Sigh. We cats guess we have to say something about Free Republic banning Romney supporters from its site.
Not that we're surprised by any of it, or even care — but goodness gracious, the Freepers have given us so much entertainment that it would be rude to ignore their moment in the sun.
So, we checked. The FR comment thread on POLITICO's original news story was 450 and growing. That's pretty respectable, although when the famous quitter from Alaska, um, quit the 2012 race, the thread was much bigger — in fact, the biggest we've ever seen. More than 1,500 rendings of teabagger garments and gnashings of conservative teeth. (Hint: This is where all that subsequent support for "Herb" Cain came from.)
But, we digress. The thread on the Romney ban is, by and large, predictable. Lots of remarks along the lines of, "And this is a problem because....?" A few, but not many, protestations about being labeled anti-Mormon. (Because of course they are.) But the most amusing post was by the site's creator, Jim Robinson.
We've always suspected that Mr. Robinson is a bit unhinged. He tends toward excitability. If you needed more confirmation of that, here's his contribution to today's anti-Romney comment thread:
"'In an e-mail to POLITICO this afternoon, Robinson admitted that the site routinely blocks Romney supporters from posting — and offered no apologies for the practice.' Admitted it? Hell, I've been blasting it for years!! It's been on our home page in one form or another forever. And on our main page for the last couple years...I'm sorry, but those who cannot live with our pro-life, pro-family, pro-gun, pro-limited government positions are more than welcome to vote with their happy feet. NO RINOS!! NO ROMNEY!! NOT ON MY WATCH!! Long live the TEA party rebellion!! Long live our FREE Republic!"
Ah, Republican nuttiness and infighting. Since Mitt Romney still appears to be on track for the Republican nomination, we cats PURR.
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