They weren't 'moderate' quotes - they were liberal/leftist quotes... that's why they were 'damning'... /grin
Hadn’t you heard? There’s no such thing as “liberal” - there’s just peaceable thoughtful folks....and those damnable right-wingers ;’}
This article is a revenge article.
The effort is to create the ILLUSION of Guiliani as a centrist by saying FreeRepublic is too far to the right. IOW the mainstream of the USA is too far to the right.
They are trying to USE FR as a foil to rehabilitate the listing SS Guiliani.
The article is pure propaganda.
BTW to anybody, on a off topic, why doesn’t drudge list FR?