There were posts on FR live as it happened in 2009 (”objections” not being mentioned from post #59 an on).
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2160895/posts?q=1&;page=51
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2974657/posts?q=1&;page=163#163
#163