Posted on 05/26/2007 1:49:34 PM PDT by Eurotwit
My mistake. I was thinking of the New York Sun.
FYI
Me too, and me neither. I wouldn't vote for Rudy in any primary, but I'd be forced to vote for him if he somehow won the nom. I think the primaries will preclude that (at least I'm hoping and praying so).
Ditto for McCain. ptui
Did you have something to offer on the subject, or are you here only to insult others? If there is something I have posted that you think is not truthful, please be specific and post a link so that I may respond. Truth is something I highly value.
I never heard of the BZ thread. Could you shoot me a link?
Or better yet, take a look at his posting history and see it in context:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/user-posts?name=Travis%20Mcgee
Like so very many here, it appears that he got caught up in the passion of the Illegal Immigration issue and lost his objectivity.
You can see that on this particular thread (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1612338/posts)things were getting out of hand and Jimrob was telling people to cool it. Travis wouldn’t desist and got bounced.
Perhaps it is because he was so outspoken on so many other II threads that it became a ban instead of a suspension, who knows.
There are a couple of points that need to be addressed here.
The first is that EVERY website has its “pimples” (or carbuncles, if you prefer ;’} FreeRepublic is no exception. What IS exceptional is that 1. They’re highlighting our foibles, and 2. We’re not afraid to examine them. Painful as it may be, we don’t run away from the complaint. This article is a hit piece and nothing more than sour grapes from a bunch of rejects. By posting the article here and responding to it, we are disproving their claims.
Another thing that keeps coming back to me is that, unlike the phony “diversity is our strength” crappola that the left attempts to foist on all of us, FreeRepublic was created as a forum for like minded people (Conservatives). There is not litmus test involved to join, so lots of folks join in who THINK they’re conservative, and then bristle when the prevailing objectives of this site (or any other) do not match their own particular sense of reality.
Finally, the Internet attracts all sorts of personalities. One of the things that keeps me coming back to FR is the comments from members. FreeRepublic has taught me that Conservatives routinely do EVERYTHING better than Dhimmis. We are, by & large, more thoughtful, more articulate, better organized, more patriotic, and more reverent than leftists. Conservatives are inherently more funny.
Conservatives are also more brutal when provoked. When properly focused against our enemies they can be merciless adversaries. I’ve also noticed that some can be bullies. This PD guy was one of the more notorious. I am amazed that he lasted as long as he did.
Not every poster at FR has the equivalent grasp of language, grammar, history, and politics. With some, posting is second nature. Some struggle to say what they want. I get the impression that more than a few are lurkers because they don’t want to invite the “pukin dog” treatment. Mores the pity because I really want to know what they think, too. I believe that it is more civil here now, and that this change will attract more thoughtful conservatives.
So, a big raspberry to The NY Observer, Rebecca Sinderbrand, and the disrupters. Viva FreRepublic!
Sure as long as the budget is balanced cut all the taxes you want. It’s pay me now or pay me later.
Ptui is the right word for him.
“Giuliani ‘not confident’ war will turn around”
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/02/14/giuliani.lkl/
Doesn’t he realize this could demoralize our troops and embolden the enemy?
And some people think he is our great WOT guy??
To the extent that certain posters were actually paid operatives of the Giuliani campaign, or really indistinguishable from same, I totally agree with banning them. However, the suggestion that Giuliani would be as bad a President for our nation as Hillary is overboard IMO. We face a genuine danger of having Hillary and her whole criminal political machine back in the White House, and we must be very clear on the importance of preventing that. We need an electable GOP nominee to keep Clinton out, and depending on how things play out, how the polls go, who jumps into the race and who jumps out, it’s quite possible that Giuliani will be the best option. It’s also quite possible he won’t be. But taking the attitude that he’s some sort of evil incarnate is just destructive hyperbole that increases the risk of getting ourselves another Clinton administration.
I hope he comes back as Pukin Dog. He told me when William Oefelein (NASA love triangle astronaut) was vindicated he would rub my face in it. Too bad he's not around today...LOL.
Really!!!? Well, I wonder then why I was attacked repeatedly by the RudyBots for posting articles from or sourcing information to the NY Observer. They said that the NY Observer was a liberal rag.
Well, I seriously doubt that it has any interest in leaning to the right.
New York Times. Jul 31, 2006
Jared Kushner, the 25-year-old son of a wealthy New Jersey developer who was sentenced to prison last year, has bought The New York Observer, paying what one person familiar with details of the sale said was nearly $10 million for a majority stake in the weekly newspaper.Mr. Kushner said that he bought the newspaper because it was a marquee property in the media capital of the world, and that the opportunity to buy a newspaper did not come around very often. The paper's relatively small circulation -- 50,000 -- belies its influence, particularly in New York's media, political and real estate circles.
He also said The Observer was a good brand that could one day make a lot of money, though it now loses about $2 million a year.
Because every side of the transaction is private, it is difficult to precisely determine the financing behind the deal. It is not clear how much of a stake Mr. Kushner bought, but Arthur Carter, the current publisher of The Observer, is retaining some interest and will be offering the new owner strategic advice.
The Kushner name is well known to readers of The Observer and other media outlets, which have given thorough coverage to federal charges against his father, Charles B. Kushner, who was a major Democratic fund-raiser and contributor to James E. McGreevey, the former governor of New Jersey.
Charles Kushner was sentenced last year to two years in prison after pleading guilty to 18 counts of tax evasion, witness tampering and illegal campaign donations. ...
Duncan Hunter.
There is no complete right or wrong to that exchange....it depends on one’s perspective on the issue and the celebrity in question.
The issue it was over is now solidly at the forefront and it was off all but the most sensitive radar until after the last POTUS election.
Right now though there is a chance to take back the GOP from the RINOs and “What Culture War?” idiots and I hope folks will grab it.
many of those that were a major irritant here have slinked off to their own new site where they can whine about being under the heel of social conservatives all day long....wonderful...though I notice a few have already come back after a few weeks in the echo chamber with OCD hens governing the joint.
I’m glad to be here. I hope some more of the old timers can come back too....there are more decent reasonable folks on FR than on any politcal forum I know of.
And I am glad the social conservatism tone has been upheld here.
if the GOP does not get it’s act together...and it may not, then it will go the way of the Whigs and we will be fractured while the left will not be.
And if these idiots give amnesty, the conservative landscape will be stymied for at least my lifetime.
Forum attitudes come and go. It is difficult with a managed forum as opposed to an open one.
that boils down to what the administrator desires.....which given the infancy of this sort of thing, I’d say we’re still in learning mode
During the days of dialup connections, I made it a point never to click on any of MiaT’s threads. By the time I started with a faster connection, the clintoons were already out of office and I couldn’t see the relevance of reading about them.
I don’t think they had anything to do with the death of Vince Foster other than the possibility they may have moved the body.
Are YOU confident it will turn around without a change in the White House?
If so, what's wrong with you?
Ditto.
“MiaT was the only freeper Ive ever seen banned who, after she was gone, some folks said they couldnt decipher her posts or didnt have nightmares any more.
Another FReeper described her graphics as “They make my eyes bleed.”
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