I think I first got connected to the internet around 1995. It took me a year or so to get comfortable with surfing the internet. I did a lot of searches on political subjects. Clinton was in one scandal after another, and I wanted to hear the latest.
At some point, I began to notice that my searches were directing me to FreeRepublic quite often. It was probably 1996 or 1997. I started visiting the site more frequently, and pretty soon I was addicted. But I lurked for a year or two before getting up the nerve to register.
I don’t know what happened to some of the old Freepers from those days. One guy used to post pages from the tabloids with the latest Clinton scandal info on them, and he would claim he was Socks the Cat (Clinton’s cat), reporting from under the bed at the White House.
Another guy called himself Beachbum and had lots of interesting information and opinions about Clinton.
Alamo-girl had a running log of articles about the First Couple and their scandals.
People had lists of mysterious deaths around Clinton (Arkancides).
Those were exciting and stressful times.
God bless Jim Robinson. He has played a big part in the resurgence of conservatives today.
I do miss the ole Freepers, I vividly remeber MadIvan and his posts. Wow. Hope they all are happy and healthy.
FR was mentioned in a discussion on the WEDG forum so I checked it out.Lurked for about 2 years then had to register to jump into a debate between Logos and OWK.
The Clinton Body Count at this site http://www.etherzone.com/body.html is pretty representative of what it was like toward the end of the impeachment cycle.