"We were well on the way to being a Big Tent party and that day seems to be over."
Hopefully this isn't true, and that we just get a lot more exposure to the right wing extremists as well as the far left agitators on Free Republic! We need people like you to take these people on occasionally, since your point is probably shared by the majority of the "lurkers" and a lot more people agree with you than you know. I lurked for a long time before I got brave enough to join in....keep up the good work! Battle when you can, but don't let the turkeys get you down!!
Thank you for your kind words and encouragement. Some days I really wonder why I bother.
And my husband thinks I'm plain nuts. LOL