[Gay State Conservative]

I've only been here for eight years so my opinions surely mean nothing.

[Mike Darancette]

BUMP

[KeyLargo]

“What stands out for you in your decades plus experience on Free Republic?”

Jim Robinson sticking with it and fighting the good fight all of these years.

KeyLargo
Since Sep 9, 2001

[sitetest]

Newbie.

;-)

[BobinIL]

I remember the 2000 election well. All the polls showing Gore neck and neck with Bush were Poo pooed here as having Zogby Sauce on them. Turns out they were right. Sore Loserman was a classic. I printed a copy of the bumper sticker off and put it in the window of my truck. It was funny to watch the people walking by in the parking lot take a double take when they read it. I also had a sticker in 2004 that said 10 out of 10 terrorists agree, Anybody but Bush. That was good for at least one universal hi sigh from a Kerry supporter.

[humblegunner]

Well.. back in the day there weren’t any accursed blogs.
So my peculiar fixation lay dormant. Waiting. Watching.

Jan 23, 2001

[socal_parrot]

I was going to say “In before newbie whining”, but too late.

Anyway, I love the fact Jim has stood by his principles.

[csmusaret]

Original join date was 30 Aug 98 under the name shannond. Computer crashed and I couldn’t remember old e-mail address so I registered under csmusaret on 6 Jan 01.

[Poser]

I remember the first DUmmie FUnnies. And being able to express opposing opinions on any thread.

[Poser]

I also had fun in DC!

[JRandomFreeper]

You guys must be really old. ;)

I've relied on FR to get breaking news since I've been here. I first heard about the 9/11 attacks on FR because I was trapped in a cubicle.

/johnny

[capt. norm]

Joined in January 1998 and caught up on all the Clinton & Monica news that was slowly seeping out.

[G Larry]

I was here well before the indicated “join” date, due to a computer crash, back when.

The most recent disappointment is loss of members and reduced quality of posts and comments, due to the purge of Romney supporters.

It doesn’t matter whether their support was luke warm or simply getting behind the obvious nominee, they weren’t welcome here.

[Dead Corpse]

I remember some of the arguments over whether Bush or McCain was the "electable" candidate. I didn't think either was particularly "conservative" and that Bush was only marginally better than McCain.

History has vindicated that view point. Especially when I was castigated for questioning Bush's stance on RKBA. I was right.

I do that a lot and it appears to really piss some people off.

Always prevent your Italians from running...

[COBOL2Java]

I remember the "Get out of Cheney's house!" demonstration threads.

Also, remember what would happen when people forgot to close their html tags, and all subsequent posts were formatted the same way until someone added the appropriate closing tag.

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COBOL2Java
Since Aug 18, 2000

[GopherIt]

I miss

Quidam

[boomop1]

Still here since Dec. 1997.

[THX 1138]

7/16/98

[umgud]

“What stands out for you in your decades plus experience on Free Republic?”

That FR gives so much to so many who collectively give back so little in return.

[BlueLancer]

The thing I remember most is that, if you wrote part of your response in bold or italics and forgot to close the brackets at the end, the next 100 responses were all either in bold or italics ...

...the next thing was the continual "moose bit my sister" and other nonsense threads by Dighton. They would go a long way to relieving tension in those days ...