# On election Eve, Freepers hit a new low **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 3, 2008, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-election-eve-freepers-hit-a-new-low/470946 "2008-11-03T23:49:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-election-eve-freepers-hit-a-new-low/470946/1 "2008-11-03T23:49:03Z")
Yeah, I know, I know, there’s not much lower than simply being a Freeper in the first place, but [many of them are suggesting that Barack Obama had his own grandmother killed for political reasons.](http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2123979/posts) The sad thing is that I saw this coming. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Dave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/46a35a/32.png) [@Great\_Dave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Dave)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-election-eve-freepers-hit-a-new-low/470946/2 "2008-11-03T23:57:51Z")
Gotta get the sympathy vote, doncha know. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-election-eve-freepers-hit-a-new-low/470946/3 "2008-11-03T23:58:53Z")
What the fuck is wrong with those people? ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-election-eve-freepers-hit-a-new-low/470946/4 "2008-11-04T00:00:11Z")
Oh my god. My grandmother died about two hours ago. Do you think Obama . . . ? ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-election-eve-freepers-hit-a-new-low/470946/5 "2008-11-04T00:01:57Z")
There were a few saying “Now, now, be nice.” But not many. I like this too: > [@](#): > > KEYWORDS: **antichrist** ; dunham; euthanasia; **murder** ; obama; obamafamily; \*\*pulltheplug \*\* (bolding mine) Roddy ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-election-eve-freepers-hit-a-new-low/470946/6 "2008-11-04T00:03:09Z")
Ah yes, the Republican 'base". Soon they will be a marginal party if this is what they embrace. Psychotic morons. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-election-eve-freepers-hit-a-new-low/470946/7 "2008-11-04T00:05:35Z")
Upon reading that whole thread (yes, I’m a masochist), I have to wonder about the claim they’re making that the vast majority of cancer patients die of euthanasia rather than the disease itself. Is there any kernel of truth in that? ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-election-eve-freepers-hit-a-new-low/470946/8 "2008-11-04T00:07:45Z")
The US political right certainly does seem to have an abundance of hate these days… I get the feeling that this is not a looney fringe movement, but is rather a more substantial portion of the “base” that McCain and Palin MUST appeal to in order to have any chance of winning an election. I really don’t think that Obama/Biden needs to appeal to far left people such as our own **Der Trihs** in order to get elected. You don’t really hear of anyone at Obama rallies yelling “kill the soldiers” or McCain is a traitor!" In fact, the far left appears to dislike the Democrats - they see them as more or less the same as the Republicans. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-election-eve-freepers-hit-a-new-low/470946/9 "2008-11-04T00:19:22Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > Oh my god. My grandmother died about two hours ago. Do you think Obama . . . ? Absolutely. Just look at him. Plus, he’s got nothing better to do, besides defiling our daughters and eating our chicken. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-election-eve-freepers-hit-a-new-low/470946/10 "2008-11-04T00:21:53Z")
It’s the [greater internet dickwad theory](http://www.penny-arcade.com/docs/internetdickwad.jpg). That place is just /b/ with a political agenda. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-election-eve-freepers-hit-a-new-low/470946/11 "2008-11-04T00:22:31Z")
I was going to post a mildly sick joke, then I read the thread in the link. What on earth…? Are those people for real? I’ve vaguely heard of “freepers” before, but am astonished at the sentiments there espoused. Are they for real, or a work of satire? ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-election-eve-freepers-hit-a-new-low/470946/12 "2008-11-04T00:26:37Z")
I find it very sad that anyone would think so poorly of another human being just because they’re a political candidate that doesn’t support their views. Seriously, folks. The tribalism has to end somewhere. McCain doesn’t eat babies, either. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-election-eve-freepers-hit-a-new-low/470946/13 "2008-11-04T00:28:43Z")
> [@fluiddruid](#): > > McCain doesn’t eat babies, either. Now you’ve gone TOO far. He couldn’t lift them to his mouth. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-election-eve-freepers-hit-a-new-low/470946/14 "2008-11-04T00:31:27Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > I was going to post a mildly sick joke, then I read the thread in the link. > > What on earth..? > > Are those people for real? I’ve vaguely heard of “freepers” before, but am astonished at the sentiments there espoused. Are they for real, or a work of satire? These are indeed, the “base” that you hear pundits speak of when they talk about Palin energizing “the base”. They are a significant portion of McCain/Palin’s voting demographic. ---
**Author:** ![Spavined\_Gelding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@Spavined\_Gelding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spavined_Gelding)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-election-eve-freepers-hit-a-new-low/470946/15 "2008-11-04T00:36:03Z")
What scares me is this: If things go as badly for the Republican Party tomorrow as they might there will be a blood bath in the GOP. Fundamentally the argument will be that the election, control of Congress, the chance to shape the Sup Ct, to grab all the oil, you name it was lost because the party was not reactionary enough; all those moderates, all the people who either refused to drink the cool-aid or who just took a sip must be driven out of the party. The result is that the rump of the GOP will be made up of the Rev Mr Dobson’s people, the Freepers ,the Gov of Alaska and some plumber from Toledo. We might end up with three parties. It ain’t going to be fun. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-election-eve-freepers-hit-a-new-low/470946/16 "2008-11-04T00:36:28Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > Now you’ve gone TOO far. He couldn’t lift them to his mouth. Ah ha! That reminds me what I was going to post in the SNL thread. I saw McCain lift his arm above his shoulder on SNL! So he could in fact eat babies. And yes, this is all ridiculous. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-election-eve-freepers-hit-a-new-low/470946/17 "2008-11-04T00:36:38Z")
Wow. I’ve never really looked at Free Republic before, but there’s some loony-tunes over there. I especially liked the argument “the fact that a bunch of us believe he’s capable of killing his own grandmother _proves_ he’s a bad person!” ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-election-eve-freepers-hit-a-new-low/470946/18 "2008-11-04T00:47:26Z")
> [@Spavined\_Gelding](#): > > What scares me is this: If things go as badly for the Republican Party tomorrow as they might there will be a blood bath in the GOP. Fundamentally the argument will be that the election, control of Congress, the chance to shape the Sup Ct, to grab all the oil, you name it was lost because the party was not reactionary enough; all those moderates, all the people who either refused to drink the cool-aid or who just took a sip must be driven out of the party. The result is that the rump of the GOP will be made up of the Rev Mr Dobson’s people, the Freepers ,the Gov of Alaska and some plumber from Toledo. We might end up with three parties. It ain’t going to be fun. I, too, have been thinking that we could end up with three prominent parties after this, but I don’t think that’s a bad thing. > [@Giraffe](#): > > Wow. I’ve never really looked at Free Republic before, but there’s some loony-tunes over there. I especially liked the argument “the fact that a bunch of us believe he’s capable of killing his own grandmother _proves_ he’s a bad person!” By that logic, according to many on this site, Sarah Palin is evil incarnate. You betcha! ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-election-eve-freepers-hit-a-new-low/470946/19 "2008-11-04T00:54:54Z")
> [@some Freepscum](#): > > So Barry goes and see’s granny. Granny dies day before election. She is probably one know who really knows where he was born. Well as the church lady used to say.”isn’t that special” I first encountered the above meme on Stormfront. It’s already spread to FreeRepublic?! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-election-eve-freepers-hit-a-new-low/470946/20 "2008-11-04T00:57:29Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > Oh my god. My grandmother died about two hours ago. Do you think Obama . . . ? **lissener** , I’m sorry for your loss. Now we return to our freeper bashing, already in progress … [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-election-eve-freepers-hit-a-new-low/470946.md?page=2)