Eric Alterman Indicts Free Republic!!!

C-SPAN-Deaux Book TV ^ | March 1, 2003 | The Beloved Deb

[Deb]

An hour ago on C-SPAN's "Book TV" uber-puke Eric Alterman went on a semi-coherent tirade about Free Republic.

While in the process of flacking his book..."The Myth of Liberal Bias" (or sumpin like that), he claimed that, during the Florida recount, the saint-like members of this forum posted the phone numbers and home addresses of the Florida Supremes for the expressed purpose of harassment and/or "whatever". The "whatever" was obviously the suggestion of violence.

He also said Free Republic was repsonsible for the flood of Republican activists who descended on the state and therefore was responsible for the Bush presidency.

This is one powerful place, Gumbas. Congratulate yourselves...the left-wing bows to your awesome strength.

The source of his tirade seemed to be his book which might be worth checking out. Just figure out how to do it without actually paying money for it.

Another fact he flung at his tiny, badly-dressed book store audience, was that people came to Free Republic and stayed for 5+ hours, making us an unbeatable force since Liberals suffer from ADD and can't stay with anything longer than the average bowel movement. (I paraphrased that last bit)

[Dutchgirl]

I live in Florida and took to the streets of Jacksonville in 2000- but I had never heard of Free Republic at the time.

My sign was to the effect that the Scofla(ws) should crouch down and lick the hands of the DNC. (May their chains rest lightly upon them and may history forget they were our countrymen.)

Coming on the heels of the Cole, I will never forget or forgive the statements of Bill Nelson and Bob Graham who supported the actions of Gore's lawyers in throwing out military ballots...even if Nelson has voiced his support for Estrada.

Eric Alterman must have mistaken Florida for New Jersey. After their supreme court shenanigans they elected the Lout- after ours- we re-elected JEB Bush.

[Steel Wolf]

I heard this guy on being interviewed on the radio in my neck of the woods. To illustrate just where his point of view is coming from, check this out. After refusing to admit that any part of the media had been liberal since 1980, the topic moved onto entertainment. While admitting that he watched very little in the way of movies, he felt that there was not as much liberal influence as people said, and that there were tons of conservative movies.

The host said, "Really? Name one."

After some pauses and verbal shifting, he finally came up with, "When I was in Nicaragua, I remember seeing a movie on TV about the Nicaraguans invading the United States. The movie was very popular in the U.S."

The host replied, "Do you mean 'Red Dawn'? That movie is from 1983. Are you saying that a cult movie from 20 years ago is the best you can come up with as evidence for their being a huge amount of conservative movies?"

That pretty well summed up the entire exchange.


This guy is his own lunatic fringe. I wouldn't waste any more bandwith on him than absolutely necessary.

[gitmo]

Democracy in action.

DainBramage ... great FR name!

Tamsey ... great Tagline!

[Deb]

I have to say that anyone listening could only assume the power of FR is that of the Marines after a breakfast of Wheaties and that DU is people with little, pink baby-men.

[The Great Satan]

Yes, if it weren't for Free Republic, Al Gore would be running the War On Terror. I wonder how Jim Robinson feels about single-handedly saving Western Civilization?

[DainBramage]

Tis not the only name I've been called on FR, but thanks.

[Brad’s Gramma]

Ladies, come over to this USELESS thread, on this USELESS forum and read all of this USELESS drivel.

Heeheeeeeeeeeee

FREE REPUBLIC ROCKS!!!!!!

5 hours? What's this guy thinking? That's on a slow news day! FIVE????? Sheesh. Whataloser.

[bellevuesbest]

alterman and his ilk will soon go the way of the buggy whip.

Let us pray!

[RightOnline]

Ya know...........I don't know who this little pissant is, but I saw him on Bill O'Reilly's show the other night (Cal Thomas was guest hosting), and literally......LITERALLY........I just wanted to reach out and slap the livin' s**t out of that smirking little giggling dweeb.

Note to the Left: If THAT'S the best you've got......little snickering, condescending pantywaists who probably were beat up in the schoolyard regularly.........you've got far, far bigger problems than even I realized.

[Drango]

Amazon.com Sales Rank: 58

Bummer dude...

[katnip]

I know what you mean Gramma.

I cannot stay away from FR for more than a few hours. I need to know what's going on. It's like a sickness!

[Deb]

You're right. From the way he talked, it sounded like his book was just a hastily thrown-together attempt to answer Goldberg and Coulter. Strangely enough, he claims neither of those books have anything but unsourced accusations, which anyone who has read them knows is a HUGE lie.

[AmishDude]

I wonder what Alterman's screen name was before he got himself banned.

[Brad’s Gramma]

Hi, my name is BG.

I'm addicted, hopelessly, to FR.

I get no work done. Yes, my house is a mess. No, I don't care.

[Deb]

I wonder if DU knows.

[toenail]

I flipped through and saw him mention that there's no left-wing bias, since there's a "Market Watch" but not a "Labor Watch." I waited a bit to see if he mentioned what percentage of working people invest in the market (buying stakes in companies) or whose paychecks come from companies. He didn't get around to that. He's a poor speaker, to boot.

[DeepInEnemyTerritory]

Awww shucks. I'm blushing.

[justshe]

Wonderful! I've been searching for a label....I am NOW a gumba! Hooray!

[Dont Mention the War]

Another fact he flung at his tiny, badly-dressed book store audience, was that people came to Free Republic and stayed for 5+ hours, making us an unbeatable force since Liberals suffer from ADD and can't stay with anything longer than the average bowel movement. (I paraphrased that last bit).

For once, he's correct. FR is the single "stickiest" site on the web. The original graphic is a dead link (we really need to be able to start saving graphics on FR's drives), but the data's in there somewhere.

[MaeWest]

FR is that of the Marines after a breakfast of Wheaties...

Dang, we're good....and you're the best for posting this!