Well we have all seen new websites come and go.
It takes years or decades to build up a site like FR.
And even when they survive, they still FAIL---example, DU
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Dem Guard, revisit my point #1 below:
But RESTATED again for emphasis:
Jim Robinson has deftly commanded the helm of the most unique, priceless, and factually informative grassroots website since the invention of the internet.
Point 1) The first reason is simple: Free Republic is too important to [be] left in the hands of JimRob.
Translation: The MAN who has deftly commanded the helm of the most unique, priceless, and factually informative grassroots website since the invention of the internet is SUDDENLY too incapable of carrying on.
SO....what is the answer to this grandiose and unsubstantiated accusation? Ms Blog-Pimp will attempt to start FR-lite. lol; lol; lol.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2657890/posts?page=213#213