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Posted on 01/31/2007 7:17:49 PM PST by festus
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Thanks.
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posted on
01/31/2007 7:17:50 PM PST
by
festus
To: festus
You should ping Jim Robinson.
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posted on
01/31/2007 7:18:35 PM PST
by
diamond6
(Everyone who is for abortion has been born. Ronald Reagan)
To: festus
Thank you in advance ping.
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posted on
01/31/2007 7:19:12 PM PST
by
unkus
To: festus
Okay, I lurked well before 2000 elections. Some changes, but the 1997 FR alums would know the real story.
To: festus
Be fun to see what we were focused on day one. A lot of anti-bubba stuff, plus many quasi-militia types. A lot more attention to Constitutional issues.
To: festus
Have you ever seen the birth of a kitten?
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posted on
01/31/2007 7:21:36 PM PST
by
RushCrush
(Do not stand in a place of danger trusting in miracles.)
To: festus
I believe that all the early Free Republic threads were deleated as part of the settlememt of a lawsuit by the LA Times and WaPo.
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posted on
01/31/2007 7:21:51 PM PST
by
quidnunc
(Omnis Gaul delenda est)
To: festus
To: festus
I think you originally had to log-in through a DOS prompt.
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posted on
01/31/2007 7:22:03 PM PST
by
jdm
To: RushCrush
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posted on
01/31/2007 7:22:07 PM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: festus
I first found FR on that fateful day in early 98, when Drudge posted the headlines about Clinton and an affair. While scrolling through the column headings on Drudge, I saw the one entitled "Whitewater," and clicked, and was hooked.
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posted on
01/31/2007 7:22:15 PM PST
by
Remole
To: festus
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posted on
01/31/2007 7:23:02 PM PST
by
Screamname
(Guinness world records reports that the record for youngest living person is constantly being broken)
To: festus
I hope you never find some of the dumb posts I made last century.
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posted on
01/31/2007 7:23:12 PM PST
by
Dog Gone
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Yep old Ash alert I am member 500 and something so long my memory is fading.
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posted on
01/31/2007 7:24:25 PM PST
by
boomop1
(there you go again)
To: festus
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posted on
01/31/2007 7:24:29 PM PST
by
Wolverine
(A Concerned Citizen)
To: Jet Jaguar
I came in January, 1998, when Drudge linked Free Republic during the Lewinsky scandal. That's all anyone talked about back then - it was a long, strange trip with much more bizarre characters posting than we have today. Fewer Calvinist vs. Catholic death matches and more personal interaction between a smaller group - mostly on the theme of "Impeach Bill Now".
FR was a BBS in the mid-90's before moving to the Internet, but that was well before my time.
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posted on
01/31/2007 7:24:50 PM PST
by
Mr. Jeeves
("When the government is invasive, the people are wanting." -- Tao Te Ching)
To: festus
To: Remole
Me too. Changed screen name and lost my original date.
Doug from upland is one of the oldies.
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posted on
01/31/2007 7:25:59 PM PST
by
BARLF
To: boomop1
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posted on
01/31/2007 7:26:31 PM PST
by
onyx
(DEFEAT Hillary Clinton, Marxist, student of Saul Alinsky & ally and beneficiary of Soros.)
To: festus
I had a friend direct me to the DrudgeReport, and I found a link for FR from there. I have been addicted ever since, but only started posting 1 1/2 to 2 years ago. But, I was on here (lurking) back in the 1990s, during the Clinton administration days.
Some early things I remember is that crazy woman in Idaho, and her kids holding law enforcement at bay with guns. And the shovel brigade. I also learned about the stolen FBI files (Clinton administration) and watched with fascination the Clinton impeachment, became a BIG fan of Henry Hyde during that period.
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posted on
01/31/2007 7:27:07 PM PST
by
girlangler
(Fish Fear Me)
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