Posted on 11/19/2008 12:26:59 PM PST by kristinn
A Democrat is poised to take the reins of power in Washington, D.C., and Fresno resident Jim Robinson is feeling a sense of deja vu.
It was President Bill 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 RealClearPolitics.
(Excerpt) Read more at stltoday.com ...
Wanna feel my fringe?
They couldn’t help but try to put FR in the fringe—and to group us with the KOS is absolutely insulting. “Exaggerating facts or just plain making them up.” I despise the msm.
Saddle up boys (and girls). Time for the vast Right Conspiracy to ride again.
Well, Conservative who is not a GoP got the ZOT on the B end O ver “birth certificate” thread earlier.
ShiveringShegetz just signed up today and posted
“If Baracks birth certificate cant be proven, or if its proven to be false, that means we have four years of President Joe Biden to look forward to, right?”
on another birth certificate thread.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2134848/posts?page=61#61
Hardly. It lists a number of activist... um... activities and lumps us with the worst of rumormongers, but not one word about Rathergate.
I want me one of those!
(Man does not need to be included)
Oh, and Congrats Jim!
Thank you for this wonderful forum.
It’s a blessing!!!
I'm OK with that. Keep your Sgian Dubh handy.
FIX BAYONETS!
I can’t spit nails, but I can stand on my head and eat peanut butter.
W00H00, Jim! I’m so glad I found this place! Thank you!
I resemble that remark!!
They probably wouldn't have noticed and would still be calling us a right wing hate site if that fact hadn't been pointed out here.
CBS probably never heard of us. /s
and is not well-known among political experts.
Yeah, sure. I'll bet.
Our Founding Fathers and fellow patriots revolted and waged war against their King for much less...
They didn’t mention Free Republic exposing Dan Rather’s forged TANG documents during the 2004 election.
Huffington Puffington is a HEAVYweight? Now that’s funny!
It’s a LIGHTweight with a bunch of limp-writsted, foolish, idiots who don’t have the ability to THINK.
Conservatives keeping in touch with conservatives, patriots with patriots and 2nd amendment believers with 2nd amendment believers...all will be most important during the coming trials.
I didn’t even know I was a “denizen”. I guess they are going all out to make us denizens chilly.
I always wanted to be a “denizen” ...
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