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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFree 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.
Turbineguy
(37,206 posts)with cheese-eating-surrender-monkeys!
They left that out.
George Cauldron
(14 posts)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.
Tarheel_Dem
(31,207 posts)We'll see.
George Cauldron
(14 posts)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.
Mariana
(14,847 posts)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.
DontTreadOnMe
(2,442 posts)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!
FSogol
(45,355 posts)"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. "
grasswire
(50,130 posts)Gold Metal Flake
(13,805 posts)Suji to Seoul
(2,035 posts)and remember. . we fought DICKS!!!
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Now who can argue with that?
Amonester
(11,541 posts)Besides, it's not like we would want to!
Permanut
(5,436 posts)Rawmoney has no core values.
cynatnite
(31,011 posts)Works for me.
bluestateguy
(44,173 posts)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.
TheCowsCameHome
(40,161 posts)It would've enhanced his comments immensely.
Grassy Knoll
(10,118 posts)I Wonder if he gets "Government Entitlements" Like the rest of the teabaggers.
TheCowsCameHome
(40,161 posts)You can count on that.
JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)ellisonz
(27,709 posts)I don't go over there.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)You asked.
I find myself reading all kinds of grating material these days.
The spelunkers are even more of a group of fans.
annabanana
(52,791 posts)DRIVE THAT WEDGE BOY!
Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)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.
Irishonly
(3,344 posts)I usually won't go to Faux but I wanted to see what was said about DU.
Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)or else he'd know that the terms "liberal" and "progressive" are synonymous.
Gregorian
(23,867 posts)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.
Jack Rabbit
(45,984 posts)We've been getting a lot of that lately.
sibelian
(7,804 posts)The world will just leave them behind.
BumRushDaShow
(127,260 posts)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.
jp11
(2,104 posts)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.
Enrique
(27,461 posts)the ones that used the same extreme ridiculous exaggerated rhetoric against Obamacare, but are now inexplicably supporting the guy that invented it.
malaise
(267,784 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(101,146 posts)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'".