Posted on 08/14/2012 1:53:35 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
Well, folks, it happens every four years or so. The presidential election cycle really brings out the RINOS. I have to state and restate FR's positions more and more frequently, because the true blue RINO types simply cannot stand that a conservative site will not support a gun grabbing, abortionist, homosexualist, big government statist.
Last cycle it was Rudy McRomney. Boy, did we ever catch hell for not supporting the big RINOs of the day. Hundreds of true blue RINO supporters fled grassroots conservative FR in disgust when they couldn't get their way and called us every name in the book on the way out, especially, the Rudy cabal.
Where did it get them? The abortionist/homosexualist Rudy didn't get the nomination. We on FR finally decided to support McCain after he was the last RINO standing and he selected Palin as his running mate, but that will not happen this time. And McCain proved not up to the task anyway. He was far too undependable to make it as a conservative, but he was at least pro-life and pro-family and a war hero and that's why I finally relented and gave my reluctant no other choice endorsement.
But Myth Romney is without a doubt the most leftist, flip-flopping, lying, two-faced politician ever to be nominated by the Republicans. We have the most leftist Democrat ever sitting in the White House which ANY Republican should be able to defeat in a Reaganesque landslide, but in their infinite RINO wisdom, the GOPe pushes the most leftist Republican ever.
Why, oh, why would the GOPe risk it all by pushing for and giving the nomination to a man with Romney's abortionist, homosexualist, gun grabbing, big government statist Keynesian record? Do they have a death wish or are they simply trying to move the goal posts even further to the left? Romney is the grandpappy of ObamaCare for crying out loud. He made ObamaCare possible. ObamaCare gave birth to the grassroots tea party movement. The GOPe has done nothing but torpedo the tea party conservatives when they should have embraced us. Sarah Palin was the best thing to happen for the Republicans party since Reagan and the tea party the best thing in a century. Why would they try to kill us off?
We can take a clue from the Rudy McRomney cabal that left FR last time. They exclaimed on the way out that, "The conservatives have held their boot to the GOP's neck for far too long. Never again will guns, abortion, and the gay agenda be important issues for Republicans."
And now the abortionist/homosexualist/shamnesty Rudy McRomney cabal and the anti Palin RINO crowd have teamed up to come after FR again. They couldn't hack it with their wideawakes wankers for Rudy site or their trueblue RINOs for Romney site, so they are now posting their current anti-FR screeds on facebook and on any blog site they possibly can.
Hell hath no fury like a RINO scorned.
One of the RINO's we're talking about is our old friend Luis Gonzalez. He was a big Rudy pusher and would relentlessly trash any conservative who objected. We eventually had to invite him to leave FR and go with the wankers for Rudy. But it turns out he had a sleeper account on FR called "Lancelot Jones."
He recently registered a mole account on FR called "The Duke of Pearls" where he attempted to post the anti-FR screed pasted below. I pulled it and banned his account(s), but it is the one he's now plastering all over the net aided and abetted by his pal and anti-Palin RINO troll, EveningStar.
By the way, it's telling that Gonzalez in his Lancelot Jones mole persona posted the following quips to FR just a couple of days ago:
"If you can't rely on something at the precise moment that you need it the most, because that thing that you need to rely on is only reliable when the circumstances suit it, then get rid of it."
"If the GOP realizes that "purists" will only supprt the GOP when the Party's candidates meet their test, then it may be best to not count on them at all."
"The lesson that the GOP will probably learn from your scenario, is that it needs to jettison purists once and for all."
So, I guess my pro-God, pro-life, pro-family, pro-small government, pro-gun, pro-liberty constitutional stance makes me a "purist" who must be hated and persecuted and run off the net even though my positions on these causes are exactly the same as the official Republican party platform. Very strange.
Here's Gonzalez' latest anti-FR screed that he's trying to make go viral:
Once, a long time ago, if you were an individual seeking reasonable and intelligent political discourse in the Internet, from a right-wing perspective, there were few places as prominent and respected as Jim Robinson’s freerepublic.com. The site counted among its members such luminaries as Tony Snow, Barbara Olsen, and Andrew Breitbar; even Robert Bork was rumored to post in FR.
