Try it without the “site:freerepublic.com”.
I just tested: al gore freerepublic.com
Worked fine, but with the word “site:” Google went directly to the article page.
It was doing for me what it was doing for you when 'site:' was included, but when it's omitted it works fine.
That being said, Gargle is EVIL, and should only be used as a last resort.
And even then with ALL your AdBlock/Ghostery/etc shields deployed.