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
Ping for LOLs
some “reason”...it’s not just one
We have “Editors” at Free Republic?
Bump before banned
Fat, drunk and Romney-addled (stupid) is no way to go through life.
LOL!
That pic of Herman with the crossbow and the RINO is great :D
Let’s start with this. Romneycare. Done. Toast.
I have always wondered why folks would actually hate Romney more than they hate Obama. It’s very interesting. I think it was gutsy of you to post this but surely you will be deleted before long. Nice try, though.
Has Romney absolutely NO SHAME? .... Answer: No, he does not.
The Palmetto Scoop reported: "One of the first stories to hit the national airwaves was
the claim of a major internal strife between close McCain aides and the folks handling his running mate Sarah Palin."
"I’m told by very good sources that this was indeed the case and that a rift had developed, but it was between Palin’s people and the staffers brought on from the failed presidential campaign of former Gov. Mitt Romney, not McCain aides."
"The sources said nearly 80 percent of Romney’s former staff was absorbed by McCain and these individuals were responsible for what amounts to a premeditated, last-minute sabotage of Palin."
… aides loyal to Romney inside the McCain campaign, said The Scoop, reportedly saw
that Palin would be a serious contender for the Republican nomination in 2012 or 2016, which made her a threat to another presidential quest by Romney.
"These staffers are now out trying to finish her off ….hoping it would ingratiate themselves with Mitt Romney."
"Peeking Out From the McCain Wreckage: Mitt Romney"
"Someone's got to say it: IS MITT ROMNEY RESPONSIBLE FOR OBAMA'S VICTORY?"
"Vanity: Team Romney Sabotaged Palin and Continuing to Do So?"
"Romney Supporters Trashing Palin"
"Romney advisors sniping at Palin?"
This is what is known as a TRT - a “Target-Rich Thread”!
wonderful picture of Herman & rino
“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.”
Even Perry’s pastor said that if Romney ends up the nominee he would support him. That’s saying something for a guy who believes that all the Catholics and Jews are going to hell with all us Mormons.
I didn’t declare war on Romney, I just don’t trust or like him.
It’s not anti-mormon is it anti-unprincipled liberal establishment Republican who has proven he will say anything just to get elected. Romney has a horrible record and I’m glad Redstate is joining. I’m usually for open debate but these Rombots don’t and won’t debate. They behave just like liberals. Dodging and weaving and redirecting to anyplace but Romney’s record which is indenfensible by any measure. If he were a Democrat all these same Republicans would think he was a bad joke which he is. It has nothing to do with being Mormon I’d vote for Glenn Beck in a heart beat for nearly any office.
Threats? How quaint.
There’s nothing wrong with Romney that him joining the Democratic Party couldn’t fix. But to have Romney parade around posing as a conservative is not only wrong it’s a flat out insult to Conservatives. Plus, he’d never win Texas which means he has no chance at beating Obama. He’s a lose-lose situation for Conservatives.
The words “useful idiots” comes to mind.
Fact: Romney continues to defend Romneycare, negating the defense that he had to sign it because it was veto-proof.
Fact: Romney was pro-abort, even to the point of running to the left of the Swimmer on abortion in 1994.
Fact: Romney is well-known for changing his positions to fit the office he is seeking.
Fact: Romney took a trip with his dog in a cage on the roof of his car. A minor incident that does show his basic inability to reason through something that should have been obvious. So would this country get put on the roof of the car in a Romney presidency?
There are countless other events that show Romney is an unprincipled hack who has no core principles other than satisfying his own lust for power, which hardly makes him a worthwhile alternative to Obama. Which goes to show that this assclown couldn't reason his way out of a wet paper bag in that he can't see what is obviously wrong with Mittens.
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