[so_real]

I appreciate your enthusiasm, but I'm afraid I can't live up to your expectations. Televised speech in 2004 or not, I didn't have a clue who Obama was when he entered the race. To be frank, I didn't care. My focus was on the Republican primary. I pushed for Duncan Hunter and ended up with John McCain ... imagine my disappointment. It wasn't until Obama overcame Clinton that he became a serious blip on a lot of FReeper radars -- I haven't review all my posts from that era but I assume that includes me. But the point is moot as I've stated several times. It does not matter when a Constitutional conservative becomes aware of Obama's non-citizen lineage. Today, tomorrow, and yesterday are irrelevant. What matters is what a Constitutional conservative does once he learns that Obama is the son of a foreign subject. Generally that progression starts with disbelief, then research, then acceptance, then frustration and anger --- and then a new birther joins the ranks and our numbers continue to grow. There are folks today in every step of the progression. Over all I am pleased with my fellow Conservatives. I just hope the tipping point is reached before the next election as that will make the clean up sooo much easier.

[Vickery2010]

“It wasn’t until Obama overcame Clinton that he became a serious blip on a lot of FReeper radars”

Nonsense, Obama was getting tons of threads at FR even before the first primary election.

December 2007
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/obama/index?more=5623604

May 2007
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/obama/index?more=5123604

He was even being discussed on a regular basis in 2006 before he announced he was running at all
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/obama/index?more=4723604

He was never flying under the radar here.