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
This writer of the article makes the point that folks who make a living off of talking about/writing about Obama’s presidency would be out of luck if Romney replaced Obama. Food for thought.
perry’s pastor holds absolutely no sway over me. Nobody’s does. Like I said, religion has nothing to do with it. You are honest and honorable, or you are not. romney is not.
OK so you hate Romney but if he is the nominee will you vote for him or will you let Obama have his way with you. Bend over.
http://www.youtube.com/user/AnnBarnhardt?feature=mhum#p/u/9/KBXe3Kvg-qU
Heavens to betsy! How has Rush managed to stay on the air for two decades without obama??? Lord love a duck! That is just bizarre. I actually think he would have as much, if not MORE material with a romney in the WH.
Yep I know first hand. In 2008 when I was talking to Obama supporters there was one candidate that they spoke favorably of and that was Mitt Romney. Don’t need any more evidence than that. The only other candidate my leftist friends find unoffensive is Huntsman. Now that doesn’t mean there is a chance in hell of them voting for either of them. We all know how much the media love of John McCain paid off once he won the primary.
Jeffress is not now nor has he ever been Perry's pastor. Perry is a Methodist. Jeffress is a baptist. This is known to everyone who has even loosely pursued finding the facts.
Perry has rejected Jeffress's words, but I have not. Mormonism is not part of historic Christianity. Again, any kind of research by even a inept researcher would reveal that.
I will not support flip-floppin Romney for any reason at any time. Once the GOP realizes that's true of a fair percentage of their base, then they'll stop their foolishness. Until then, they don't get a dime of my money or a second of my support.
That’s funny—we seem to be able to read posts here on FR from Myth supporters within the ranks. Seems most of us inspected the goods on Romney and we just ain’t buying. Get over it lil pea brain author.
Romney impresses me as an idividual that wants the Presidency for fame and glory and thinks it should be his,
Cain impresses me as a man that wants the Presidency so he can help and save our nation.
Hate is a strong word. More like that face plant.....not this shi’ite again..... We have a national debt well over 100 Trillion dollars, and the party is pushing a big spender to fix it? We are running yearly deficits around $1.3 Trillion as far as the eye can see, yet the Republicans propose to cut $130 Billion, then get wobbly and cut basically nothing, but we should just accept it? Romney is a Progressive worm, a Trojan Horse in the Conservative world. He will bring nothing but more of the same policies of Bush/Clinton/Bush/Obama. Unless this country takes the harsh medicine of allowing the system to crash, and reboot along the lines of the US Constitution, there is no hope for the Consitutional Republic. We all lose, and people want to put the same ‘ol POS politicians in charge for another 4 years.
All I can say after observing that video is thank God for conservative women.
Do you really think the main reason here that people reject Romney is him being Mormon, or could it be for some of the political things he’s done?
Obama did not have anything to do with him signing Masscare. He didn’t have to sign the bill, and he didn’t have to share a laugh about it with Ted Kennedy. Hint: When Ted Kennedy thinks you’re doing something great, and you claim to be a conservative, there’s something WRONG with what you’re doing.
First, just to be clear, I can't stand Mitt, because he stands for NOTHING. I don't think he has a chance in hell of getting the nomination. His support has maxed out at about 25%, and I think that NH will bury him. He's almost a favorite son there, yet he won't come close to a majority, and Cain could almost tie him.
The point is, should Mitt somehow manage to win the nomination, some on FR have said they won't even vote for him. It's not about campaigning or sending $$, it's pulling the lever. And that act, if done enough, could re-elect Obama. Personally, I'm not sure if I could do that.
As long as there are wacked out leftists and spineless RINO’s running around then Rush pretty much has ‘job security’.
Your “argument” is couched like a touchy feely liberal.
Nobody “hates” Romney here. There are a lot of people here that do not approve of several big things he’s done. Many people realize voting for Romney while attacking Obama for doing a scaled up version of what he did in MA regarding healthcare would be hypocritical.
When the TEA Party was in it’s early phases and the warnings about Big Govt and Obama where was Romney? He had a golden opportunity to speak out and make his voice heard as a leader but he was lying low in the tall grass. Then he shows up for the campaigns as if he’s just the next GOP annointed in-line nominee. We ain’t buying!
A really single guy answers only to God and country.
A really free married guy answers only to God and country, and informs the wife.
Aweeeeeeeeeeeeeee. Poor little bunny.
Some people have nothing better to do in life.
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