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Sat May 5, 2012, 09:19 PM

Free Republic gets some media attention, in all the wrong way.

Free Republic founder Jim Robinson has a message for supporters of Mitt Romney: go away.

In an email to POLITICO this afternoon, Robinson admitted that the site routinely blocks Romney supporters from posting -- and offered no apologies for the practice:

Free Republic is a pro-life, pro-family, pro-gun, pro-small government, pro-constitution, pro-liberty site. Governor Romney is none of the above. His record is that of an abortionist, gay rights pushing, gun grabbing, global warming advocating, big government, mandate loving, constitution trampling, flip-flopping liberal progressive with no core values. That and the fact that he is the chief architect and advocate for ObamaCare disqualifies him for any consideration whatsoever on Free Republic as a potential nominee for the presidency. ...

Liberal progressives and other enemies of the constitution and or of Liberty itself are not welcome here. Accounts registered here by liberal progressives and other assorted trolls, malcontents and disruptors will be removed on sight or at the convenience of the site administrators.

The Rest: http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1011/Conservative_site_on_Romney_Enemies_of_the_constitution__are_not_welcome_here.html

BTW, READ THE COMMENTS. DU is mentioned also.

Then it was picked up here: http://nation.foxnews.com/mitt-romney/2011/11/01/romney-supporters-banned-free-republic

Looks like the implosion has begun.

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Reply Free Republic gets some media attention, in all the wrong way. (Original post)
FarLeftFist May 2012 OP
Turbineguy May 2012 #1
George Cauldron May 2012 #2
Tarheel_Dem May 2012 #5
George Cauldron May 2012 #15
Mariana May 2012 #24
DontTreadOnMe May 2012 #3
FSogol May 2012 #6
grasswire May 2012 #11
Gold Metal Flake May 2012 #14
Suji to Seoul May 2012 #33
BootinUp May 2012 #17
pinboy3niner May 2012 #21
Amonester May 2012 #25
Permanut May 2012 #4
cynatnite May 2012 #7
bluestateguy May 2012 #8
TheCowsCameHome May 2012 #9
Grassy Knoll May 2012 #23
TheCowsCameHome May 2012 #26
JoePhilly May 2012 #28
ellisonz May 2012 #10
nadinbrzezinski May 2012 #16
annabanana May 2012 #12
Ikonoklast May 2012 #13
Irishonly May 2012 #18
Jamaal510 May 2012 #19
Gregorian May 2012 #20
Jack Rabbit May 2012 #22
sibelian May 2012 #27
BumRushDaShow May 2012 #29
jp11 May 2012 #30
Enrique May 2012 #31
malaise May 2012 #32
muriel_volestrangler May 2012 #34

Response to FarLeftFist (Original post)

Sat May 5, 2012, 09:26 PM

1. And Romney lived

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with cheese-eating-surrender-monkeys!

They left that out.

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Response to FarLeftFist (Original post)

Sat May 5, 2012, 09:28 PM

2. Just wait til the propaganda machine really gets moving...

Once Faux and the rest spend a few months telling them how great Romney is, they'll think he's the love child if Ronald Reagan and Ayn Rand. In the end, hatred of "the other" will hold the Repugnantcans together. It trumps everything.

And I love how a site that claims to support 'freedom' has the most oppressive moderators on the entire web.

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Response to George Cauldron (Reply #2)

Sat May 5, 2012, 09:42 PM

5. That's one theory. Highly unlikely, but it is a theory, and exactly what the GOP's hoping for.

We'll see.

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Response to Tarheel_Dem (Reply #5)

Sat May 5, 2012, 10:25 PM

15. I sure hope I'm wrong...

But these are the same people who have already forgotten how much Bush wrecked the nation. I can see them forgetting their hatred of Romney by November.

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Response to George Cauldron (Reply #15)

Sun May 6, 2012, 12:49 AM

24. To be fair, they never believed that Bush wrecked the nation.

They haven't forgotten it, they never thought it was true in the first place. No matter what happened during his misadministration, they said it was the fault of Democrats. Sure, some of them knew that was utter bullshit, but I think most of them believed it.

Romney is a Mormon. That by itself probably makes him enough of "the other" for them to maintain their hatred for him. Seriously, a lot of RW Christians hate Mormons almost as much as they hate Muslims and atheists.

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Response to FarLeftFist (Original post)

Sat May 5, 2012, 09:31 PM

3. Am I an enemy of Liberty!

RimJobs statements sound very juvenile. I can't imagine any serious Right leaning journalist would associate with Free Republic. It's more a site geared towards the intellectual level of Ped Nugent and "soon-to-be-convicted" Sheriff Arpaio.

"an abortionist, gay rights pushing, gun grabbing, global warming advocating, big government, mandate loving, constitution trampling, flip-flopping liberal progressive with no core values."... he had me pegged all the way to "no core values", that's where I make my stand!

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Response to DontTreadOnMe (Reply #3)

Sat May 5, 2012, 09:44 PM

6. RimJobs sounds like Gabby Johnson

"I wash born here, an I wash raished here, and dad gum it, I am gonna die here, an no sidewindin' bushwackin', hornswagglin' cracker croaker is gonna rouin me bishen cutter. "

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Response to FSogol (Reply #6)

Sat May 5, 2012, 10:09 PM

11. what's a bishen cutter? n/t

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Response to FSogol (Reply #6)

Sat May 5, 2012, 10:24 PM

14. Now Who Can Argue With That?

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Response to Gold Metal Flake (Reply #14)

Sun May 6, 2012, 11:02 AM

33. not only was it authentic right wing jibberish, it expressed a feeling not seen much in the world

and remember. . we fought DICKS!!!

