But Free Republic is as much an Internet icon as Limbaugh is a radio one both being historic pioneers of conservative thought in their respective mediums.
As long as Rush and Jim live both will be promulgating invaluable conservative intelligence to help the great patriotic struggle against the Evil Left.
Well, we all love FR just as we love the "art" our children make for the fridge. And while it's not a Rembrandt or a Monet, it's of more value to us than the "Masters."
But from a capitalist perspective...Rush is worth Fifty Million Dollars a year. FR begs for $100,000 per quarter...though it's "worth" more than that of course, but the difference is staggering.
FR is great for bickering over current events, but William F Buckley and Edmund Burke and Russell Kirk and such are "historic pioneers of conservative thought" which neither Rush nor any website can hold a candle to.