It's Jim Robinson's website. It's up to him to decide what to do with FR. He's doing an incredible job and we all love him for it.
But my proposal is why not sell some space on www.freerepublic.com to conservative advocates such as Weekly Standard, Fox News, National Journal, Wall Street Journal, Washington Times and etc. And Jim Robinson can use the money to help to pay for some of the site's cost or for a future FReep if the occasion warrants it.
It's just an idea. That's all there is to it.
Completely agree. Why not use our space and our visibility to promote CONSERVATIVE businesses/publications. Keep the scope small, start with just the conservative advocates you mentioned. Keep the Ben & Jerry's of the world OUT.
Disagree. By continuing to be supported by donations we avoid any potential problems of conflict of interests, and any future actions by the FTC to control blog advertising in political campaigns. Its JRobinson's site and he intends to keep it that way; it is his call if he wishes to accept advertisements, but I doubt he ever will.