Free Republic Purge: Conservative Web Site Bans Giuliani Supporters

NY Observer ^ | Published: May 24, 2007 | by Rebecca Sinderbrand

[cgbg]

Any publicity for the site is good publicity. :-)

[cgbg]

The only poster I followed who was recently banned was pukindog.

He had some interesting posts about the lovelorn astronaut where he defended the male astronaut (and spoke as though he knew him). Pukindog was a Romney supporter, so I guess that dosen't clearly fit into the template of this article.

[Valin]

Well we’ve got our eye on you so WATCH IT! :-)

[Valin]

I don't know if anyone else commented on this

A few weeks ago – in between Hillary Clinton’s official entry into the presidential race and the first Republican primary debate of the cycle – the fiery online conservative forum Free Republic marked a decade in operation as one of the premier online forums for right-wing political discussion.

HORRAY FOR US!

[rightwingintelligentsia]

Regarding the definition of Yankee, I always found this one amusing:

To foreigners, a Yankee is an American.
To Americans, a Yankee is a Northerner.
To Northerners, a Yankee is an Easterner.
To Easterners, a Yankee is a New Englander.
To New Englanders, a Yankee is a Vermonter.
And in Vermont, a Yankee is somebody who eats pie for breakfast.

[LowOiL]

BTTT...

[windsorknot]

Testing! Testing! I am a Giuliani supporter. 10-9-8.....

[APFel]

Of those three, the only one I ever crossed swords with was Howlin. And my many "discussions" with her convinced me that she was, in fact, a liberal pretending to be a conservative. I've come to recognize the MO over the years--they always support the president--even when he's dead wrong on something--but never the key conservative issues. Especially on social issues, they're always on the wrong side and use the exact same terminology to attack social conservatives as the left does.

You and I are on the same page on this. I tired of her trolling thread after thread. After her role in the so-called "Rathergate" affair, I feared that she had achieved "untouchable" status around here and would never go away. I am pleased to have been wrong.

But I suspect that she'll be back somehow. I'll keep an eye out for someone throwing the "dimbulb" insult around and notify management immediately. :)

APf

[doug from upland]

Glad you had a great reunion. Thanks again for your service. I saw the thread once but don’t know where it is. Maybe someone else has it handy. I don’t even know whom we lost.

[JRochelle]

He had his flaws but he stood up for what he believed.

I kinda suspect that one reason he left is that he saw the writing on the wall as far as Thompson was concerned.

Pukin claimed up and down that he would never enter the race. I suspect he’s a guy who doesn’t like to be proven wrong. :)

[JRochelle]

Reagan signed that bill because he thought the borders would be secure. In fact his recently published diaries attest to that.

If the borders would have been secured then, amnesty would have been worth it.

[investigateworld]

Are you getting saucy with me Bernaise?

[Valin]

I suspect he’s a guy who doesn’t like to be proven wrong. :)

As opposed too....? :-)

[JRochelle]

Howlin was the meanest freeper I ever came across. I knew to stay away from her. If you went to her comments during the last month, most of her posts were just plain mean, always directed at another freeper, like EV. :)

[#1CTYankee]

I reduction in posters (I don't think it could be classified as a purge) there was. Rudibots misrepresenting/defending him got zotted. I didn't know about it until today I did a little searching on Rudi threads and found some posters warned and warned again.

Some of it was sneaky stuff like Jim giving out warnings and posters continuing to defend him while addressing it to other members (Like Jim can't read)

Some may have gotten the boot a little early but they obviously pissed him off and I can't blame him.

This site is for conservatives and by all measures Rudi isn't one of them, IMO defending Rudi is up there with supporting Hillery.

Good riddance, let's move on and get behind the conservatives, principals are all we have and I'm not willing to sacrifice them by backing a RINO especially in the primaries.

In closing I have only one thing left to say, Run Fred Run!!!

[Beagle8U]

” I’m going to read in between Rudy’s lines, to see if he actually verbally supports and commits to stay the course in Iraq till we win.”

Rooty has no intention of fighting the terrorists beyond the way Clinton did!

He is just another NE liberal puke that thinks its a police matter.

This is a very long article but at the end spells out Rooty’s real plan...

http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/013/482uqcqf.asp?pg=1

[nativist]

Yes he does. Bacon being banned is good reason for revolution.

[JRochelle]

No they were good people who were being decieved into thinking that Rudy was the only way to beat Hillary.

Fear of Hillary is what did most of these people in.

[WalterSkinner]

..was just joking anyway, doug

But your name did come to mind when I thought about making a film about "The Thread" : - )

[JRochelle]

Will he come back as pukin dog or under a new name?