Back in 2007, Jim Robinson, the owner of Free Republic, systematically purged any Rudy Giuliani supports from his website. It appears he's going to to do the same for Romney (as if his donations didn't dry up enough!)
Jim Robinson has made many threads lately telling the Romney supporters they're not welcome, the most recent being Here. While he technically hasn't started the purge yet, he seems to be laying the groundwork for it.
This is the message from the banned Romney supporter:
Tonight was the beginning of the end of FR. After nearly 10 years of posting on FR I, a military veteran and passionate conservative, was banned from FR this evening.
My offense: tweaking some Romney haters by responding to their attacks with two words: Go Mitt!!!
Yes - I had the temerity to dissent - mildly I might add.
The attackers are from the same swarm that attacked dissent during the primaries: fieldmarshalj, ejonesie, diogenesis etc.
So - unable to take it - they ran to Jim Rob and got me banned.
You can bet I sent them some intense and obscene Freepmail. I don't regret it. I served with distinction in the Navy and don't suffer fools who hide behind laptops gladly
They've ruined this site.
I strongly encourage those of you who desire a reasonable conservative discussion to re-consider donating money to this site.
It's become a haven for a bunch of sycophantic wingnuts.
Romney supporters - you've been warned.
Go ahead JimRob - delete this post.
You've become no better than the Iranian mullahs
Wow! Looks like even some Freepers see the truth about their website, but it only comes out when they're banned.
you go Jim
weed ‘em out
this garden is doing fine without them
Why the Mitt faithful still post here is beyond me. It has nothing to do with their religion. But has everything to do with them wanting a pure, unadulterated flip-flopping RINO for President.
The sad thing is, Mittens flip flopped into right wingnuttia territory just to get the wingnut mouth breathing "base" to like him, and they still hate him! Poor Mitt (not really, LOL)
If he just posted "Go Mitt!" in the public part and was attacked with obscenities in his private email, I do not understand why that got him banned. Shouldn’t those who wrote the obscenity laden stuff in his private email get banned?
No, I am not a Romney supporter, although I’d vote for him were he the candidate. I do like to see a reasonable amount of diversity on FR, though.
Aren't the birthers and the non-birthers enough diversity?!
I have never understood how someone who describes themselves as "Conservative" (or Christian, for that matter) can support a politician who favors abortion! It is the total antithesis of conservatism.
Uhhhh, Barry Goldwater?
Not sure all of 'em in that crowd are Mitbots ~ seems to me a couple of them were really Obama Truth Squad operatives.
Might be worth checking the ISPs they were posting from.
Interesting that we haven't had any of them in here for a week or so while Obama has been preparing to go visit the boys in Moscow. Could be the Obama Truth Squad members get to tag along on trips like this.
If you're confused, yes, that comment is serious.
I think thiws site will survive and prosper much like Sarah Palin....
Conservatism all the way baby!
Your recent freepathons beg to differ.
I’ve tried to lurk the DU before, and I just can’t. The place is like hanging out in a hog lot...or a septic tank... It brings me down to read their crass and short sighted ramblings and depresses me. I’ve heard that there are some who can lurk over there... I just can’t. :-)
I don't see why. I think reading Free Republic is free comedic entertainment. Then again, you guys have no more control over the government, so maybe that's why.
And if there are other Romney supporters that want to go the postal route, so be it. Like I said, FR is a pro-life and liberty conservative site. We’re not going to support liberal RINO political whores. Those who can’t live with that are certainly welcome to create a WAnkers for Romney site just like the Rudy supporters did last time. We’ll get along fine without them.
Hey, if I wanted to run a website for liberal RINOs I would’ve called it RINO Republic. Allowing them to destroy our conservative activism efforts would be self-defeating.
But here's the question: how many purges can you endure before your site collapses?
There's a difference? We'd be better off with Ice Cream proposing the Socialist agenda for a full 8 years than we would be if we replaced him with McRomnabee. The gutless 'pubies might actually fight against him. With McRomnabee in the White House instead, pushing the exact same Socialist crap, they'd blindly support "their guy", no matter what.
It might just be me, but it sounds like he's advocating to vote for Obama if anybody but Palin gets the GOP nomination. I'd never thought I'd see support for Obama on Free Republic!
Is FR really best served by balkanizing over presidential preferences so early? We could very easily be stuck in 2012 with another nominee that's completely unacceptable, possibly even McCain himself. What will we do then?
Probably whine, then vote for him anyway.
Hunter/DeMint 2012! For the America our Founders intended!
Hunter/DeMint? And you thought Kucinich was extreme!
How do you conclude Slick Willard is the lesser of two evils ? I submit he ain't. At least the False Messiah's Socialist schemes get HIS party credited with the damage, Slick Willard's Socialist schemes would get OUR party similarly credited and eviscerated at the next election, no matter how much other Republicans oppose him. That's what makes him worse.
More Obama support. Is it possible that if you're so far to the right you can actually end up on the left? Who knows...
There are so many places for RINOs to post. There’s D.U., there’s (bowel)MoveOn dot com. There’s Daily Kos. There’s Huffnpuffington Compost. They can even browse the DNC web site and probably find other places to network. While there I’m sure they’ll run into John McStain and Mitt Romney themselves.
Sorry, RINOs need not apply. Hit the road jack...
There's really nothing to say about this one. I'm just quoting it because we got mentioned.
Diversity?You can take that with you over to DU please.
Hey, that's exactly what the Republicans are saying to the Hispanics!
When the wandering, hungry masses start knocking on doors for food and assistance, I'm going to sympathetically ask if they voted for Obama. If they say that they did, they will NOT be happy with my reaction.
What a God-fearing moral patriot.
Anyway, that's the latest chapter in the saga of Free Republic. I don't know which will be more hilarious, reading Free Republic after Palin gets crushed in a landslide, or reading it after Romney wins the GOP nomination. Either way, it should be pretty fun.