Actually I doubt that we are under attack from the outside. I’ve been in the middle of a lot of the battle defending the Cruz position on TPA and TPP. By and large, the Freepers doing the attacking have been around long before Ted Cruz showed up in D.C. They are not Newbies unless they have managed to steal some long standing accounts.
And they are a passionate lot. I respect their passion but I just don’t think that Trade Agreements are the major element in our employment problems. Most of that is due to high taxes, over regulation, crime in Dem run cities and states, all the environmental baggage that we are being required to carry and a declining educational system. Jobs are being lost in Dem states and are bring gained in Republican states.
I suspect what we are seeing is a bit of the isolationists favoring Rand Paul mixed in with those Freepers who admire Pat Buchanan.
It’s going to be an interesting next 16 months.
A lot of people don't know and don't care how hard it is to start a business nowadays with high taxes and regulations. And businesses provide jobs.
I mainly agree.
I personally do not want Obama negotiating anything.
I am not willing to throw Ted Cruz under the bus for it.
It’s really going to get interesting when the RNC gets Jebster nominated. They are experts at nominating the exact wrong candidate.
I think you said it pretty well. I know the threads and the posters the OP is talking about and I don’t think those people are trolls. Just fired up and somewhat fearful conservatives.
Good post. As one of your opponents on this, agree that most of the follks on this side of the argument are old timers. Some names I don’t recognize, but the thing to remember is that there are some FReepers who lurk heavily, but post rarely. It’s usually the case to see them on more controversial topics. I also hear from them via FRmail, which is a whole different universe. An FR within FR.
Being one of the more loquacious folks here, I don’t really get the reluctance to post. But there are a huge number of lurkers. Check the number of views versus posts if you want some idea of magnitude. Usually 10:1 or more.