FR, the pro-God "purist" site that RINOs love to hate

Aug 14, 2012 | Jim Robinson

[Jim Robinson]

Well, folks, it happens every four years or so. The presidential election cycle really brings out the RINOS. I have to state and restate FR's positions more and more frequently, because the true blue RINO types simply cannot stand that a conservative site will not support a gun grabbing, abortionist, homosexualist, big government statist.

Last cycle it was Rudy McRomney. Boy, did we ever catch hell for not supporting the big RINOs of the day. Hundreds of true blue RINO supporters fled grassroots conservative FR in disgust when they couldn't get their way and called us every name in the book on the way out, especially, the Rudy cabal.

Where did it get them? The abortionist/homosexualist Rudy didn't get the nomination. We on FR finally decided to support McCain after he was the last RINO standing and he selected Palin as his running mate, but that will not happen this time. And McCain proved not up to the task anyway. He was far too undependable to make it as a conservative, but he was at least pro-life and pro-family and a war hero and that's why I finally relented and gave my reluctant no other choice endorsement.

But Myth Romney is without a doubt the most leftist, flip-flopping, lying, two-faced politician ever to be nominated by the Republicans. We have the most leftist Democrat ever sitting in the White House which ANY Republican should be able to defeat in a Reaganesque landslide, but in their infinite RINO wisdom, the GOPe pushes the most leftist Republican ever.

Why, oh, why would the GOPe risk it all by pushing for and giving the nomination to a man with Romney's abortionist, homosexualist, gun grabbing, big government statist Keynesian record? Do they have a death wish or are they simply trying to move the goal posts even further to the left? Romney is the grandpappy of ObamaCare for crying out loud. He made ObamaCare possible. ObamaCare gave birth to the grassroots tea party movement. The GOPe has done nothing but torpedo the tea party conservatives when they should have embraced us. Sarah Palin was the best thing to happen for the Republicans party since Reagan and the tea party the best thing in a century. Why would they try to kill us off?

We can take a clue from the Rudy McRomney cabal that left FR last time. They exclaimed on the way out that, "The conservatives have held their boot to the GOP's neck for far too long. Never again will guns, abortion, and the gay agenda be important issues for Republicans."

And now the abortionist/homosexualist/shamnesty Rudy McRomney cabal and the anti Palin RINO crowd have teamed up to come after FR again. They couldn't hack it with their wideawakes wankers for Rudy site or their trueblue RINOs for Romney site, so they are now posting their current anti-FR screeds on facebook and on any blog site they possibly can.

Hell hath no fury like a RINO scorned.

One of the RINO's we're talking about is our old friend Luis Gonzalez. He was a big Rudy pusher and would relentlessly trash any conservative who objected. We eventually had to invite him to leave FR and go with the wankers for Rudy. But it turns out he had a sleeper account on FR called "Lancelot Jones."

He recently registered a mole account on FR called "The Duke of Pearls" where he attempted to post the anti-FR screed pasted below. I pulled it and banned his account(s), but it is the one he's now plastering all over the net aided and abetted by his pal and anti-Palin RINO troll, EveningStar.

By the way, it's telling that Gonzalez in his Lancelot Jones mole persona posted the following quips to FR just a couple of days ago:

"If you can't rely on something at the precise moment that you need it the most, because that thing that you need to rely on is only reliable when the circumstances suit it, then get rid of it."

"If the GOP realizes that "purists" will only supprt the GOP when the Party's candidates meet their test, then it may be best to not count on them at all."

"The lesson that the GOP will probably learn from your scenario, is that it needs to jettison purists once and for all."

So, I guess my pro-God, pro-life, pro-family, pro-small government, pro-gun, pro-liberty constitutional stance makes me a "purist" who must be hated and persecuted and run off the net even though my positions on these causes are exactly the same as the official Republican party platform. Very strange.

Here's Gonzalez' latest anti-FR screed that he's trying to make go viral:

Once, a long time ago, if you were an individual seeking reasonable and intelligent political discourse in the Internet, from a right-wing perspective, there were few places as prominent and respected as Jim Robinson’s freerepublic.com. The site counted among its members such luminaries as Tony Snow, Barbara Olsen, and Andrew Breitbar; even Robert Bork was rumored to post in FR.

The site’s users, known as FReepers, were considerable in number, dedicated, and passionate, and Jim Robinson’s conservative brigades were able to launch either spontaneous roadside rallies, or organized nation-wide protests from Texas, to Florida, to Georgia, to Washington DC itself.

