported and donated to Cruz. Although I did not believe he stood a chance against Rubio or Bush I supported Cruz nonetheless.

Of course, I would have swallowed my pride and supported either Rubio or Bush had they defeated Cruz but I do not believe they stood a chance against the corrupt Clinton crime syndicate and their lapdog media.

Along comes Trump who obliterated the media and is currently putting the pressure on the authorities to do the right thing and get HRC indicted, maybe even tried and I pray, possibly jailed. At least he is trying where I believe no one else would have even gone.

He has been instrumental in bringing her criminal husband back before the court of public opinion where he is losing and this too is having an effect on her campaign.

He has shut the mouth up of the rapist and forced the enabler to issue her New Years resolution to not talk about Trump effectively shutting her mouth up as well. Who else could have done that? Who else would have done that?

I believe he will rebuild our military, really support our troops and veterans and secure our country as best he can. I really do believe he will make our country great again.

I now believe we have a chance of defeating the Democrats and putting our great country back on track. I support both Cruz and Trump but I believe only one of them has a chance of actually winning and there can be only one winner. I believe it will be Trump.

I also support the winning combination of JR/FR.

[SamAdams76]

I've been around Free Republic since the beginning (this is actually my second screen name). This is certainly not the first time a group of us decided to branch off and try to get their own site started. Unless I'm mistaken, none of those other sites ever took root.

It's the "grass is greener on the other side" syndrome. But they will find that there is no way to establish an internet discussion forum in which all members are in 100% agreement with each other. Eventually, rifts will develop and feelings will be hurt and you will have the same periods of division that we see around here from time to time.

I'm a Trump supporter so I guess I'm one of the bad guys according to the faction over at the "Consistent Conservatives" site. But I would happily vote for Cruz should he beat out Trump for the nomination.

Like you say, GO TRUMP, GO CRUZ. Either way we win, they lose (the establishment GOPe).

I will be happy with either outcome provided that the one who wins the nomination also wins the general election and actually becomes president. It happens that I believe that Trump has the best chance to prevail in the general and also is the more likely to bring substantial change to politics as usual. But I might be wrong. Just like I was wrong earlier today when I projected the Patriots beating the Broncos. If Cruz gets the nomination and then wins the presidency, I'll probably be one of the happiest people here.

I took a look at that other thread (on that CC website) and they aren't all bad people. Some of them are good Freepers that I would welcome back. My suggestion to them is to get a thicker skin and not take so personally the banter that goes on around here.

Right now Trump and Cruz are battling it out and you'd think they were mortal enemies. But once one of them wins and the dust settles, I think they will eventually work together on the same team. I'm hoping the same will eventually occur with this situation as well.

[iontheball]

Good grief, seems there are some who are unable to control their emotions and themselves.

[Mariner]

Jim

These guys are crazy.

They accuse Trump supporters of joining a cult of personality, when it is they who have done so.

Purge indeed.

I've been around here for a while and I know folks get zapped for a reason, usually tearing down the last conservative standing or a lack of support for life issues.

But I've not seen a zap for arguing the merits of candidates in the primaries and I'm not aware of it happening.

Most are just butt-hurt because their guy is not doing well and they spit out so much vitriol that they're generally glad to be zapped so they can save face.

Happens every 4 years.

[County Agent Hank Kimball]

I’ve never gotten the impression that that Mr. Robinson was hostile to Cruz. I’ve never once questioned his commitment to conservatism.

I DO, though, understand the sentiment conveyed in the email with respect to Trump supporters. Clearly, those of us - like myself - who have believed that whatever disagreements we may have, FReepers agree on basic principles, have been mistaken.

We’ve witnessed many here become followers of a man who is quite clearly a liberal. Not a moderate, as, for example, Romney and McStain were. But an unambiguous liberal who supports nationalized health care, a wealth tax, huge tariffs, abortion (unless you believe his very-late-in-life conversion on the subject), bank bailouts, abuse of eminent domain.....a complete laundry list of items that are utterly anathema to constitutionalists and conservatives.

Now THIS alone wouldn’t be so frustrating. What IS difficult to accept is that these same individuals have the unmitigated gall to adopt Trump’s talking points and question the credentials of a man who has given conservatives every reason to believe he is one of us.

Cruz’s Canadian birth? Paperwork errors on loans for his senatorial campaign? His WIFE’S employer?

Let’s assume every argument against Cruz is valid - aside from the insipid birther stuff. Mark those on Cruz’s debit side - but look at his demonstrated record of fighting for our values, not beginning at age 65, but beginning as a teenager! Balance it against a history of contributing to, and lauding leftist politicians.

