OK, what was the name

[essme]

of that stupid Republican website that was so popular years ago?

Someone that DUers used to call "Rimjob" or something like that ran it.

[hlthe2b]

1. Oh, gawd.... FreeRepublic.com

Enjoy.

[essme]

12. oh, I want to go to their FB page

if they have one, just to watch them freak out over the graduation speech. Should be freaking hilarious-

[Maeve]

2. Free Republic and the owner is Jim Robertson

JimRob became Rimjob very quickly...

[yonder]

14. In my best Johnny Carson voice: "I did not know that"

I didn't and now I'm laughing.

[Drunken Irishman]

3. FreeRepublic - still around, still nutty and bigoted as ever.

[demmiblue]

4. I remember when one couldn't even mention the name on DU...

so people wouldn't drive traffic there.

Then, eventually, The Discussionist was born.

[Hekate]

8. The admins meant well, but the road to Hell is paved with good intentions.

I remain forever grateful I used another name for the brief time I tried it out.

[Hekate]

5. I think FR still exists, but always did have trouble affording enough pellets to keep the hamster...

...spinning the wheel that ran their server. They think we're DUmmies. We think they're irrelevant.

[Alacritous Crier]

6. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.

[Arkansas Granny]

7. Do you know, I actually discovered DU after reading some FR posts.

I followed a link from a post over there and realized that this was much better place to be.

[Hekate]

10. I'm glad you made it over here, as did some others...

[padah513]

9. Who cares about some pug website?

[TheCowsCameHome]

11. Free Republic, aka Freak Republic

Dirtbag heaven.

[rurallib]

13. Not to be confused with freep.com which is the Detroit Free Press

website. I used to make that mistake often back in the day.