The site’s users, known as FReepers, were considerable in number, dedicated, and passionate, and Jim Robinson’s conservative brigades were able to launch either spontaneous roadside rallies, or organized nation-wide protests from Texas, to Florida, to Georgia, to Washington DC itself.
- It was a FReeper that ended Dan Rather’s career.
- It was a FReeper that coined the term Sore/Loserman during the Bush/Gore recount wars.
- It was a FReeper that posted the first known report of trouble with the Columbia, as it disintegrated over Texas and Louisiana on re-entry.
- It was a FReeper that photo-shopped the infamous image of John Kerry standing side-by-side with Jane Fonda in an anti Vietnam war rally.
Those were the Golden Days of Free Republic, but the site shines no longer. Mr. Robinson fails to realize that it was individual members of his forum that brought gravitas to the forum, and not the other way around. To be fair, Robinson created what could very well be the best softweare of its kind, but it was the massive interchange of ideas between members, all driven by the e-wave of the late 20th Century, and the animosity toward the Clinton administration that brought the forum into the spotlight.
Alas, Mr. Robinson convinced himself that the message was the medium, when it was the messengers that raised the medium to glory.
Internet blogs are buzzing with reports of a massive crack up in FR, with anti-Romney sentiment standing toe-to-toe with open anti-Mormon bias, FReepers are abandoning Jim Robinson’s burning ship in droves, populating sites like www.gopbriefingroom.com to discuss the chaotic status of Free Republic.
In facebook, exiled FReepers stand amazed at the realization that Free Republic and Daily KOS, bitter Internet blog political ideology enemies, are actually supporting the same candidate for the Presidency this cycle, as FReepers openly support the idea if an Obama win, as such a victory will “teach the GOP a lesson”.
This post from FReeper “Leep”
"Crash and burn America. Hopefully, we can rebuild in 10 or 20 or 50 years…?" The signs are visible to even the naked eye.
Check this statement by the site’s founder, Jim Robinson, just a few nights ago:
“Lastly, we’re having a bit of changeover on our moderator staff. At least two moderators resigned this afternoon after I flatly refused to rein in a so-called anti-Mormon “bigot” on FR.” In today’s Free Republic, no one will be critical of anti-Mormon statements. Jim Robinson once again:
“This website considers the Mormon religion as false doctrine. Period.” It’s nearly impossible to cross the line on criticism of Mitt Romney’s Mormonism at a site where the proprietor dismisses the entire religion as a “false doctrine”.
Robinson, in his refusal to support the GOP ticket seems to understand that he has become a minority within a minority, within a diminishing number of supporters, as he says:
"I doubt there are 10% of the FReepers in agreement with me on this." Ten percent of a rapidly diminishing number of posting members could spell financial troubles for Robinson, as some of the site’s most steadfast financial supporters quietly melt into the night.
Then again, even as Free Republic fades into irrelevance, Robinson’s legacy lives on in an unintended cottage industry of forums offering refuge to FReepers wishing to distance themselves from Robinson.
As one of the members of The Briefing Room quipped recently:
"The FR meltdown is good for business, people are looking for a sanctuary, and a place where sanity still reigns. Our membership rolls are increasing hourly, and they all come to ask the same question…”what in the world happened to Free Republic?”
Sad thing, that what was once such a great notion will crumble and fall under the weight of such a negative and destructive actions, and that in the end, the great things accomplished by the many, will be dragged down into the mud by the few.
By the way I don’t brush Mormons with any brush. I have no problem with individual Mormons, unless they tread on me (and that goes for people of any persuasion). I don’t believe the Mormon bible though.
Mormonism is a false doctrine. It's that simple.
Please, stop with this sophistry.
There's only one way to vote for Obama, and that's to mark his name on your ballot.
The only kind of thinking that that calculates declining to vote for Romney is "a vote for Obama" is entitlement thinking.
There's only one way to vote for a liberal, and that's to mark his name on your ballot. Both Democrat and Republican loyalists will be voting for liberals this year.
