[ThePythonicCow]

Why does it only work when I copy and paste yours?

Whatever you are typing is different somehow. Unfortunately, the FreeRepublic server software is careful to -remove- incorrect HTML syntax from your posts, so I can't see what you typed that was incorrect. You will just have to examine it, character by character, to find the difference.

As an aside, there is a good reason that our server software discards incorrect HTML codes. It is an essential defense mechanism against hackers. Our server software simply will not let random HTML codes that it doesn't understand and know to be safe to show up in posts.

[Zevonismymuse]

Okay Cow

You got me. I surrender. I just won't be able to show off all my cool old photos from elections gone by. I feel so defeated. Shame on me.