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Kind of like the tactics the Rudybots used to use here, before most of them were banned.

Rudybots were banned? I didn't know that. I have a problem with that. I am a supporter of Fred and yet I have a problem with banning people who happen to support one Republican over another. In fact, I am entirely sick of all the candidate bashing that goes on here, and I've stopped doing it myself. (I no longer bash Ron Paul.)

Why were they banned? Did they post pictures of themselves in drag?

Some of them formed their own little group where they ganged up on people who didn’t agree with them. They also tried smearing more conservative candidates to make theirs look better.

I agree that no one should be banned simply for supporting one Republican over another. Not all the Rudy supporters engaged in those tactics, and I do think the bannings went too far.

In fact, I am entirely sick of all the candidate bashing that goes on here, and I've stopped doing it myself. (I no longer bash Ron Paul.)

The problem with it is that you reach a point where there are so many grudges that FR becomes a circular firing squad and won't be able to unite.

Personally, I'm going to support any Republican except Rudy (guns, sodomy, abortion, personal life, autocratic power fread). But I'm even trying to soften up on him. Well, a little.

A lot of those banned were the Viking Kitty types. Many were also open-borders types. They really did harm our ability to recruit new members. Many of them were Fred supporters or supporters of other candidates. They also ran down the forum and its membership pretty blatantly. You should go back and look at some of their opus posts. Nasty and hateful.

We do still have some pretty strong Rudy supporters here. It wasn't a real purge of Juliebots by any means. I could name a bunch of the ones still here but you can find them pretty easily on Rudi threads.

**** Why were they banned? ****

Were you gone for the month of April? That's when the purge mostly took place.

And if you really want to know why just go back in the archives for JimRob's posts and 'vanity' threads. He did most, or a good portion of the zotting himself.

Bottom line - FR is for conservatives and conservative causes. Not 'republicans' and/or 'pro abortion moderates' (rudy and his bots).

There’s one thread, in particular, that you’re looking for. Some of the Rudybots got into words with The Boss on the thread—and he took a lot of “trash”, I guess you’d say, before he pulled the switch. It’s almost as easy to go over to the WA site to see who said Rudybots were as many used their FR names to sign up there. There are some there who were not banned, too. There are also some who post at both site, I believe, although I think they use a user name different from their FR name.

"In fact, I am entirely sick of all the candidate bashing that goes on here, and I've stopped doing it myself. (I no longer bash Ron Paul.)"

I promise I will double my efforts to make up for your attack of conscience. :o)