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Free Republic Kick Out Ron Paul?
Thursday, September 20, 2007 - FreeMarketNews.com
http://www.freemarketnews.com/WorldNews.asp?nid=49257

In a spirited “thread” about Ron Paul supporters on evening of September 20th, FreeRepublic.com’s courageous moderater and founder Jim Robinson seems to take a position against the candidate and additional coverage on the influential site. (See below.)

This may be the culmination of an editorial journey that FreeRepublic.com began taking when George Bush won the presidency. Despite questions over the constitutionality of administration actions throughout George Bush’s presidency - and even significant questions over the narrative of 9/11 - FreeRepublic.com has emerged as significant supporter of the “war on terror” and its domestic manifestations.

Yet during the “Clinton years” FreeRepublic.com was something of a libertarian beacon for those who believed that the administration and congress were badly eroding American constitutional rights. FreeRepublic.com was widely seen as pioneer in Internet activism and influential in politics from the later 1990s on.

Excerpts from the thread, “Where are all the Ron Paul people coming from,” seem to indicate a fairly significant rupture is taking place, though its extend remains somewhat unclear as of this report. (As there appears to have been private e-mailing between the initiator
of the thread and Jim Robinson, the continuity is not quite clear, either):

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1899898/posts

To: Jim Robinson

They are kooks, spammers and trolls.

Jim please clarify. Does that mean Paul threads (like from blogs not news articles) shouldn’t be posted then? Is there going to be a “Will FR embrace cut-and-running to make way for a Paul presidency?” thread?

My support for Paul isn’t due to his anti-war views. It’s because of the other stuff. He agrees with 90% of your statement on your home page and FR ideas. Abolishing the IRS, free market health-care, border security, US out of the UN....FR still supports this, right?

67 posted on 09/20/2007 7:11:08 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Hillary Clinton is the most corrupt presidential candidate to ever run for office)

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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

“Ron Paul’s campaign is a total joke.”

Ouch again and that will leave a bigger mark and probably permanent scarring.

68 posted on 09/20/2007 7:11:13 PM PDT by jrooney (The democrats are the friend of our enemy and the enemy of our friends. Attack them, not GW!)

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To: Jim Robinson

Great!

Thanks Jim. I will now discontinue posting to Paul threads & PING the other Paul supporters and tell them to discontinue posting Paul threads and not comment on any Paul-related news threads on your Forum from this very moment on.

You have a good night sir.

71 posted on 09/20/2007 7:13:18 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Hillary Clinton is the most corrupt presidential candidate to ever run for office)

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George, discontinue the Paul PING list. This is the last time I will post on any Paul-related threads, and I will not comment on any other Paul-related news articles.

75 posted on 09/20/2007 7:15:20 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Hillary Clinton is the most corrupt presidential candidate to ever run for office)

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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

“I will now discontinue posting to Paul threads & PING the other Paul supporters and tell them to discontinue posting Paul threads and not comment on any Paul-related news threads on your Forum from this very moment on.”

Thanks!

89 posted on 09/20/2007 7:24:53 PM PDT by lormand

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To: logician2u; Jim Robinson

Do you guys think my page capture should stay up or does it need to come down, I vote to take it down. I had to ping you Jim because I can’t remember what the thread watcher guys are called.

98 posted on 09/20/2007 7:31:09 PM PDT by ansel12 (Romney longed to serve in Vietnam, ask me for the quote.)

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