Posted on 10/02/2004 6:29:00 PM PDT by Aim Higher
Not one hour ago, I posted my very first post on Free Republic: "Am I the ONLY One Who Noticed This at the Debates?
I received many interesting comments, a few hysterical ones, several awfully kind "Welcome to Free Republic" comments (for which I'd like to thank you bloggers again)and finally....
I also received this one very rude comment:
"You're really stretching. Is this the only reason you joined Free Republic. To post this?"
So I answered this blogger by telling that they "inspired me to post again tonight."
What I want to tell you, fellow FR bloggers, is why I joined, since I am excited about it. And I think you will be, too. [At least those of you who are really in here as true conservatives, and not liberals throwing darts, pretending to be conservatives. Don't think I was fooled for one minute.]
So here's the story:
Two weeks ago I called the Founder of the Swift Boat Veterans for the Truth, Admiral Roy Hoffmann and asked if I could interview him.
I cried when he answered the phone and I heard his voice and he confirmed that, yes, he was not just Roy Hoffmann, but ADMIRAL Roy Hoffmann, and I knew I had the right man. I cried because the Admiral and his Swiftees are my heros for what they are doing now. Standing for the truth in this fiery election, serving our country one more time, in spite of the flack they keep taking, to warn us of the TRUE John Kerry.
The Admiral was as kind as he could be. He granted me an interview. He met me on Wednesday, September 22nd. He presented me with a copy of Unfit for Command, and he personally signed it to me and my husband.
I am now in the process of writing an article as a result of that interview which I plan to post very soon on the Free Republic. I wanted to finish it sooner, but as I wrote the Admiral this week in a note, I want to do the very best blog I can which is worthy of the time he gave me.
This is why I have joined the Free Republic.
Thank you, Wild Bill. That's the loveliest welcome yet.
I heard that too.
Not that they gave them to him, but they let it slide that he lied about them so he would be sent out of Viet Nam so we could have a better chance to win the war.
Little did they know that he would stab all of them in the back.
Two reasons now to love Texas -- Dubbya, and the nice Texan FReeper who just welcomed me.
;^)
If you get the chance, please tell Admiral Hoffman that we love him and all the Swifties. What they are doing is lifting a black cloud that has hung over this nation for 35 years.
It is like the sun burning off the fog in the morning.
Becki
If someone snares an interview with Admiral Hoffman, that is indeed breaking news, and a case can be made that it does not necessarily need to be relegated to the Vanities. If our new member made a very minor mistake, she has apologized prettily for it. This attitude of hostility toward a newbie is hard to understand. She seems like a perfectly nice lady and a loyal conservative. She has so far posted nothing troll-like. Why is everyone being so hostile toward her? You are not behaving like gentlemen, gentlemen. This is not the behavior I have come to expect from conservatives. I thank heaven that no one was so unpleasant and unchivalrous toward me when I joined and began posting.
what exactly is it you're looking to prove?
Something.
Lots of people here get really ZOT-happy. As a general rule, if you post a thread and you're not seeing lots of pictures of kittens and explosions, you're doing okay.
Welcome to FR.
Good for you.
Welcome aboard.
By the way, FreeRepublic is a bulletin board rather than a blog.
Looking forward to the post about your interview.
Killed him. sorry.
Actually, this person posted this as a response (seems like a personal attack) on another fr member. And FR was geeting flooded with inane vanities and duplicate posts the day this was posted.
So I snapped. Sorry.
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