Posted on 10/29/2011 8:05:02 AM PDT by mnehring
Edited on 10/29/2011 2:08:48 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
The editors at Red State and Free Republic (among others) have had the wool pulled over their eyes. They seem to actually believe the lies originally propagated by supporters of President Obama and, in some cases, even by President Obama himself. Now, for some reason, these editors/moderators are so insecure in their prejudice against Gov. Romney that they ban people who openly support Gov. Romney. Free Republic (mostly because of it’s owner Jim Robinson) has purged all of the Romney supporters they could from the site in two waves of purges over the last few years. The anti-Romney and anti-Mormon bigotry evident at Free Republic now is absolutely sickening.
I haven’t been to Free Republic quite as much as I used to partly because I have been banned from posting. During the 2008 election, Mitt was accepted and lauded by many at Free Republic like he was by most conservatives. One of the best summaries of Gov. Romney’s accomplishments was actually from Free Republic. However, Jim Robinson seemingly fell in love with Sarah Palin and initiated purges of anyone who wouldn’t pledge allegiance to her. A few months back, I tried to make a new account and see if I could post about Gov. Romney’s jobs plan and I was promptly banned and called a few derogatory names implying that I was a Mormon. Besides the fact that I am not Mormon, I can’t for the life of me figure out how a site like that, filled with such hate, can find enough donors to keep it going. When I think of Free Republic, I’m reminded of the scene from Star Wars Episode IV where Luke is warned that he is entering “A Wretched Hive of Scum and Villany”.
Red State has been fairly hostile to Gov. Romney for awhile, but they have crossed into new lows now as well. The guys from WhyRomney.com [3] have been working very hard and diligently to refute some of the many misconceptions about Gov. Romney, and I hope this unfortunate episode won’t dissuade them or anyone else from trying to correct the people endlessly smearing Gov. Romney. What so many of these people who don’t like Gov. Romney don’t seem to realize is that they have been fed reasons to not like Gov. Romney by highly-funded democratic think tanks. It’s abundantly clear now, no matter what Rush Limbaugh says [4], that President Obama is scared to death of facing Mitt Romney [5] in the general election.
If you want to check out the three open letters posted to Red State, you can read the one on mandates and health care here [6], the one about abortion here [7], and the final one on miscellaneous issues here [8] unless Red State removes the posts now that they have cowardly banned the authors of the letters. Also, I’ve saved a screen shot of the admin belittling the efforts of our friends from WhyRomney [9] and giving his/her bogus reason for banning them which you can read here [10] just in case the admin tries to cover his/her tracks in shame. If you want to see how rude Free Republic is without actually subjecting yourself to the hate, just click here [11] for a screen shot of the reason they banned the author of a similar open letter.
I know there are bastions of bigotry against Mormons on other sites besides Free Republic and that Free Republic and Red State aren’t the only sites that have ever banned people they disagreed with, but I’ve concluded that they are the grandparents of this anti-Romney crusade that fortunately seems destined to fail. Some other sites seem predisposed against supporting Mitt, but not at the dangerous level of these two.
The motives of people like Mark Levin and Rush Limbaugh [12] to not want Gov. Mitt Romney to be the GOP nominee are easy to understand (hint: they make more money with President Obama in the White House), but I believe many other sites and conservatives are simply following their lead reinforced by the disingenuous people at Red State and the sheltered leader of Free Republic. Most other conservative sites that support candidates other than Mitt at least vow to support Mitt if he is the nominee, but I worry about what is festering at Free Republic and now, Red State. Once our nominee is selected, we will need all hands on deck to defeat President Obama. The members of these two sites should realize how detrimental the actions of their leaders may end up being to the ultimate cause of making President Obama a one-term President. I hope they will ask for their leaders to act in a more responsible fashion.
WELCOME TO FREE REPUBLIC!
