Rather than play the fool following that embarrassing post where you showed that you think that Romney and Palin surfaced at the same time here, why not look into the Romney threads from 2006 until Mccain won the nomination in 2008, that was when freerepublic was most active with Romney discussions.
As a conservative site, freerepublic is an official anti-Romney site as well.
So when did you first hear of Palin, I noticed that you did not answer that, you only gave one of those romneybot smart ass, cracks.
And I missed your asking me when I heard of Palin. All I read was you implying...something about people having discussions about Palin here before this ID's entrance date. Don't complain about not getting answers to unasked questions.
I learned about Sarah Palin only with the rest of the names on McCain's potential VP list. After a little bit of reading it was pretty easy for me to win with her name in the pool - Palin was the only candidate to counter the Obama factor. She was the anti-Obama. And to a large part the anti-McCain as well. That she could deliver a speech—really connect with her audience—was an added and unexpected benefit.
As for this being an anti-Romney site, well, sometimes old sheepdogs can learn. Even the ones who deny any superiority in their position while emphasizing just that superiority.
The real question is, how many Mormon posts precede Romney's appearance on FR and do they increase after Palin is selected as VP? After that, how many Mormon posts are made by user ID's that can be associated with Palin-for-president support.