We all loved what Trump said about immigration. I cheered myself. Hell, at one point after Cruz, Trump was my choice. But then the sliming began. That’s difficult to accept when it’s against not a RINO like John McCain, Bob Dole or Mitt Romney, but against a many who has fought for us and earned battle scars on our behalf....a man who has become a compete pariah amongst the establishment because he wouldn’t play their game.

Speaking for myself only, I’m here because I believe in things. “Winning” with someone who doesn’t believe those things isn’t winning to me.

Hank

[reaganaut]

Keep fighting the good fight, Jim. This happens every cycle sadly with someone deciding FR is no longer a site for ‘real conservatives’ when they are dead wrong.

Go Trump Go!

[LTC.Ret]

I support Cruz -— but IF Trump prevails I would dance around the room IF Trump appointed such a young strict constructionist Constitutional Conservative to the Supreme Count.

[Faith65]

Like many here, I lurked for years before joining. I read and bookmark threads to come back to when time permits and although I don’t post much....it’s because I am cautious of every word I write now while defending my property against 6 lawsuits ....the last 7 years.

I love this forum....not going anywhere! Much thanks Jim!

[mkjessup]

Jim, it seems to me that regardless of who wants to point fingers at who 'started' this division within FR into two camps, Cruz and Trump, that we need to keep in mind what YOU said yourself, and you were right when you said them, and those words are still right today:

Regarding Trump:

"Build a wall, enforce the law, deport them all. End anchor babies. End sanctuary cities. Slap a moratorium on Muslim invasion, er, immigration. Investigate the mosques. Secure the borders, secure the nation.

Cut the taxes, cut the spending, cut the regulations, cut the government. Strengthen the economy, bring back the jobs.

Rebuild the military.

Buck the media, buck the GOPe.

Sounds pretty conservative to me."

6 posted on 1/18/2016, 9:16:03 PM by Jim Robinson

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3385287/posts?page=6#6

Then there was this:

"No president (other than Obama) is going to be able to do anything without the support of the congress.

And even before that he has to win the primary. Then the general election. I like Cruz (a lot), but he'd best get cooking. Trump's eating his lunch in 49 states.

Meanwhile, if Cruz doesn't make it, I'm happy Trump is there to deny the nomination to amnesty pimping GOPe RINOs Rubio or Bush.

At least Trump is a successful capitalist. And I do believe he loves America."

71 posted on 1/22/2016, 5:07:01 AM by Jim Robinson

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3386934/posts?page=71#71

Now as I've said many times, I was supporting Ted Cruz long before Trump entered the race, however there is absolutely no denying that Trump has run a superior campaign. Unless there is some sort of totally unforeseen calamity between now and next Monday February 1st, Trump is highly likely to win the Iowa caucuses, following up with a win in New Hampshire and in all probability a win in South Carolina. That is going to be quite the Trifecta for Ted Cruz to overcome.

In contrast to the campaign Trump is running, the Cruz campaign seems to be continually caught flat footed with these controversies that have popped up one after another, it doesn't matter who brought them up, what matters is how the Cruz campaign has dealt with it, and the kindest thing I can say is that whoever is running their 'crisis response center', their performance has been "less than optimal". The latest (and worst IMHO) episode is this whole Glenn Beck endorsement, and Ted Cruz is an internet-savvy guy, didn't he do some basic Google research and consider the fact that Beck is considered to be a crazed moon bat by more than a handful of people? The guy is a fruitcake, and he is NOT the Glenn Beck of many years ago who actually had some good attributes about him. Like the saying goes, "lie with dogs, wake up with fleas" and sadly I predict Ted Cruz is going to be itching severely.

In contrast, Donald Trump has been endorsed by Sarah Palin, and the venom which was unleashed by many FReepers who used to admire her is nothing less than shocking. I've seen more than a few FReepers imply or actually state that she was bought like a cheap whore by Donald Trump, who needs the Huffington Post, or the DU, or Salon when our own FReeper neighbors are providing ammo for the 'RATs?

But on the subject of this so-called 'Regrouping' blog that a few FReepers have showed up on, this is nothing but a re-run of the infamous "Wide Awakes" set up by the not-so-dearly departed MadIvan, following the (cue Klingon inflection) *GLORIOUS* FR Bug Zapper Zot War of 2007. [graphic included for nostalgia]



9 years ago, we saw the same sort of disgruntled posters who for whatever reasons they chose to embrace, fled FR for the proverbial 'greener pastures', predicting all sorts of dire consequences for FR without their exquisite 'input'.

Well here is FR, still going stronger than ever. No one FReeper is bigger than FR (except for you Jim, because you ARE "FR").

I predicted a while ago that we could be heading for another Zot War should it become clear that Trump is headed for the nomination and the many Cruz supporters would be unable to accept that. That would be regretable, however Thomas Jefferson could have been talking about FR when he talked about "refreshing the Tree of Liberty".

Pardon the small novel here, but just wanted to make these few observations.