[StephenDewey]

My name is Stephen Dewey, and I am a reporter for the Harvard Political Review. I'm doing an article on online conservative activism, and I'd like to exchange emails or phone calls with somebody from the Free Republic leadership about your organization. If anybody were to point me in the right direction, it would be very much appreciated. My email address is sdewey AT fas.harvard.edu (spelled that way to avoid spam!). Thanks!

[Gothmog]

Welcome to FR, I hope you enjoy your learning experience as you do your research. To help you out, you might want to make one correction in your bio:

MA House Speaker Finneran is the most "...pro-fiscal-responsibility congressmen in the state."

He's a state Rep., not a congressman.

Also, that 'fiscal responsibility' nonsense just means he acts 'fiscally responsible' by raising our taxes to pay for his spending. Democrats just use the phrase to confuse voters.

Republicans tend to like fiscal conservatives who cut spending and taxes.

Once again, welcome, I hope you have fun and Go Red Sox!

[T Minus Four]

I searched the online version of the Harvard Political Review and found no trace of you. Can you explain?

[PBRSTREETGANG]

You need to send your request on the same letterhead that Al Franken misused in order for it to receive proper consideration.

[Saundra Duffy]

Rule Number One: Never trust the media.

[bmwcyle]

Harvard Political Review?

How old are you and does you mother know you are talking to strangers?

[Publius6961]

First you gotta know the password.
I don't usually share it, but it is...

zot!

[Vets_Husband_and_Wife]

Welcome Stephen.

Jim Robinson is the site owner. A very nice man, btw.

If your initial welcome didn't chase you away, I'm sure he would be more than happy to speak with you.

If it seemed "less than polite" when you first posted, it is because people join the forum and disrupt it all the time in an effort to cause grief here. FreeRepublic is a very popular conservative forum. In fact, it is the largest one on the internet. So we get our share of "disruptors". Webenvy :o)

Once you talk to Jim, you will see just how large this community is. As a conservative, it will give you a good feeling.

So good luck and again, WELCOME!!

BTW, I was very impressed with your biography!!

BRAVO!!!

To learn more about some of us, you can click on our screen-names and read a "profile page". In the early days of FR more of us had them. You would have been very impressed with the backgrounds of Freepers. Some very famous people are known to "freep" here. They even admit it publicly.

I hope you will stick around. I think you would offer an interesting view, but you might want to use an "anonymous" name instead of your real one for those purposes. ~OR~ you can just ~Lurk~ as once again, many big names admit doing.

FRegards, VHW