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Posted on 11/11/2008 12:03:22 AM PST by Jim Robinson
A Democrat is poised to take the reins of power in Washington, D.C., and Fresno resident Jim Robinson is feeling a sense of déjà vu.
It was President Clinton's 1992 election that sparked Robinson's political activism, driving him to create a Web site that made him a grass-roots leader among conservatives before Clinton's term was over.
This year, as Barack Obama prepares to sweep into office on another tide of Democratic votes, Robinson and denizens of that Web site, freerepublic.com, are preparing to do battle again. "We'll double and redouble our efforts to fight for what is right," Robinson says. "We've got people just spitting nails."
Free Republic, founded by Robinson in September 1996, doesn't attract much attention from the national press and is not well-known among political experts. Many of its postings have a decidedly fringe feel.
But long before Red State, Daily Kos and Little Green Footballs arrived on the Internet political scene, Free Republic was building an audience -- and becoming a formidable political force among conservatives and libertarians that is admired even by some who disagree with its political philosophy.
In a study last month by the Internet ratings firm comScore, Free Republic ranked fifth among political blogs, just behind heavyweights The Huffington Post, Politico, Drudge Report and Real Clear Politics.
The Huffington Post had more than 4.5 million "unique visitors" -- those who visit a Web site more than once during a specified period -- during the election season, according to comScore. Politico, Drudge Report and Real Clear Politics all had more than 1.1 million unique visitors. Free Republic was fifth with 987,000 unique visitors, according to comScore.
Robinson said Free Republic has more than 300,000 registered users, though not all are active on the site, and its normal 1 million daily page views grew...
(Excerpt) Read more at fresnobee.com ...
Congratulations.
Hopefully more of your viewers will become donors on a regular basis or $5/month donors since FR receives no government subsidies nor bailout money.
fyi and ping list.
Yes, but can the reporter actually give a concrete example of anything that we’ve “just made up?”
I doubt it.
Cool Jim. Looks like you got the local media surrounded!
I doubt it.
Hey, the guy who claimed that is a professor! Of psychology! At friggin' Santa Cruz!!!
You gonna question a guy with credentials like that?
Aside from the usual media snarky remarks it’s a good article - congratulations Jim!
btw, when I first saw the headline I was stumped: “What’s a ‘FRESNAN’”..... but that’t b/c I’ve never been near Fresno.
Fringe is IN, baby!
I don't think anyone here believes that, but I am one of many here who think that the only good Muslim is one who doesn't follow his faith. I had a tagline, "the only good Muslim is not a good Muslim" on that point. Their faith does require following sharia law and extending the land of sharia, or "house of peace" until it covers all the world. Infidels are to be killed to make that happen. If they are Jewish or Christian, they are not killed, but they are to be second class citizens and persecuted until they or their offspring eventually convert.
Maybe the guy who posted this was Jim Baker. There are a group of conservatives who know and love Arabs from their business dealings and cannot seem to differentiate their relationships with individuals or their belief that their liberal Muslim friends represent Islam. The fact is, many of them are following taqqiya, or, if they really are liberal, they are not following the strict tenets of their professed faith. As a result, they may be good people, but their faith will eventually become a problem, if not because they turn on us, because their kids will.
Islam is the problem. So are idiots who don't understand that because they have not studied Islam. They will get us killed.
He left out Rather-gate, which was first exposed here.
“Yes, but can the reporter actually give a concrete example of anything that we’ve “just made up?””
He’s a professor therefore dumber than a box of rocks!
Me too.
A million unique visitors, that’s something the Philadelphia Inquirer could only dream about.
November 5, 2008
tet68 ~ Is that like a maxion only smaller?
It takes one million minions to make a maxion.
They've been teaching the metric system in publik skool for decades, youse guys must be ooooold!
GMTA
Proud to be part of the Fabulous FRiday FResno FReeper Family!
Thank you kind sir, your a truly a patriot.
Am with you all the way Jim.
Jim Rob in da house!!
In local addition of the bee was one more picture. Not very good, it was me taking a picture of Chadsworth, Sheila and FRiend Ann.
Marissa was disappointed, photographer took a picture of her stomping the “No on 8” signs. He told her it would be in Tuesday’s paper. She looked and looked but her picture didnt make it.
It was great to see Chadsworth again.
When were the photos taken? Was Chads at our corner recently and I missed him???
Tell PrissyMissy that I didn’t make the cut either. Thousands of photos of me out there on our corner and not a one of me in that article. :-(
But, it is too bad that they told her it would be in the paper and then they didn’t put it in. I’d be disappointed too.
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