[Jim Robinson]

Read it and weep.

[manic4organic]

Rat bastidge. He needs his RINO horn sawed off.

[JamesP81]

Now hear this:

Thanks to John McCain, Free Republic will shut down tomorrow at high noon for 30 days. No non government approved electioneering messages may be transmitted over the internet for the 30 days immediately preceding a primary election.

That is all.

This is about as funny as the time my mom told me she had cancer as a joke.

[Just Lori]

Jim, yer kiddin', right?

[SierraWasp]

You forgot that neat little whistle they blow on a ship just before they say: "NOW HEAR THIS!!!"

[Uncle Miltie]

You ain't seen nothin'. If they try that, I'll march on Washington with y'all. Let's boogie!

[TASMANIANRED]

This is awful.

[harpo11]

Is John McCain a bloomin' dirty rat fink communist? Seems like we're back in the old corrupt defunct U.S.S.R.

Just what the hell is "non-government approved electioneering messages" supposed to mean?

I thought the government was for the people, by the people and of the people, not John McCain on some hormonal freakout.

Jim Robinson, is this for sure true? If so, be prepared for a bunch of dedicated FReeper addicts forced into cold turkey withdrawals.

[sweetliberty]

This is a joke, right? A very bad joke at that. The entire internet would be shut down. This can't possibly be for real. And how is it constitutional? Oh, that's right. Agenda trumps the Comstitution.

[Brizick]

I especially like the keyword 'timeforpitchforks'.

I think it's time for "Torches R Us".

[JRios1968]

You can't be messing with the FReepers that way, JimRob!! Watch out for the PainTrain!!

[Williams]

I picked a bad day to give up drinking.

[posterchild]

D*mn, 30 days, will have to dig up my crack pipe.

[Revolting cat!]

Thank goodness, the backup site will remain available! See ya all there.

[hispanarepublicana]

Y si quiero FReep en Espanol? Que me puede hacer el ojete McCain?

[NormsRevenge]

Heads-up to California FReepers --- There will likely be McCainiac FReep opportunities in California this politicking season as McCain campaigns here for the Gubby.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Oh well, at least the liquer store is still open. Wait! It's after 9:00 PM! How will I survive till tomorrow!

[joesnuffy]

DU of course will be devo as usual...

[Andyman]

OK, set up a mirrored site in Texas. If they have already had their primary, it won't be against the law. After the primary in California, boot the primary server back up!

For the general election in November, set up a mirrored server in the Bahamas.

[McGavin999]

We have to find some way to get this to the USSC quickly before something like this really does happen. Shutting down FR would be the same as telling people they couldn't gather at a water cooler to discuss politics. That's basically what we are, a gathering place for discussion.

We don't produce political ads, we don't (as a group) give contributions, we allow open discussion.

They can't stop us, we'll just meet in Germany or some other country.

[AZRepublican]

Oh Boy, they served you a injunction did they? Can you change the physical location of the FR server?