[jveritas]

You mean the April purge of Guiliani supporters on FR? We lost a lot of good freepers back then.

[JustaDumbBlonde]

"We lost a lot of good freepers back then."

That depends solely on your definition of a good freeper. We lost a bunch of folks that were real sweethearts as long as you agreed with them and sang their praises. Most of those that got purged were about as ugly as they could have been on the long thread and deserved to be kicked out on their butts.

[Elyse]

Yes, but we didn’t lose them because they supported Giuliani. We still have Giuliani supporters on this board.

Initially, a few were banned because of the tactics they were using to support their candidate. Others were banned because they didn’t understand why Jim banned/suspended some people or because they just didn’t like that he did and they jumped into it like drama queens in a confrontational manner. Most of the people that were “purged” were only temporarily suspended and not banned.

Jim Robinson gave people plenty of warning. He asked them to quit smearing other candidates in their attempt to make Giuliani look better. There is a degree of smear tactics that goes on here all the time, but when it gets out of hand and totally disrupts the forum (as some Giuliani supporters were doing), Jim puts his foot down. You can see he did that recently with Hunter supporter, pissant.

[hunter112]

If it's Romney, I'd have to trust that he's flipped and flopped for the last time, and would vote for him. If it's Huckabee, I might be convinceable, but it really makes no difference if the nanny wears a skirt, pants, or a crusty pantsuit. If Huck renounces his nannying ways (gaining a few pounds like a normal person does under stress would go a long way in convincing me), AND he makes it crystal clear that he's not for any aspect of the Bush shamnesty, AND he is clear that islammunism is not a religion of peace, then I could vote for him without holding my nose.

If it's Rooty, then it really doesn't matter, does it? I live in NY, and the Rat is going to grab this state in November, no matter if it's Hillary or Obama.