NOTE: FR's "editor" (namely, me) is not shy about stating FR's conservative principles, purposes and goals or about stating why liberal progressive RINOS are not acceptable on FR and so adds the following links for reference:
One more time: FR's God-given Life & Liberty constitutional conservative activism agenda!!
The truth about Romney straight from HIS progressive big mouth
--Jim Robinson
Well, let’s see . . .
9% VAT:
Sale 1:
Raw materials: $60
Cost of labor: $20
Sales Price of good or service: $100
Real Income: $20
Taxable Sales Price: $40
Added Tax: $3.60
Sale 2:
Cost of materials: $103.60
Labor to sell: $20
Sales Price of Good or Service: $143.60
Taxable Sales Price: $40
Added Tax: $3.60
Total Tax: $7.20
9% Business Tax via Mr. Cain:
Sale 1:
Raw materials: $60
Cost of labor: $20
Sales Price of good or service: $100
Real Income: $20
Taxable Income: $40
Added Tax: $3.60
Sale 2:
Cost of materials: $100.00
Labor to sell: $20
Sales Price of Good or Service: $140.00
Taxable Sales Price: $40.00
Added Tax: $3.92
Total Tax: $7.20
Notice that the 9% tax in both cases are applied to the cost of labor. The 9% individual tax will *also* be applied to that cost of labor. That is a “hidden” payroll tax that is indicative of a VAT tax.
I’m still on the Cain train, but I’m sitting next to the door so I can get off if I think the train is headed for a town I don’t want to visit.
You are failing to include the hidden taxes currently in a product you buy.
Lets say you buy a widget from small business A.
To keep it simple, that widget costs $10 now.
The cost now includes:
Excise Taxes
Gross Receipts Taxes
Business Income Tax
Self-employment Tax (if applicable)
Franchise Tax.
(and more)
That $10 widget would include about $2.80 in its prices.
So now, you pay $10.00’
Under 999, that $2.80 in hidden tax is eliminated and replaced with 9% business tax (+.65c).. to bring the cost to $7.85 (($10-2.80)*9%) then you pay the 9% sales tax so the final out of pocket to you is $8.55.
$8.55 under 999 versus $10 under the current system.
ya...well if your write-in sentiment prevails, house cleaning will occur in unimagined ways, as our American Republic disapears into the oblivion of Obamian-Marxism....
Nope I am not.
And that is a good question.
Sandy, Romney is a stink’n LIBERAL.
The conservative base does not want a stink’n LIBERAL.
Who can you not understand that?
Show me ONE post on FR where people say they hate mormons?
Either show it or retract your words.
People say mormons are conservative yet how is it then that they vote in the high percentile for the likes of those mormons who are elected.
Huntsman, Romney Reid to name just a few.......where exactly is that conservatism.
My casting suggestions for the movie version
Gilbert Gottfried as Romney
Tara Reid as Eva Braun
Kevin Costner as Hitler
You never ever surprise....
Wait minute....Mitt is a “live long member” of the NRA!!!
Ok, Sandy tell us why you support Romney.
What makes him you candidate of choice?
List posts..that "spew" nonsense.
That said once again....IF, you don't think the LEFT press WON'T expose mormonism and all it's goofy stuff..you are crazier than I thought.
Personally...if you want Obama re-elected....vote for Romney in the primaries.
S.D. you are going off the deep end.....
So be it.
Oh c’mon...Kevin Costner had taker at one time!
Stupid iPhone spell check.
“taken” should be “talent”
And for the record, I watched “Message in a Bottle” twice and enjoyed it.
I really hated “Field of Dreams”. Costner needs to be punished.
I hope Tara Reid doesn’t give him crabs or something, that would be too harsh.
I still have not seen Field of Dreams.
It makes absolutely no sense, I can’t believe so many people love it.
People DO love it! I think my Mom’s watched it at least 40 times.
Different strokes I guess.
As far as baseball movie go, “Eight Men Out” is tough to beat. I’ve probably watched it ~10 times. Love it, even though Chazz Estevez is in it.
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