Couldn't find one of those, but did find "General Chang" -
Posted on 09/05/2020 10:27:28 AM PDT by EyesOfTX
Very good article. One small inaccuracy I believe.
“Within a few months, the site had 1,000 users, and by the end of 1997, 4,000.”
When I came to FR in March of 1998 freepers could see their sign up number. At that time mine was in the 3 thousands. It is hard to remember now but it almost seems like it was 3180. So there could not have been 4000 at the end of 1997.
I was looking for mention of the SORE LOSERMAN campaign(And “get out of my house”) that began on FR, but it may have slipped everyone’s mind.
All that aside there was a ton of great memories in your article. I really enjoyed reading it. Very well done.
And It was great to hear what Connie Hair(Clinton’s a liar) is up to. I have wondered about that from time to time. I really liked her.
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Great Article,Thanks.
Thank you very much, EyesOfTX, kristinn and LS! Great article!
A couple erroneous factoids here and there, but they don’t detract from the overall story.
Thank you very much, FReepers! Great job, everyone!
FReepers are the absolute greatest!!
Wow, I had no idea of FR’s history.
Bump
Thanks to the Robinsons, ls and others who make this a great cite.
Basically 99.99% of my news comes via FR!
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I second that...thanks, Larry...not sure how you find time to write so much.
I’ve been lurking since 1998...took me almost 10 yrs to register and post.
Well done Larry. And well said.
Been here since 97.
Amen to that. I don’t know how I’d get real news without FR. I may have crossed swords with a few individual Freepers (who hasn’t?) but I love this site as a whole.
We had a daily thread here with Tony when he had his radio show!
And no reminiscing is complete without remembering the brilliant Barbara Olson, a freeper who died on Flight 93 on 9-11.
So many wonderful people here, this site has enriched my life. I found it from Drudge and lurked for a few years before posting.
Everyone should direct their thanks to Larry Schweikart (LS) who wrote this piece. I just posted it.
Also, apologies to those who may have experienced difficulties trying to read it at my site - I’ve been going round and round with GoDaddy and WordPress all week.
Thanks for weighing in on the article. I was wondering if it was accurate. I had no idea of most of it.
Also, thanks for the great place to come to, to both learn and rant.
I’ve been here since Lewinsky. Found out about FR on Drudge, who has now taken a turn away from conservative news.
I left for a few years, then came back under my present screen name.
Thanks so much, JimRob, for holding the line.
Veto!
(The Freeper formerly known as PoisedWoman)
I couldn’t make it through a day without FR. We need more donors! I’ve been lax on that this time. I do have an excuse. But it will be better and more... asap!
Thank God for the Robinsons!
“If it doesn’t have the same political presence it had 15 years ago, it’s warrants every modern conservative’s appreciation. “
I’m pretty sure FR is still relevant. Trump or his staff have likely monitored the pulse of conservatism here.
Barbara Olsen was here.. She explained to us what the 2000:court hearings meant. Still miss her today
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