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I’m going to get to the point here. Only about 2% of the people who use this site donate to it. I have noticed a lot of people who use the site who brag that they just sent $100 to Ted Cruz or Trump or Walker or whoever and then when you check the donor list they are not listed either as a monthly donor or a donor to the current Freepathon.

That is really sad. Literally if everyone who used this site regularly just donated $3 in the first week, the Freepathon would be over that week.

Unfortunately this site has more than its share of freeploaders who use this forum to brag about their support of conservative causes and conservative candidates, but don’t lift a finger to help this site. On this site Freepers not only have the opportunity to express their opinion about conservative issues, but they have the opportunity to have their opinions read by thousands of people including members of Congress, the media, the President of the United States and all the candidates running for the office.

Where else can someone with nothing more than a keyboard and an idea be so influential.

The next time you see someone on this site that brags that they just sent $100 to Ted Cruz because of something he said, they need to be asked if they have sent even $5 to Free Republic.

Maybe the only way to get the message out to these Freeploaders is to make them feel guilty.

This site cannot exist without the support of the people who use it. The importance of Free Republic cannot be overemphasized.

On this site Freepers not only have the opportunity to express their opinion about conservative issues, but they have the opportunity to have their opinions read by thousands of people including members of Congress, the media, the President of the United States and all the candidates running for the office.

If I've read it once, I've read it a dozen times where some Freeper says about Trump's policy "Gosh, he must have been reading my posts on Free Republic."

That might not exactly be the case -- who really knows -- but the greater point is that this site get read. Just as you have written, I believe it's broadly monitored. There is too much evidence that this is so. Citation after citation can be found for those willing to do a search.

Anyone who can spare a hundred bucks for Cruz or Trump or Walker or any candidate or cause can also spare a twenty for Free Republic -- the very site they enabled them to get a widely disseminated hearing for their very own thoughts on their candidate, issue, or cause. They are not among the destitute if they're dropping hundreds on politicians.