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Point well taken. I did not mean to imply that everyone who says they are a 3rd party person is a disruptor. Far from it. There are a lot of Libertarian Party people and other types who follow forum rules and have to contribute, even if they disagree with certain individuals that have a conservative following here.

You and Mercuria, for example, would be two Buchanan brigagers who I strenously disagree with on FR during the 2000 election, but you made some great points and always had some insightful commentary.

The problem was liberal Democrats who PRETEND to be(and certainly are NOT) 3rd party people for the sole purpose of destorying icons of the conservative movement. There are a number of individuals on FR (who shall go unnamed) who are caught gloating when a liberal Democrat defeats a conservative Republican. The best way to identify these disruptors is that while they claim to be 3rd party, they never say WHAT party they are a member or WHICH candidate they are supporting.

A good example is the VA Governors's race last year. A number of disruptors were rooting for liberal Dem Mark Warner to win (and he did), by spreading blantantly false, vicious lies about the GOP candidate here. They claimed to be 3rd party people, but hardly ever did you see them tote the alledged "3rd party" candidate that they perfered over Warner. They didn't have any. All they did is exclusively tear down the Republican-- NOT tear down BOTH main parties like most "third" people do here. Their posts purely helped Warner get momentum by fracturing ALL opposition to him. When Warner did win, they could barely contain their glee.

A geninue 3rd party person will be more than happy to tell you who they are supporting and why (whether it be Carla Howell or Pat Buchanan or whatever). A liberal disruptor will not, because they need conservatives to buy into the vicious propanganda they are selling.

Thanks for the nice response. I am aware that there are disrupters on the forum. I wouldn't say that they're limited to third party types though.

I would say that people who profess to be Republicans who do not support traditional conservative ideals could also be suspect. That's not to say that all supporters of Bush are guilty of this, or that all supporters of Buchanan or other third party individuals are all pure as the driven snow either.

People need to keep their eyes and minds open for people who aren't what they represent themselves to be. And that includes some of our former forum participants who have sadly gone rogue.

I dearly liked some of those people. I gain no pleasure from having to face what they have chosen to do. I would ask people who do not have all the facts to keep an open mind, realizing that leadership has nothing to gain from spreading lies about it's true supporters.