As far as FR being down on 6/12, Obama having just launched his website, I suspected immediately they had something to do with it........have you heard that or have you considered it?
It’s an interesting thought and no, I hadn’t really considered it nor seen anyone mention it.
Free Republic was down for a couple of hours or more and I believe I was finally able to post around 2pm. A number of us posted on FR Yahoo site that day.