• It was a FReeper that ended Dan Rather’s career.
• It was a FReeper that coined the term Sore/Loserman during the Bush/Gore recount wars.
• It was a FReeper that posted the first known report of trouble with the Columbia, as it disintegrated over Texas and Louisiana on re-entry.
• It was a FReeper that photo-shopped the infamous image of John Kerry standing side-by-side with Jane Fonda in an anti Vietnam war rally.

Those were the Golden Days of Free Republic, but the site shines no longer. Mr. Robinson fails to realize that it was individual members of his forum that brought gravitas to the forum, and not the other way around. To be fair, Robinson created what could very well be the best softweare of its kind, but it was the massive interchange of ideas between members, all driven by the e-wave of the late 20th Century, and the animosity toward the Clinton administration that brought the forum into the spotlight.

Alas, Mr. Robinson convinced himself that the message was the medium, when it was the messengers that raised the medium to glory.

Internet blogs are buzzing with reports of a massive crack up in FR, with anti-Romney sentiment standing toe-to-toe with open anti-Mormon bias, FReepers are abandoning Jim Robinson’s burning ship in droves, populating sites like www.gopbriefingroom.com to discuss the chaotic status of Free Republic.

In facebook, exiled FReepers stand amazed at the realization that Free Republic and Daily KOS, bitter Internet blog political ideology enemies, are actually supporting the same candidate for the Presidency this cycle, as FReepers openly support the idea if an Obama win, as such a victory will “teach the GOP a lesson”.

This post from FReeper “Leep”

"Crash and burn America. Hopefully, we can rebuild in 10 or 20 or 50 years…?" The signs are visible to even the naked eye.

Check this statement by the site’s founder, Jim Robinson, just a few nights ago:

“Lastly, we’re having a bit of changeover on our moderator staff. At least two moderators resigned this afternoon after I flatly refused to rein in a so-called anti-Mormon “bigot” on FR.” In today’s Free Republic, no one will be critical of anti-Mormon statements. Jim Robinson once again:

“This website considers the Mormon religion as false doctrine. Period.” It’s nearly impossible to cross the line on criticism of Mitt Romney’s Mormonism at a site where the proprietor dismisses the entire religion as a “false doctrine”.

Robinson, in his refusal to support the GOP ticket seems to understand that he has become a minority within a minority, within a diminishing number of supporters, as he says:

"I doubt there are 10% of the FReepers in agreement with me on this." Ten percent of a rapidly diminishing number of posting members could spell financial troubles for Robinson, as some of the site’s most steadfast financial supporters quietly melt into the night.

Then again, even as Free Republic fades into irrelevance, Robinson’s legacy lives on in an unintended cottage industry of forums offering refuge to FReepers wishing to distance themselves from Robinson.

As one of the members of The Briefing Room quipped recently:

"The FR meltdown is good for business, people are looking for a sanctuary, and a place where sanity still reigns. Our membership rolls are increasing hourly, and they all come to ask the same question…”what in the world happened to Free Republic?”

Sad thing, that what was once such a great notion will crumble and fall under the weight of such a negative and destructive actions, and that in the end, the great things accomplished by the many, will be dragged down into the mud by the few.

[Jim Robinson]

Well, I’m not going along with any of that. If they want my vote, they can put Ryan or someone else at the top of the ticket at the convention. Otherwise, piss on ‘em.

I’ll stand firm for God, country and Liberty!! Socialists can KMA!!

[cripplecreek]

Here in Michigan I voted for Clark Durant in the primary. He lost to Pete Hoekstra but I can support Hoekstra over Stabenow because Pete isn’t the bridge too far that Romney is.

Sure Hoekstra has some RINO tendencies but he’s well to the right of someone like McCain.

[trisham]

These fringers are obsessed with you and FR, Jim.

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LOL! I'm a bit lacking in sleep today, and I thought your post was "These fingers are obsessed with you and FR, Jim"

I thought it was either very nice, or rather odd. Then I realized I needed a cup of very strong coffee! LOL!

[Bryanw92]

>>I’ll stand firm for God, country and Liberty!! Socialists can KMA!!

As I said, stand for God. The country and liberty are as good as gone. I’m voting for Romney/Ryan not because I think they’ll save the US, but because they might prolong the death until I’m gone. If we can get a few states to seceed and create a Christian nation, I will go there.

