[Richard Poe]

willyd writes: You have your google analytics set up for your site, but you do not have the tracking cookie code on the page that was linked from Free Republic. Therefore, Google Analytics did not track it.

Well, that is interesting, but I still don't understand why WordPress Stats was able to track the traffic, while Google failed. Why the discrepancy? Please explain.

[willyd]

Google analytics requires the java code at the bottom of every page you wish to track under a certain url.

Word press does not require that script (or a similar one) to function.

It is that simple. You have Google Analytics set up incorrectly.