Excellent article about Jim Robinson - Showdown: The left vs. the Web

World Net Daily ^ | July 20, 2005 | Richard Poe

[SFC MAC]

FreeRepublic – an online community

"I had not been all that politically active prior to President Clinton's election," Robinson recalls. "Yes, I complained about government and politics just like everyone else … but politics was not particularly high on my list of priorities – until Slick came along."

Robinson saw that the Clintons had brought a new and dangerous level of corruption to American politics. He could no longer remain aloof. "I knew that the newspapers and news media were lying and I knew that government had been encroaching on our individual rights and that our politicians were as corrupt as the day is long. I also knew that nothing would be done about it unless we the people somehow joined together to exercise our political free-speech rights."

[SFC MAC]

I loved reading about Free Republic's founder and the catalyst for his courageous activism. He went head to head with Slick Willie's legal henchmen and stood his ground. Thank God for sites like this. Without media watchdogs like the Freepers, the purchase of Clinton/Gore's 1996 re-election by Chinese arms merchants would have gone unreported and there would be no one to counter the journalistic fraud of the Socialist controled "fourth estate". Jim, keep up the fantastic work and "Illegitimi Non Carborundum"! HOOAH! SFC MAC

[Tax-chick]

bttt

[Capn TrVth]

Cheers Jim!

[SkyPilot]

Awesome!

[MaxMax]

And a new medium was born onto the world.

Btw, who was the first to be called a true blogger?
Just asking because I want to know that it wasn't Gore.

[Chi-townChief]

Great read!!!

[afraidfortherepublic]

Save for later read!

[goldstategop]

Double posting, LOL! Needless to say, Free Republic can can claim modest credit for destroying Dan Rather's media empire.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[Cindy]

Yep, ditto.

[BibChr]

Pingomai

[tiredoflaundry]

bump

[roaddog727]

Jim Kicks Democrat Ass.

[TruthFactor]

When the history books are written after we're all gone, Jim Robinson and FreeRepublic will be in them.

May God Bless Jim and all those who stood up for our Republic and Liberty.

[Tribune7]

Proud-to-be-a-Freeper bump

[Mrs. P]

Very good history of FR. I had heard some of these things but this puts it all in order for me.

[Tribune7]

ping

[Tribune7]

Not much to do with PA but absolutely of interest

[Tribune7]

for your list

[XEHRpa]

I will always treasure my photo with JimRob, taken at the Impeachment Rally, next to the Capitol.

[netmilsmom]

>>Proud-to-be-a-Freeper bump<<

Amen! Ditto.