[trisham]

God bless you, Jim. God bless your family, too.

[jazusamo]

Thanks for speaking out again on this, Jim.

A liberal is a liberal whether there's an R or D after their name.

I doubt any Conservatives have left Free Republic but a lot of RINOs and libs have.

[Zakeet]

I guess my pro-God, pro-life, pro-family, pro-small government, pro-gun, pro-liberty constitutional stance makes me a "purist" who must be hated and persecuted and run off the net even though my positions on these causes are exactly the same as the official Republican party platform.

That ... plus I'm willing to bet that your willingness to fight for these ideals ... combined with your non-compromising take no prisoners attitude ... causes the establishment RINO's to pee their pants more than just about anything else.

[roylene]

My doctor told me to get off FR and take a rest......I got a new doctor.

[Ingtar]

I am considering voting for Ryan as well - by writing him in as President.

[Larry Lucido]

I was ABR during the primaries.

I will be ABO now.

I’m glad Ryan is on the ticket.

I suspect that a sizeable majority of FReepers, all good conservatives, will vote the same way as me.

I respect those who don’t, though I think they err. That’s the way it goes.

[RC one]

Yep. It’s RINO season. Thin the herd.

[Jim Robinson]

And I’m ready to pack my bags for Texas the moment they decide to secede from the United Socialist States of America!! God, bless TEXAS!!

[Sola Veritas]

Jim...whenever someone takes a moral, principled stand, verses a pragmatic one, they will be persecuted for it. That just makes you a good guy!

IF someone calls me a “purist” for having a basic set of reasonable standards and sticking to them....then I know they are NOT truly conservative...they are only conveinently so.

You are taking a stand when all the others are selling out to Romney’s nonsense. They do this because of fear of Obama. Well, common sense tells one that you don’t fight wrong with wrong. Obama is wrong and Romney is wrong. We don’t have to sell folks on Obama being wrong....it is self evident. However, I find it extremely disturbing that folks cannot see that Romney does not meet minimal standards of acceptability. To vote for him would be to violate one’s personal standards of morality and ethics. At least for a sensible person...like you Jim.

Keep fighting the good fight!

[Oldexpat]

Ryan seals the deal for me. I will vote for RR. In the best of circumstances I can see Ryan leading on policy for 8 years of a Romney administration and then taking over for a further 8 years to complete reforms of Supreme Court and the whole DC establishment.
Withholding a vote is a vote for Obama. Voting “present” isn’t an option if you have a concern for the future of your country..If you can vote for Ryan in 2016 or 2020..then should vote for RR now.

[Jim Robinson]

Hey, now how did you manage to get a photo of my new mobility powered zot device? That’s classified!

[Syncro]

but it is the one he's now plastering all over the net aided and abetted by his pal and anti-Palin RINO troll, EveningStar.

Oh my, that woman is such a pain!

He has corrected me on that by saying that I have met him, therefore I know he is male.

True, I have met him in person.

That didn't convince me though...heh

I remember when he was sycophanting the old anti-freeper site clown posse.

He was trying so hard to fit in, dissing FR and posting 'relevant' scat.

Even they saw that he was a weak fence sitter, and humiliated him to such a degree that he slunk back to FR, pretending to be part of this group.

OK decided to use my backspace key, lol don't need to go into the past sordid history of this sad woman anymore...but I am glad ES has been outed as a class one A anti-freeper finally.

It won't be long until the real hard case anti's send him packing again!

[Sola Veritas]

“I can see Ryan leading on policy for 8 years of a Romney administration and then taking over for a further 8 years to complete reforms of Supreme Court and the whole DC establishment.”

That is NOT going to happen. Romney will be Romney, just like he was in MASS., and Ryan will just be window dressing and will have zero influence. Romney will surround himself with liberals and his Salt Lake City buddies.

[LucianOfSamasota]

If its not about values and beliefs, then what IS it about?
If its not about restoring America and returning to Christ, then what’s the point?

After the election is over, we still have to be able to live with what we’ve done and who we’ve become. I will vote Romney/Ryan, but we probably need to start thinking of a third party run for 2016.

[Ingtar]

Quietly, here in Tennessee, we are weeding the herd. Six of the candidates put up by the TEA Party, who did not live up to their promises, have been primaried out by candidates who we hope will do better. Who knows, Tennessee might join Texas once again if that secession becomes necessary.

[greyfoxx39]

LOL @ “fingers” ;0)