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[Williams]

Well it's been about 13 years forgot my initial sign in name, so pretty much from the beginning.

Never wanted to write a Free Republic Opus, love reading news stories here and commenting every day.

Would rather not go out in anger seems pointless.

Then today the owner of the site called me a RINO (I'm not), surrender monkey (not) and told me to write my opus and get out.

My sin was fighting with someone who suggested Obama losing in the latest poll is "bad news".

I could list all the insanity of what is going on here. I've tried to approach Jim Robinson in email to gently suggest the problems we are facing. It's clear from that he is not interested in discussing and resolving anything, which is a shame.

But what kind of man, American, conservative will I be if I worry more about losing my 12 year old screen name versus standing up to people who are espousing the advisability of reelecting Barack Hussein Obama, and yes if I fail to stand up to the owner of a site for calling me a liberal when I am a proud conservative?

What Jim Robinson is doing cannot work because first of all he is NOT attacking the posters who say it is best to reelect Obama. He's offended by anyone who says he is thereby supporting Obama. But he doesn't mind calling us names when we attack the pro Obamas.

OK folks, it's not going to work. You can't really oppose Obama's reelection if you may also oppose the republican's election.

Free Republic has become a house divided against itself and it cannot stand.

I'm a conservative I love my country, I have to wish away to the cornfield anyone who would assist in the reelection of Obama, from whatever misguided motivations.

I stand with Dick Cheney. The other day I had to fight with someone disparaging Cheney here. They were not criticized by the owner.

Jim Robinson owes me an apology. Not planning on getting one. The sad fact is I am not writing this because I'm offended. It's because I want to no longer assist here in the destruction of my country by those who will, to varying degrees, assist in Obama's reelection.

Six or seven liberals on the Supreme Court? Maybe atomic destruction down the pike after our disarmament. Israel destroyed. 2nd Amendment neutered. Obamacare used to deny people medical care based on age and political beliefs. Racial strife. A welfare socialist state. US attorneys going after republicans.

My wife is a cancer survivor who reasonably fears that in the future they will deny her care because she is a registered republican. And she's no RINO, she hates Obama and she won't read Free Republic stories anymore because of what is going on here.

We have a real country and real lives out here that go beyond Jim Robinson's ill advised name calling against sincere conservatives who dare to disagree with him.

So F anyone who calls me a RINO for standing with Dick Cheney and against Barack Obama. I hate RINO's and I despise misguided so called conservatives who do anything to reelect Obama.

13 years, but it's nothing when put to the wall on my beliefs against the left wing democrat party. I have too many mirrors to look in. The people here who are every day posting that it will be best to reelect Obama, should be thrown off. Instead, well...

It's over.

[TigersEye]

Exactly! I think us old FReepers have seen more flame wars than we can count and a few purges so we know how to navigate a rocky coastline in a storm.

(how's that for switching analogies in mid-FReep?)

[Norm Lenhart]

Lets not waste anymore bandwidth. You keep talking in circles without ever answering an impossible to answer question. It is simply not possible to be and remain a conservative and vote for Mitt Romney and his record. You do not agree. So be it.

[what's up]

You never heard about his participation in an anti-American Vietnam rally in britain, or his wife's radical work with the Black Panthers, the impeachment of Nixon, Alinsky background etc.

These were all signs that both of them were far left which obviously means...anti-military.

Most of us figured them out long before they took office and we were not proved wrong.

[JRandomFreeper]

See my post 376. This is not harsh at all. Grow some hide. Freedom is hard and messy.

And if anyone tells me (and they have) that if I won't vote for Romney (SUPPORT ROMNEY), I'm voting for Obama, I'm going to reply with my conservative belief and the facts.

I won't vote for Romney. Ever. Even if he was running against Satan himself.

I'll vote conservative. And there will be more than two candidates on the ballot here.

/johnny

[Yaelle]

Your post explaining JR is good, too. Eloquent as well.

Where else can one get the kind of pure principle as here? Gd bless FR and JimRob.

(I still think it can be done — fighting the RINO takeover AND voting against Obama.)

[eddie willers]

I have been Posting on FR a long time and I have never seen such infighting amongst our membership.

Your long time ain't long enough.

Ask around about The Coven and The Purge. (or flame wars like DITHF)

[TigersEye]

...absolute lack of free expression...

Really? Like the monolithic responses on this thread?

I don't think you get how things work. lol

[Nobama_ever]

So you give a donation and what do you get for it?

YOU own it. If you don’t agree, you shouldn’t have to hold your tongue for fear of being ZOTted!

That’s ridiculous! And not ‘Free’ at all!

[ssschev]

Hi noob :)welcome to FR
I've been lurking for 4+ years. Though this is an emotional time, you will find a lot of intelligent conversation that does not always agree. The playground rules are simple. progressives/liberals are not welcome. They will be attacked like a bee on an ant hill.

[TigersEye]

I never heard of any of that until long after he took office. A lot of it after he left office. But, hey!, if records mattered Mitt would be a no go.

[Norm Lenhart]

So, in your mind, how much is an acceptable fee to pay? Do you understand that a donation is just that? A financial gift because you CHOOSE to give it? That such grants you no special privileges?

Ir If I give $100000 a quarter do you think it would be OK to dictate policy?

[Nobama_ever]

Yeah, but I’m conservative. And I happen to agree with people here that Romney isn’t who I want as President. I’m going to vote for him and campaign for him. That’s a problem here. So the alternative will be a third party candidate and an Obama second term.

[JRandomFreeper]

No... You pay for a meal at a restaurant, but you do not own the restaurant, and the owner can kick you out if you don't behave in accordance with the rules.

/johnny

[Norm Lenhart]

No, the alternative is not go on and on about it when it’s not wanted. Do that at a site where they accept it. Or do so knowing that you were told not to.

[TigersEye]

If you donate a hundred bucks to the Salvation Army do you think you own that too and get to tell them how to run it? They're DONATIONS not subscription payments. No member has to pay a dime.

"When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat."

~Ronald Reagan

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[Nobama_ever]

Actually, if you pay your money and the owner kicks you out, he has to pay you your money back.

[Velveeta]

And I believe you are abandoning your conservative principles and putting my grandchildren at risk, if you don’t fight like hell to oust Obama.

You’re right....we don’t agree.

[SaraJohnson]

Most of us figured them out long before they took office and we were not proved wrong.

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McCain’s idiots did not touch on any of it during the campaign. They are even more responsible for not warning the American people than the media. The GOP-e wanted Obama elected.

[JRandomFreeper]

Nope. I've run restaurants.

You order, you pay. You mis-behave, you leave.

/johnny

[what's up]

I never heard of any of that until long after he took office

The Clintons' background as liberals was fairly common knowledge. Bush, though far from perfect was a much better choice if only to keep us from deeper dangers. Same holds true today.