I’m not sure anyone objects to re-posting a story that might have been overlooked.
The annoying part is an every hour or two re-posting of a story linked to by a popular site like Drudge. Or the case of some lame Hollywood movie that ended up with about 40(!) different threads.
And, by the way, the CNN Romney do-over poll has been posted before:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3185716/posts
Hardly a big deal.
There was a time, when Ann Coulter was queen of F.R., that her articles, same title, same source, would be posted ten times or more.