I'll be voting for a plurality for whichever liberal wins. I'm going to use my vote the best way I know how.
Oh, my. So that’s what this is all about. Please, let’s not rehang the dirty laundry.
That has to be sad. California really is a beautiful place. I am fearful Texas may end up the same one day. Lots of liberals coming here to foul our nest after making their own nests uninhabitable. I use to cringe every time I heard Perry telling folks to come to Texas! Lol
>> “What was his moniker? Was it his name?” <<
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Yes, he was a real Pant-load.
Lol.
Thank you so much for your reply.
“Nevertheless it’s valuable to have people in the conservative grass roots opposing Romney to remind him of the pressure that comes from that side. “
I appreciate that statement very much, because I agree that there needs to be seen some small degree of push back against these RINO socialists who have given the conservative wing of the once conservative party a hard slap to the face, telling us to take a hike loud and clear, and so let their be a contingent of deadly serious Christians first, party members and Americans second and not all of us play all-fall-down, all the time, at the same time, to be seen doing their will, showing up every time to give them their candidates, who are progressively worse with each election because we comply, cooperate and crater.
Thanks. Rita
Jim you are doing Well, you have the koolaid drinkers, lock in tow!! How sad for free speech and freerepublic!!! Buckhead is gone he was you lifeline and he and tanker are gone.. Oh btw, Tanker is on Gopbriefingroom.com... Oh well
I smell ozone.
>> “I didn’t realize Repub4bush was a Mormon.” <<
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False accusation!
She is a Baptist.
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JIm, it isn’t about dirty laundry What is it about is that you and this site,as far as I can see, hates Mormons, and this Southern Baptist conservative thinks you guys are nuts! Obama is the devil in my religion how about yours?
NO Offense again, but screw you members, they are not us!!! US as in the people the who took from their jobs, and family to fight for FR.. These people have no idea, nor do they care, and Onyx knows it!!! Get reaaaaaaaal JIm, it is a sad state of affairs when Fr buckles to the left!!!
I love you, but I am truly sorry for you!
” - - - I’d like to see a whole lot of impeaching, recalling, rescinding, overturning, abolishing, slashing, closing down, cutting, etc, etc, etc. We don’t need any new healthcare programs, welfare programs, safety nets, or new taxes, we just need to abolish and close down a whole lot of old failed socialist departments, agencies, programs, regulations and policies.”
Thanks, Jim. I am going to enlarge your above quote and frame in on my wall next to my computer. It will inspire me to maintain my focus on what is important.
True, but in the case of Mormonism, its founders were bad people. Joseph Smith was a sexual predator. His victims included little girls and women who were married to other men. For years, he lied to his wife Emma about what he was doing. He could not safely continue these activities in any nineteenth century Christian community. So, he then created this new "religion" and still later had a "revelation" which purported to provide him with authority from God to continue his sexual perversions.
After Joseph died, his buddy Bringem Young (another pervert who took full advantage of Smith's revelation by "marrying" some 55 women and little girls) moved the church west to Salt Lake City to avoid prosecution.
So, given that this "religion" was concocted in order to provide moral cover for some sexual predators, why should any normal person pretend to be sincerely respectful? Why is Bringem Young due any greater respect than Warren Jeffs, a man who is currently incarcerated for engaging in the same conduct?
If all the major conservative sites got together to actually plan a strategy, I would definitely want at least one site out there pointing out Romney’s past positions and withholding support. So the last thing I would do if I were these other conservative sites is to criticize FR. I would have them say that FR is entitled to its opinion and makes some valid points, but they just don’t agree with the ultimate conclusion. They should say that Romney has to continue to do more to try to hold onto the portion of the base he has and to win over the holdouts, because none of our support is a guarantee based on the “R” after his name. The support he has is tentative and it is contingent on him standing up for the values that set us apart from the Democrats both before and after the election.
Indeed. Free Republic is the best Conservative site on the world-wide web!
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I am a Christian and my God loves me, My God doesn’t like hate!!! That is what i see here form so called Christians!
God hates sin, and Christians who believe in Him agree.
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