Freepers react ot news of Sen. Simon's death....

[phillybri]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1037123/posts

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In related news Howard Dean announces that Senator Paul Wellstone has endorsed him from the grave.

DEAN AT WELLSTONE GRAVE: Shh! Listen! See! Hear it! Hear it! I can hear Wellstone! He is saying "Dean will win! Dean will win!".

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Now, this is a sad testimonial...

[goobergunch]

1. To be fair

most of the freepers are being classy about this.

[louis-t]

2. Except the one who just had his post removed.

[LuminousX]

3. Simon was one of the few truly honorable politicians

People from both sides of the aisle respected him. I sure hope the Freepers don't diss on him too hard (of course they are some, he is a Democratic politician who looks funny).

[LTR]

4. Funny when...

...a Dem dies, they claim that he was the last of the honest Dems.

What did they say upon Wellstone's death?

What will they say when someone like Bill Clinton dies?

And they say we have no class.

But I will give Freak Republic their due - some of them are behaving in a classy manner.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

5. No such thing as a .....

"Nazi with class"!

[Faygo Kid]

6. You have some nasties over there, but most are civil - this time

Speaking of civil, looks like they have started a new Civil War thread - they can stay busy refighting that for a while.

[Melinda]

7. This thread disrespects Senator Simon's memory - please let it go

For today, out of respect - please.

[Gringo]

8. Funny how they congratulate themselves on their "Class"

While constantly taking to opportunity to berate DUers in the same thread. Obviously they think we are reading. The only dead GOPer I've seen folks being mean about was Strom Thurmond. And I'm sorry, Freepers, Thurmond was a mean, evil, racist son of a b**ch.

I'm 100% sure the freepers won't be so "gracious" on the day Ted Kennedy dies.

As for red-ink Reagan, he was a nice enough man, so I will not attack him upon his death. However, I will NOT forget the staggering damage he (and his pupeteer Bush) did to this country during his tenure as president. And if they DARED to take FDR off the dime and replaced him with Reagan, I'd file his face off every one I saw.

[xchrom]

9. it's nice -- i guess

i simply don't care about them -- what they think or feel or what happens to them. i just don't care.
it's not nice perhaps -- but my alarms just go off too loudly when around conservatives. it's about survival.

[snippy]

10. KKKreepers can pretend to be decent human beings.

But most of them are not.

Someone on DU has made the brilliant observation that John Wilkes Booth was the original freeper. It is a mistake to think that this observation was sarcasm.

[ComerPerro]

11. Its just all bullshit

These are the most pathetic, hateful people one the planet. With FReepers, there is always an alterior motive.
Sure, they are being classy (some of them) in this instance, but who really gives a shit. Most of the time they are ruthless motherfuckers. One small act of class doesn't impress me.
Besides, they are only paying "respect" so they can congratulate themselves for being so classy.
They can (and will) all go to hell.

[BraveMan]

13. One should not paint with such a broad brush . . .

[rumguy]

15. Hmmmm

[Spirochete]

12. Most of the freeps

are coming down on the nasty ones in that thread, at least

[Dookus]

14. Why pick a fight where there is none?

I read that thread earlier. They were almost universally respectful. A very small handful said disparaging things, and those that did were jumped on by the others.

And it's disrespectful to Sen. Simon to use the occasion of his death to pick a silly fight.