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Title: Romney Supporters Banned From Free Republic (Rim Job has spoken)
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Politico
URL Source: http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensm ... ion__are_not_welcome_here.html
Published: Nov 2, 2011
Author: Emily Schultheis
Post Date: 2011-11-02 08:35:07 by Ferret
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Views: 248
Comments: 20
Conservative site on Romney: 'Enemies of the constitution ... are not welcome here' Free Republic founder Jim Robinson has a message for supporters of Mitt Romney: go away. In an email to POLITICO this afternoon, Robinson admitted that the site routinely blocks Romney supporters from posting -- and offered no apologies for the practice: Liberal progressives and other enemies of the constitution and or of Liberty itself are not welcome here. Accounts registered here by liberal progressives and other assorted trolls, malcontents and disruptors will be removed on sight or at the convenience of the site administrators. The site came under fire from Ross Abraham, a blogger for Mitt Romney Central, who wrote today that Free Republic is just one of several sites (along with RedState, he says) on the right-wing Internet that are pretty much off limits to Mitt Romney's supporters. But Free Republic has made no secret of its dislike for Romney -- Robinson has written a handful of posts that are hostile to Romney this year. He posted on "why we can never support Mitt Romney" earlier this month, saying Romney has "violated nearly every plank in the Republican party's official pro-God, pro-Life, pro-Family, pro-Constitution, pro-Liberty platform." And in May, Robinson explicitly said Romney supporters are not welcome: It's unclear what the situation is at RedState, though, the other site named in Abraham's story. I reached out to Erick Erickson for comment, but didn't get a response. Nate Gunderson, who also writes for Mitt Romney Central, said he doesn't know the whole background with RedState but that Abraham's post was in response to two pro-Romney writers being banned from the site. "I know that Red State is typically not a Romney friendly zone, but I concede to them the right to run their website as they wish," he wrote in an email. "It is a real possibility that these two may have over stepped their bounds." He said he's not really concerned with the sites' practices and that he hasn't reached out to them at all. "There are those who don't like Romney and may never come around to him," he said. "I think there are enough sensible voters out there that it won't really matter." Free Republic is a pro-life, pro-family, pro-gun, pro-small government, pro-constitution, pro-liberty site. Governor Romney is none of the above. His record is that of an abortionist, gay rights pushing, gun grabbing, global warming advocating, big government, mandate loving, constitution trampling, flip-flopping liberal progressive with no core values. That and the fact that he is the chief architect and advocate for ObamaCare disqualifies him for any consideration whatsoever on Free Republic as a potential nominee for the presidency. ...
Now, for some reason, these editors/moderators are so insecure in their prejudice against Gov. Romney that they ban people who openly support Gov. Romney. Free Republic (mostly because of it’s [sic] owner Jim Robinson) has purged all of the Romney supporters they could from the site in two waves of purges over the last few years. The anti-Romney and anti-Mormon bigotry evident at Free Republic now is absolutely sickening.
I'd rather shut the place down than be involved in any effort to install abortionist/gay rights pushing RINOS like Romney or Giuliani into the White House!! Do NOT push this crap on FR. Take your business elsewhere!!
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#1. To: Ferret (#0)
Who does freekrepublic and rimjob support in the primaries this time around?
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Rumsfield and Cheney is my guess.
My experience as a thorn in their side historically is they support whomever pays for use of their influence. I have to confess, I am out of the habit of really caring what that nasty outhouse pit is shilling these days. I may go over in a bit and look. But not until I eat breakfast. I have to wash my hands and remove the hip boots after wading through crap like that you find there. They routinely cop a nut on Neocons, this is true.
Altho I despise Rimmer, I can't blame him for running his forum the way he chooses. And he does have Romney right. Unfortunately, he has nearly everything else wrong, so his forum is continuing it's slide to political obscurity. The good news is that between the FReakers and the ElPee'ers (no Ron Paul please), the GOP is fracturing, which will serve to strip power from the establishment and in time lead to a 3rd party. On a side note, regardless of Rimmer's dictates, I'm betting 90% (+) of FReekville will vote for whomever the GOP'ers elevate, so his Romney ban is useless.
I agree. My money is on Ron Paul. If he is forced to a third party run, I will continue to give my time to out info booth every Saturday at the Saturday market site in Eugene and will keep sending him donations.
Jim Robinson is and has been for years a Mental Case. He's irratic. I believe his medications have affected him.
I agree. I wouldn't even bother posting this on the general forum at Democratic Underground that historically grinds an anti FReeper ax on a bet. jimmy and company have become that small in influence compared to where they have been in the past.
Are they still supporting the troops and having quarterly Fleece-A-Thons over there?
Break the Conventions - Keep the Commandments - G.K.Chesterson Rim Job will "annoint" Rick Perry due to Perry's ongoing love affair with the Red Sea pedestrians. I can't see Rim Job doing the right thing and supporting Ron Paul.
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The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one. None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free. deleted
The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one. None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free. They still have their cultivated talking points to propagandize the FReeper unwashed with, and the FReeperthons are still there. Though it's taking longer and longer to meet the dollar amount goals. If they survive, I would not be surprised if the four fund raisers per year blur into a continual war for the scare dollars in the pockets of the narrow minded few who are dumb enough to drink the Kool-Aid and sign up there. I hope he gets the nomination. But if he doesn't, the Republicans will benefit on the long term if they pay dearly for denying the will of the people by keeping him marginalized.
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The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one. None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free. deleted
The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one. None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free. deleted
The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one. None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free. Really? Dang man, I need to find this site.. I remember visiting a site named like this one is, but it was none of the above.. tsk.. tsk.. tsk.. If i know my Jim Faro Bank Robber and I do he will LOVE Romney if he gets the nomination. You have to remember he said the same things and made the same bannings about SHRUBYA in the primary stage of the 2000 sElections too.
This is true, and I will be watching that process happen at FR of that candidate gets the GOP nod.
We are not allowed to make a decision as mundane as what kind of lightbulb we're going to use anymore, but we're allowed to choose who runs the city, state, and fedgoob? Give me a break. - Esso
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Free Republic is a pro-life, pro-family, pro-gun, pro-small government, pro-constitution, pro-liberty site.
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