Thread of Thanks: A debt of gratitude to Jim and John Robinson and FR.

[Bigg Red]

Thank you for starting this thread.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

My pleasure. It seemed appropriate. I am probably not the easiest member of FR to have, from their point of view, but credit needs to be given where credit is due.

[NYC GOP Chick]

We may never know the full impact of FR, but I shudder to think of what would have happened had FR not existed.

Truer words were never spoken, er, written.

Besides motivating each other to get out there and DO SOMETHING, it was great to check in here throughout Election Day and calm my nerves with likeminded great people. And then it was truly AWESOME to come here and gloat and do a victory dance on DUh's grave late that night and throughout the next day.

Not only do Jim and John rock, but every FReeper who has helped make this place what it is today.

[NYC GOP Chick]

Can we now look back and realize how different things would have been if he had spent those few months before the attack on all things Clinton? He would have rallied the Clinton mob, put them in the poor persecuted mode and spent those months fighting. No tax cut, no education reform, nothing but Clinton.

It also would have been unseemly for President Bush to engage in that. And that's what we're here for anyway -- to FReep the creeps. :) I like to believe that some intrepid FReepers are more than a little responsible for the long dearth of $peaking engagement$ in the U.S. for the sinkmaster. Maybe I'm wrong, but I like to believe that some of the fierce protests when he did some 6-figure $peeche$ right after we finally got him out of office maybe convinced other companies and organizations that it just might not be worth the bad publicity and embarrassment of "Give Back the Silverware" and "Clinton is a Rapist" signs and chants.

We also get information here, bounce ideas off one another and are thus better informed when we turn around and write/call/protest/rally various government people.

And none of this would have been possible without the hard work and brilliant vision of Jim and John. We can never thank them enough.

[ClancyJ]

Agree. You freepers are developing a reputation as peaceful, steadfast protestors. Great job and we thank you.