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The picture is very nice, but I'm not impressed.

The damage has been done.

Hannity tells a few million people that we are a bunch of vicious backbiters, when that couldn't be farther from the truth.

And I am supposed to be mollified by a handwritten note that might be seen by what, a few hundred people?

We helped to make Drudge, and he thanked us by taking us off his list of sites on his homepage because of the actions of a few.

We held Clinton accountable and helped the impeachment to become a reality, and some, like the Adams, Don and Teri, paid mightily for that.

We helped turn the tide in 2000 against Algore stealing the election in Florida.

We exposed the CBS lie about George Bush's ANG record, when CBS tried to influence a presidential election with bogus letters.

And we helped make history in 2004 by our support,verbally and financially of the Swift Boat Vets, and of speaking to our fellow church and family members about what was at stake in this election. History will occur now that would never have happened if George Bush was not re-elected.

And we helped make Hannity through our support of his radio show, TV show, and buying his books.

And like Drudge, this is how we are recognized and thanked.

Everyone who posts on FR comes under attack at one time or another. Like iron sharpens iron, this is how truth emerges and skills are honed in the debate to shape and preserve our beloved Republic.

Sean said terrible things about FR that were completely out of proportion, and branded us all as right wing nuts.

Signing a piece of paper doesn't cut it.

He can fix it the same way he started it--tell his few million listeners that FR is a great bastion of conservative thought and a cyber meeting place of peopl who love this country and its founding principles.

Until then, all of the cellphone camera shots don't mean a thing to me.

BUMP

Hannity knows exactly how many listeners he has and he sent that message out to all of them. He has a large voice and big popularity. If he really thinks highly of freerepublic, and wasn't so fickle and self important (as he denies 30-50 times a show), he wouldn't have spoken as he did.

Bah.

FMCDH(BITS)

Brilliant retort. I have written many times that FR takes the point position in knock-down drag out political warfare.

On top of this, I would also like to add that (and I have written this before) while most of us here have common goals, we do differ on how to achieve them. Folks like Hannity are our "face" in the MSM, and some of us disagree on how we are portrayed in the public sphere.

And like it or not, Hannity and company are going to be responsible for that portrayal as long as their images grace television screens across the globe. We may dismiss televised news as the old media, but it is still the most influential form of mass communication on the planet. When one of "our guys" bashes us in that medium, or when one of Hannidy's pals behaves in a way in which some of us disagree, we can and will be vocal about it. As the Chinese proverb says, it is in the nature of the scorpion to sting its apparent benefactor. It is also the nature of online pundits to want to guide the destiny of the conservative movement. Our stings will heal and make them stronger, I promise.

Carry on, Sean. I could say something about water and a duck's back, but I'll spare that final cliche.

Have a good weekend, everyone.

Apf