Times like this, I wonder if people remember that there is a list administrator. There is. Her name is Gracie and she is also your CC for the Raleigh County Website. I admit, sometimes she is slow. :) But she does do the best she can. True, the political posting is out of place on a genealogy list. Current politics are too volitile for one thing and causes too many other inappropriate responses to this list. If you want to discuss what political party your ancestor was in, that is one thing, but current politics are NOT genealogy. Everything goes to the archives, and to my knowledge cannot be removed. In these situations, I respond privately to the person who has made the inappropriate posting. This saves embarrasment for one thing to the offender who may or may not have been aware that they broke the rule. It keeps more inappropriate stuff from going to the archives. In this case, I am also responding to the list because others are responding to the list. This breaks another rule, complaining to the list. Complaints are fine, and need to be said, but to me - NOT publicly to the whole group. Inappropriate postings and complaints clog up the archives and cause people to sign off the list. We might need these people. So, please allow me to do my job and send the complaints to me via private email and trust me to take the appropriate steps to assure that inappropriate posting do not continue. I will answer every complaint sent to me privately and answer any questions about whether I am trying to stop this and how. Gracie List Administrator