FreeRepublic as far as I know, was founded as a conservative forum. It was NOT, to my mind, intended only for Christian Socialist nannystaters. Let lefties deal with social engineering through legislation. That ain't conservatism in my book.
BTW, conservatism also doesn't mean blindly worshipping the ground the Republicans or for that matter, President Bush, walk on, either. The GOP has shot itself in the foot in so many ways no orthopedic surgeon would touch them. Insanity is the definition of doing the same thing, repeatedly. On Iraq, on spending, on pandering to a small but vocal minority who think gays and evolution are a bigger threat to our way of life than nutjobs who want to chop our heads off or thug midgits with nukes, the GOP have turned stupidity into an art form.
My priority, and I think that of most people, including Freepers, is winning the damn war. All these other "Issues" are straw man arguments or diversions being put forth by politicians who know they aren't convincing people when it comes to the way they've (mis)handled the war in Iraq.
As for the crevo flame wars, they are asinine.
Sorry for the rant but I wanted to get that off my chest : )
The state initiatives on homosexual monogamy passed with huge majorities... President Bush was re-elected with the largest number of total votes than any other president in U.S. history and Iraq was a major issue... Christians pay the biggest share of taxes in this country that support education...
Who is a small minority, again? Tell me...
I would agree with you on spending... all the more reason to get evolution off of educational welfare...