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LOL. In retrospect, I think BB wishes he had put an “/s” on his post for those folks who don’t know him.

For some reminiscing (and confirmation), see this post from last night:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2210357/posts?page=65#65

Yep. I had assumed most people who post on Arnold threads would know I was anti-Arnold by now. Sadly, the freepers who really DID argue that kind of stuff back in 2003 are no wonder to be seen when I ping them to the latest Arnie threads. Guess they tucked their tails between their legs and hide out of shame.

I agree that people that are clueless about another state's politicians should butt out of a thread about it. I get really tired of out-of-staters claiming Patrick Fitzgerald is a "card-carrying partisan Democrat" (he's an anti-machine outsider was selected for the U.S. Attorney job by a conservative Republican, with the Chicago Democrat machine loudly PROTESTING every step of the way because they wanted a local Illinois hack they could "trust"), or that Dick Durbin is a "typical Chicago politican" (Durbin is actually a DOWNSTATE Democrat who was recruited by the machine to run for the U.S. Senate in the guise of a "moderate", then quickly showed his true colors and voted hard-left once he got in office).

But on the other hand, if freepers have researched their candidates and know what they're talking about, I welcome their input on political races around the country.

Illinois claims four Presidents, but only one of them was actually an Illinois native. His name is Ronald Reagan. But I guess California can claim Reagan if Illinois calls itself "Land of Lincoln" (just keep in mind you won't find many Reagan Republicans in the areas of California that Reagan was "from"!)

Yep. I had assumed most people who post on Arnold threads would know I was anti-Arnold by now. Sadly, the freepers who really DID argue that kind of stuff back in 2003 are no where to be seen when I ping them to the latest Arnie threads. Guess they tucked their tails between their legs and hide out of shame.

I agree that people that are clueless about another state's politicians should butt out of a thread about it. I get really tired of out-of-staters claiming Patrick Fitzgerald is a "card-carrying partisan Democrat" (he's an anti-machine outsider was selected for the U.S. Attorney job by a conservative Republican, with the Chicago Democrat machine loudly PROTESTING every step of the way because they wanted a local Illinois hack they could "trust"), or that Dick Durbin is a "typical Chicago politican" (Durbin is actually a DOWNSTATE Democrat who was recruited by the machine to run for the U.S. Senate in the guise of a "moderate", then quickly showed his true colors and voted hard-left once he got in office).

But on the other hand, if freepers have researched their candidates and know what they're talking about, I welcome their input on political races around the country.

There was a thread a couple months back where an Illinois freeper suggested coming to Eureka if you want to learn about Reagan, and someone noted in alarm that Eureka is a bunch of Reagan-hating commies, because they assumed the poster was talking about Eureka, California (rather than Reagan's college alumnus in Illinois, where he gave his famous 1982 arms speech now known as "The Beginning of the End of the Cold War.") Arnie really ought to visit, because the only conservative policies he knows now are the soundbites his speechwriters gave him to win an election.

Illinois claims four Presidents, but only one of them was actually an Illinois native. His name is Ronald Reagan. But I guess California can claim Reagan if Illinois calls itself "Land of Lincoln" (just keep in mind you won't find many Reagan Republicans in the areas of California that Reagan was "from"!)