Defaming of FreeRepublic (Vanity) [DUmmie FUnnies]

The Williamsport Sun-Gazette forums ^ | July 19, 2005 | justaguy

[ReeWalker]

That said; stranger stories have been told. . .

And this one gets stranger everyday.

[SittinYonder]

According to other posts/links here on this thread, it looks like he did die.

[cricket]

Did a search; and yes; he did die.

The only story repeated re Andy and the 'rabid, right-wing Bush folks' hastening his death is the same story posted here; by Elizabeh Ferrari; who, by google, is a 'rabid, left-wing strategist/apologist. . .' so it would appear.

I still do not understand why ANYone; much less 'rabid right-wingers at Free Republic' or those who just 'support' GW are being held in the glare of a dubious light source provided by Ms.Ferarri.

[cricket]

"And this one gets stranger everyday."

. . .yes. . .it does.

[Doug Loss]

Geez, I leave to take a shower and do some work around the house and I get accused of something? Friend, your color seems to me to be tin-foil. I'm sure you'll remain suspicious even when I do say "thank you," which I do. Not to you so much as to the people who pointed me to scamdy and who explained the whole debacle in enough detail to get an idea of what happened. Be a little more careful and perhaps a little slower with your accusations, friend. You're sounding a bit paranoid.

[Doug Loss]

Thanks for the kind words, Frank. You're exactly right, I was more concerned with trying to set my hurting young moonbat friend on the path toward enlightment than with making other Freepers feel good about themselves. :)

[franksolich]

Thank you, sir; I registered on there and all that, but for some reason my "response" didn't "take."

I agree with you 100%--when two things have to be done at the same time, it's best to do the most important thing first (in this instance, going to the original source and replying, rather than replying in here).

Again, I thank you for helping set the record straight.

If Elizabeth Ferrari sets the record straight with us, I'll holler for you to see.

[SittinYonder]

My wife followed some of this through the DUmmy FUnnies, and she told me about it once (which is where all my knowledge prior to reading some of the links here comes from). My recollection was that it was DU'ers who claimed it was a scam before it was anybody else. I thought the debate among the DU'ers was followed here on FR, but I didn't think any Freepers were getting involved in the debate.

Obviously, looking at some of the links/posts in this thread, some Freepers were involved at least to some extent.

[Shazbot29]

Everyone in the Internet Political arena knows it is Andy Stephenson. Everyone else probably doesn't care about what the wife of a unknown hack (who in the world is named "Doug Ferarri" at birth?) has to say.

[.cnI redruM]

>>>>without exception, drooling, knuckle dragging, hang on every word followers of the President,

I haven't drooled or dragged my knuckles since my last beer party after a rugby match three years ago. Go get your facts straight, Goron!

[Allosaurs_r_us]

Elizabeth Ferrari is a writer and a family mental health advocate in San Francisco

 

Well she is in the right occupation! Beth is also Sfexpat2000 over at the DU and took over the fund raising. Her idea of tracking donations was for anyone donating to slip her an email with the amount. Hardly a way to track funds. Another thing that sticks out like a sore thumb is that they solicited funds from nearly 200 web sites, radio programs and TV shows.

 

It was actually the DUmmies themselves that blew the whistle on this. Many were duped into shelling out money for BBV and when Bev Harris was asked to provide details on how they wee spending the money, she turned on them. Andy Stephenson was her right hand man at the time.

 

Many here at FR took up the investigation when it was learned people were giving up child support checks for this fund raiser, and it was publicized Andy had assets totaling nearly half a million dollars.

 

You need to research this whole story. While you are at it, go visit ConservativeUnderground.com, that is where members of DU went to voice their dismay after the owner of DU refused to let them ask questions of the fund raising on their own site. Every time anyone asked a legitimate question he locked and deleted the threads. Now I ask you, is this the kind of people you are willing to believe?

 

[Allosaurs_r_us]

One other thing, every single FReeper involved in this wished and or prayed for Andy's recovery. Go over to the DUmpster and read what they think of our leaders and commentators that come down with life threatening diseases. Then come back over here and tell us what you think the difference is.

 

[Doug Loss]

Thanks. I've posted a link to scamdy on the local newspaper web forum. I think I'm pretty much finished with this topic, though. I was only mildly interested in it in the first place, to tell the truth.

[SoothingDave]

We have tried to add some facts to the discussion to refute these claims that the 'Bush right' (as beth calls it) had anything to do with delays in Andy's tr*****nt.

I think it's pretty funny that this newspaper web forum auto-censored the middle of the word "treatment" cause it spells "eatme."

SD