From my recollection, Jim started posting on a Prodigy bulletin board sometime after Clinton got elected. He was not happy with the Clintonista's and what they were doing to our country. Eventually, he was booted off Prodigy for his postings and started his own BB and called it FreeRepubic, sometime in 1997. A lot of the early posters were from that original Prodigy BB.
This is a brief summary of my recollection.
People are confused out here. Jim, you have a story to tell!