I remember it well. Lucianne Goldberg used to post here, but then she decided to make her own forum. She shat on Free Republic in doing so, and then Matt started promoting her.
Some FReepers (NOT JimRob) started posting that Matt was gay, so he dropped us, or that was the excuse as he and the Goldberg’s were pretty tight.
I started with Lucianne, not knowing about FR. When I discovered FR, I never went back. I experienced all elections since 2000 here on this site. My most memorable event was 9/11.