And Rudy Giuliani was persona non grata on Free Republic. Back in April of 2007, hundreds of accounts were purged, many of them OG's from '97, for supporting Giuliani in the Republican primary.
It had to be more than just supporting. I remember the days of acrimony between Arnold Schwarzenegger supporters and Tom Tancredo supporters. Not even Rush could convince people that Arnold was not the grassroots conservative he wanted folks to believe he was. The Kennedy clan (through marriage to Maria Schriver) were just on the edge of the limelight, guiding Arnold along...
Well, we know now how all that fell out. I thought those days were far worse! Brrr!