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To: Tree of Liberty
What a waste. Imagine how the history of the rightroots could have been different if Free Republic wasn’t still stuck in 1996?

Hugh seems to have forgotten the major role F/R played with the whole Dan Rather Fontgate / TNG story in 2004.

2 posted on 08/05/2007 5:03:06 AM PDT by 6SJ7
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To: 6SJ7
Today, Free Republic increasingly finds itself marginalized.

If that's the case, then I guess I'll just take my ball and go home.

I couldn't disagree more. If we are so marginal, why is O'Reilly coming after us? Because we are influential. Comparing us with the Kosmunistics, is ludicrous.

4 posted on 08/05/2007 5:10:45 AM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (Soon to be Fredbacker1)
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To: 6SJ7

Two words for Democrats,Republicans and America in general.
Power Corrupts!


5 posted on 08/05/2007 5:11:07 AM PDT by gunnedah
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To: 6SJ7

Hugh’s panties are still a stitch too tight from his Harriet Miers spanking on FR.


7 posted on 08/05/2007 5:12:27 AM PDT by WorkingClassFilth (Isn't it time we dropped the big one on the State Department?)
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To: 6SJ7
The article was written by Patrick Ruffini, not HH.

That said, PR is dead wrong re: FR and its' impact. It is truly a wonderful site and the modern day equivalent of the townhall meeting where the people could voice their opninion in 2-way dialogs.

The old MSM is strictly one-way and is dying...thank God!

10 posted on 08/05/2007 5:16:36 AM PDT by newfreep ("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." - P.J. O'Rourke)
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To: 6SJ7

Now we have a Democratic congress and no contender for the White House.

There are two more Supreme Court nominees to be had and war on terrorism to fight!

It’s time for us to do something more


13 posted on 08/05/2007 5:17:14 AM PDT by Dan Walsh (Thompson/Bolton 08)
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To: 6SJ7

Exactly right. He also fails to cite any evidence of our “marginalization”, and destroys his own argument at the very end by conceding that we’re still the big kahuna of the conservative web.

This sounds like a plea to add more interactive, web 2.0 features disguised as a eulogy for FR.


18 posted on 08/05/2007 5:19:43 AM PDT by Tree of Liberty (Islam delenda est)
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To: 6SJ7
Our websites fill a number of different functionalities, and for me Drudge and FreeRepublic serve srongly to present news that the MSM finds too unimportant to cover. Blogs are good for more in-depth coverage of issues.
46 posted on 08/05/2007 6:08:35 AM PDT by Ukiapah Heep (Shoes for Industry!)
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To: 6SJ7
Hugh seems to have forgotten the major role F/R played with the whole Dan Rather Fontgate / TNG story in 2004.

FROM THE ARTICLE...did ya even READ IT??

Finally, let’s look at the center-right blogosphere. Its watershed moments were 9/11 and CBS memogate.

88 posted on 08/05/2007 6:54:06 AM PDT by DCPatriot ("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon))
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To: 6SJ7
Yeah, Hugh did forget Rathergate in 2004.

While there are things here that I don't like, this has never been a GOP site. KOS clearly states that his site is to get democrats elected.

224 posted on 08/07/2007 11:00:29 AM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: 6SJ7

i don’t listen to hug spewitt.


242 posted on 08/07/2007 3:11:45 PM PDT by ken21 (28 yrs + 2 families = banana republic junta. si.)
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