I SO disagree.
Except for the whine and cheese threads.
Posted on 11/19/2008 12:26:59 PM PST by kristinn
A Democrat is poised to take the reins of power in Washington, D.C., and Fresno resident Jim Robinson is feeling a sense of deja vu.
It was President Bill Clinton's 1992 election that sparked Robinson's political activism, driving him to create a Web site that made him a grass-roots leader among conservatives before Clinton's term was over.
This year, as Barack Obama prepares to sweep into office on another tide of Democratic votes, Robinson and denizens of that Web site, freerepublic.com, are preparing to do battle again.
"We'll double and redouble our efforts to fight for what is right," Robinson says. "We've got people just spitting nails."
Free Republic, founded by Robinson in September 1996, doesn't attract much attention from the national press and is not well-known among political experts. Many of its postings have a decidedly fringe feel.
But long before Red State, Daily Kos and Little Green Footballs arrived on the Internet political scene, Free Republic was building an audience -- and becoming a formidable political force among conservatives and libertarians that is admired even by some who disagree with its political philosophy.
In a study last month by the Internet ratings firm comScore, Free Republic ranked fifth among political blogs, just behind heavyweights The Huffington Post, Politico, Drudge Report and RealClearPolitics.
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I SO disagree.
Except for the whine and cheese threads.
Now, if we can just keep it up and running. *8>)
Thank You Sir
FR’s the best site on the web, and provides me with free therapy in these troubled times. God bless Jim!
Who, me? 
SADDLE UP!
John Who? was he born day before yesterday?
There is a reason that this is the main site I go to for info. Seems to me like FR has news way before a lot of other sites do. There are so many brilliant people on this forum that really impress me with their knowledge and I really enjoy learning from them. Oh, by the way, which Freeper do I thank for my Sore/Loserman bumper sticker? I use it for a book mark now and laugh every time I see it.
This means we are on the Obama “enemies list”
"FR is more then a blog site. We hash existing disprove mainstream 'news'."
LOL I was thinking the same thing!
Hummm? No mention of Rathergate.
Finally, some GOOD news!
Fringed and ready.
Good point on the social networking tools...we need to get those.
After that, I was addicted.
“University of California at Santa Cruz psychology professor Anthony Pratkanis sees similarities in Free Republic and Daily Kos, though they come from different ends of the political spectrum. “Both put out the spin that their supporters want to hear; both either exaggerate facts or just plain make them up,” he said.”
Funny, I thought we fact-checked pretty well. I think the author made this up.
Yeah, sure! That must be why Tony Snow was a member here under his own name.
We miss you, Tony. RIP.
“it should have included exposing the fake Rather memos.”
People might remember and relate to that. They’d like to forget it, along with 9-11.
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