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Posted on 10/29/2011 8:05:02 AM PDT by mnehring
Edited on 10/29/2011 2:08:48 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
The editors at Red State and Free Republic (among others) have had the wool pulled over their eyes. They seem to actually believe the lies originally propagated by supporters of President Obama and, in some cases, even by President Obama himself. Now, for some reason, these editors/moderators are so insecure in their prejudice against Gov. Romney that they ban people who openly support Gov. Romney. Free Republic (mostly because of it’s owner Jim Robinson) has purged all of the Romney supporters they could from the site in two waves of purges over the last few years. The anti-Romney and anti-Mormon bigotry evident at Free Republic now is absolutely sickening.
I haven’t been to Free Republic quite as much as I used to partly because I have been banned from posting. During the 2008 election, Mitt was accepted and lauded by many at Free Republic like he was by most conservatives. One of the best summaries of Gov. Romney’s accomplishments was actually from Free Republic. However, Jim Robinson seemingly fell in love with Sarah Palin and initiated purges of anyone who wouldn’t pledge allegiance to her. A few months back, I tried to make a new account and see if I could post about Gov. Romney’s jobs plan and I was promptly banned and called a few derogatory names implying that I was a Mormon. Besides the fact that I am not Mormon, I can’t for the life of me figure out how a site like that, filled with such hate, can find enough donors to keep it going. When I think of Free Republic, I’m reminded of the scene from Star Wars Episode IV where Luke is warned that he is entering “A Wretched Hive of Scum and Villany”.
Red State has been fairly hostile to Gov. Romney for awhile, but they have crossed into new lows now as well. The guys from WhyRomney.com [3] have been working very hard and diligently to refute some of the many misconceptions about Gov. Romney, and I hope this unfortunate episode won’t dissuade them or anyone else from trying to correct the people endlessly smearing Gov. Romney. What so many of these people who don’t like Gov. Romney don’t seem to realize is that they have been fed reasons to not like Gov. Romney by highly-funded democratic think tanks. It’s abundantly clear now, no matter what Rush Limbaugh says [4], that President Obama is scared to death of facing Mitt Romney [5] in the general election.
If you want to check out the three open letters posted to Red State, you can read the one on mandates and health care here [6], the one about abortion here [7], and the final one on miscellaneous issues here [8] unless Red State removes the posts now that they have cowardly banned the authors of the letters. Also, I’ve saved a screen shot of the admin belittling the efforts of our friends from WhyRomney [9] and giving his/her bogus reason for banning them which you can read here [10] just in case the admin tries to cover his/her tracks in shame. If you want to see how rude Free Republic is without actually subjecting yourself to the hate, just click here [11] for a screen shot of the reason they banned the author of a similar open letter.
I know there are bastions of bigotry against Mormons on other sites besides Free Republic and that Free Republic and Red State aren’t the only sites that have ever banned people they disagreed with, but I’ve concluded that they are the grandparents of this anti-Romney crusade that fortunately seems destined to fail. Some other sites seem predisposed against supporting Mitt, but not at the dangerous level of these two.
The motives of people like Mark Levin and Rush Limbaugh [12] to not want Gov. Mitt Romney to be the GOP nominee are easy to understand (hint: they make more money with President Obama in the White House), but I believe many other sites and conservatives are simply following their lead reinforced by the disingenuous people at Red State and the sheltered leader of Free Republic. Most other conservative sites that support candidates other than Mitt at least vow to support Mitt if he is the nominee, but I worry about what is festering at Free Republic and now, Red State. Once our nominee is selected, we will need all hands on deck to defeat President Obama. The members of these two sites should realize how detrimental the actions of their leaders may end up being to the ultimate cause of making President Obama a one-term President. I hope they will ask for their leaders to act in a more responsible fashion.
WELCOME TO FREE REPUBLIC!
NOTE: FR's "editor" (namely, me) is not shy about stating FR's conservative principles, purposes and goals or about stating why liberal progressive RINOS are not acceptable on FR and so adds the following links for reference:
One more time: FR's God-given Life & Liberty constitutional conservative activism agenda!!
The truth about Romney straight from HIS progressive big mouth
--Jim Robinson
Oh, YOO HOO, Jim...
Wow!...you’re really reaching now...are you accusing me of being anti Catholic now? LOL..my posting history will prove otherwise.
Or if he's really really free, he doesn't inform her. To paraphrase Mrs. Hardy, "I'll free you, you son of the desert!"
Really.
Unless you can point out some kind of FR Berlin Wall that forces you to post here, you're full of sh**.
You are FREE to go and set up your own website and fully realize your love for all things Romney.
Jim is FREE to say he doesn't want that on his own property.
The only communist-minded folks I see here are you and the author of this screed, who act like Jim exercising control over the content of his website is some horrible affront to freedom.
For what?
“I have always wondered why folks would actually hate Romney more than they hate Obama.”
That’s pretty easy. Romney’s positions are not much different from Obama’s, yet Romney calls himself a Republican.
I will thank you for this much, Saundra. You are a great insight into the kind of warped ‘logic’ that drives a Romney pimp. Your motives are as transparent as they are deranged.
snowe and collins call THEMselves Republicans too. And then there's mccain and graham and........
I remember how vicious the romney-ites were. They’re almost as strange as the Ron-Paulians.
Your post absolutely nails it. If anybody wants to know why I and many others loathe Romney with a passion and would never in a million years vote for him, look no further than this.
So it's rumored that Romney people who went to work for McCain spread rumors about Palin or badmouthed her.
But who's to say that the rumors about the rumor-spreaders are actually true?
I'm searching names from Romney's 2008 campaign. I've found one who went on to work for McCain. There are probably others, but 80% of Romney's staff? That's doubtful.
McCain would have had his own people. Romney people wouldn't necessarily have had the inside track on new McCain campaign job openings. Those closest to Romney would have remained inside his operation, and many of others would have found other, lower-level campaigns to work on.
If we apply the same skepticism to the rumors you spread as we do to those you condemn, we may get a different picture of what was going on.
IBTZ?
It would be a first for me.
Can you tell us what it is you like about him? What you see as his good points?
I'm serious. As a conservative, I just don't see him being remotely aligned, but I'm always willing to look at another's perspective.
I've seen Mitt Romney as another "aisle-crosser" who wants to drastically water down the Second Amendment, who implemented a socialistic health-care system in Massachussetts and is pro-choice, among other things.
Am I wrong?
One more time:
As a conservative site, Free Republic is pro-God, pro-life,
pro-family, pro-Constitution, pro-Bill of Rights, pro-gun, pro-limited government, pro-private property rights,
pro-limited taxes, pro-capitalism, pro-national defense,
pro-freedom, and-pro America. We oppose all forms of
liberalism, socialism, fascism, pacifism, totalitarianism,
anarchism, government enforced atheism, abortionism,
feminism, homosexualism, racism, wacko environmentalism,
judicial activism, etc.
We also oppose the United Nations
or any other world government body that may attempt to
impose its will or rule over our sovereign nation and
sovereign people. We believe in defending our BORDERS, our
constitution and our national sovereignty.
Look up top RINO Bots, it's on the page in red.
What the matter SD - are you becoming a mitt fan?
Playing the whiny anti-mormon card and now dissing FR. DIdn't you opus out a while back - now you are just poking around for this.
Get a grip SD - you don't like it here, you know where the door is. Just don't blame 'antimormonism' for your epic failure to even explain or defend even the most basic components of your faith.
You are free to leave it anytime you want. So it is STILL free.
Some one stop me or I'll keep displaying my ignorance
SD must be 'gunning' for the mormon martyr medal
Couldn't not be said any better.
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