No, the problem is called smart quotes. A solution until it is fixed is to run your text through this tool before posting.
http://dan.hersam.com/tools/smart-quotes.html
I does a great job of getting rid of those unprintable characters.
Also, posting a reply with quotes displays properly, but if you copy and paste someone else's post to use in a reply, the quotes get screwed up again.
Extremely frustrating no matter how many web sites there are to strip smart quotes. Free Republic is GENERATING smart quotes!
‘Testing the online tool Mr’s There’s’
“Testing the Online Tool Mr’s, There’s, Etc”
“If we awaken and energize the body of Christ- if Christians and people of faith come out and vote our values- we will win and we will turn the country around,” Cruz told volunteers on a conference call Tuesday.
“We’re working to have a lead pastor in each of the 99 counties in Iowa, 99 pastors are organizing other pastors,” Cruz said. “We’re doing the same thing in South Carolina, organizing pastors in 46 counties to motivate and organize other pastors.”
Cruz warned that, as the election nears, the attacks on his campaign will become more vicious.
“I want to tell everyone to get ready, strap on the full armor of God, get ready for the attacks that are coming,” he warned. “Come the month of January we ain’t seen nothing yet.”
Cruz predicts that the nomination will come by the end of the March and said that his campaign is now in a “90-day sprint to win this nomination.”
“There is a very good possibility that the Republican primary will be decided by the end of March,” he told them.
‘USA needs to reverse the course we’re on, stop the corrupt liberal-rot and return to our founding fathers plan for this country. THIS is what we know! Is Cruz the man to do it?’
woohoo that worked! Thanks man-