Given (see below) that Patrick Ruffini is the chief e-campaign guru for the RNC (or at least among the chief RNC e-gurus), his complaints about FR may amount to nothing more than that he wants a loyal army of e-bots to follow the RNC line at all times and work on behalf of the party. Since so many in Republican leadership have failed so egregiously to uphold conservative principles at least some of the time (and some of them fail ALL of the time), Ruffini’s remarks on FR amount to simply a demand that Freepers should be party hacks rather than conservatives. I would take everything he says with buckets of grains of salt and his background clearly in mind......
“From 2005 to 2007, Ruffini served as eCampaign Director at the Republican National Committee, overseeing the Party’s online strategy for the 2006 election cycle. His tenure saw unprecedented outreach to the online community, breakthroughs in online fundraising, and successful initiatives in the emerging worlds of social media, online video, and text messaging. Even during a difficult election cycle, the RNC’s relationship with the blogosphere grew closer and stronger than ever. Beyond these successes, the RNC’s eCampaign serves as the Republican Party’s R&D arm for innovation on the Internet, where no major development online goes unnoticed or is left untapped. In this role, Ruffini advised Republican candidates and organizations at all levels on best practices for winning online.
In the 2004 election cycle, Ruffini served as webmaster for Bush-Cheney ‘04....
http://www.patrickruffini.com/about/
LOL. Explains a lot.
Hey Mr. Ruffini, when the Republican party gets back to its roots, the grassroots conservatives will be more than happy to support them. Meanwhile, we are the dissent, baby.
Run, FRed, Run!!