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Response to FSogol (Reply #6)

Sat May 5, 2012, 11:17 PM

17. Revvvr!!!

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Response to FSogol (Reply #6)

Sun May 6, 2012, 12:04 AM

21. Blazing Saddles video clip:



Now who can argue with that?

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Response to DontTreadOnMe (Reply #3)

Sun May 6, 2012, 02:15 AM

25. Well, you don't have the Liberty to post (and stay) there...

Besides, it's not like we would want to!

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Response to FarLeftFist (Original post)

Sat May 5, 2012, 09:37 PM

4. I can't believe I agree with RimJob on something...

Rawmoney has no core values.

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Response to FarLeftFist (Original post)

Sat May 5, 2012, 09:47 PM

7. So, they'd rather have Obama over Romney...

Works for me.

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Response to FarLeftFist (Original post)

Sat May 5, 2012, 09:51 PM

8. I think we need to support Jim Robinson and what he is doing

I can't say I blame them for wanting a candidate who is honest and the real deal, even if I oppose everything the Freepers stand for.

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Response to FarLeftFist (Original post)

Sat May 5, 2012, 09:54 PM

9. Too bad they didn't post a picture of RimJob.

It would've enhanced his comments immensely.

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Response to TheCowsCameHome (Reply #9)

Sun May 6, 2012, 12:30 AM

23. He Has muscular dystrophy....

I Wonder if he gets "Government Entitlements" Like the rest of the teabaggers.

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Response to Grassy Knoll (Reply #23)

Sun May 6, 2012, 08:49 AM

26. He gets his cut.

You can count on that.

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Response to Grassy Knoll (Reply #23)

Sun May 6, 2012, 09:06 AM

28. And here I thought he only suffered from Mental Deficiency.

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Response to FarLeftFist (Original post)

Sat May 5, 2012, 10:08 PM

10. What is the status of Ron Paul at the Freepshow?

I don't go over there.

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Response to ellisonz (Reply #10)

Sat May 5, 2012, 10:25 PM

16. A few ARE RP fans



You asked.

I find myself reading all kinds of grating material these days.

The spelunkers are even more of a group of fans.

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Response to FarLeftFist (Original post)

Sat May 5, 2012, 10:12 PM

12. We all owe RimJob great thanks..

DRIVE THAT WEDGE BOY!

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Response to FarLeftFist (Original post)

Sat May 5, 2012, 10:17 PM

13. What a sad, delusional little man.

Reality is a foreign country to those miscreants.

But I am sure glad that he i sticking his knife into Rmoney.

That makes Baby Jeebus happy.

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Response to FarLeftFist (Original post)

Sat May 5, 2012, 11:20 PM

18. Comments are closed

I usually won't go to Faux but I wanted to see what was said about DU.

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Response to FarLeftFist (Original post)

Sat May 5, 2012, 11:46 PM

19. Apparently Jim Robinson doesn't believe in reading dictionaries,

or else he'd know that the terms "liberal" and "progressive" are synonymous.

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Response to FarLeftFist (Original post)

Sat May 5, 2012, 11:57 PM

20. What the hell? These people belong in an asylum.

How out of touch with reality can one be.

I'm so glad I'm in touch with the truth. It's so easy and honest. Their lives must be a living hell.

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Response to FarLeftFist (Original post)

Sun May 6, 2012, 12:15 AM

22. JimRob sounds like Ted Nugent having a nervous breakdown

We've been getting a lot of that lately.

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Response to FarLeftFist (Original post)

Sun May 6, 2012, 09:04 AM

27. I almost feel sorry for them.


The world will just leave them behind.

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Response to FarLeftFist (Original post)

Sun May 6, 2012, 09:16 AM

29. Snagging a front row seat



Seriously though, it's interesting that their melt-down has finally been noticed in the "establishment" RW media. I don't peek at places like Red State but am curious if they are having similar meltdowns.

This is what happens when you spend 4 years brainwashing zombie hoardes to purify, create astroturf "movements" for political purposes, feed and nurture these creations, and then suddenly pull the rug out from under them in their typically disjointed, non-empathetic devil-may-care way of operating.

Will be interesting to see what % of the repuke vote that Rmoney would lose when these folks refuse to come out at all - although they do have an option to vote in the other races. But if they sit home, that will help put some seats back into play that were lost in 2010.

The fact that people like Hatch and Lugar are on the precipice is something to watch for. Would be nice to have a Delaware redux in other states.

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Response to FarLeftFist (Original post)

Sun May 6, 2012, 09:37 AM

30. That guy should really be happy with Romney

all they (republicans) have to do is keep on with their right ward shift into crazy extreme territory and have teabag republicans cow tow to their base and Romney will blow in their direction. With political hostage takers who don't care how bad they screw up the country or ruin people's lives to get their way they set the agenda.

Having beliefs as a republican and actually sticking to them is something that republican politicians know is nonsense, much like someone being a republican when the party itself doesn't even embrace what most self identified republicans claim they stand for.

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Response to FarLeftFist (Original post)

Sun May 6, 2012, 09:43 AM

31. it makes him better than the RW hypocrites

the ones that used the same extreme ridiculous exaggerated rhetoric against Obamacare, but are now inexplicably supporting the guy that invented it.

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Response to FarLeftFist (Original post)

Sun May 6, 2012, 09:55 AM

32. Bwaaaaaaaaaaah hahahahaha





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Response to FarLeftFist (Original post)

Sun May 6, 2012, 02:18 PM

34. That implosion was six months ago

They've long since settled into a grumpy "no-one is allowed to tell others to vote for Romney, but you are allowed to say 'I'll vote against Obama by voting for Romney'".

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