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question everything Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-26-05 11:23 PM
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Never visit Drudge report
but can someone please give me an example of a story that was completely invented and found to be coming straight from his ass? Need to reply to a freeper on a different - "non political" message board.
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democracyindanger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-26-05 11:24 PM
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1. Sidney Blumenthal
Drudge broke a "story" that Sid Blumenthal beat his wife. Absolutely untrue. I think Blumenthal ended up suing him and settled out of court.
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greenbriar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-26-05 11:25 PM
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2. um...didn't the swifty smarmy
guys start there?
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democracyindanger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-26-05 11:26 PM
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3. Not sure. But wouldn't be surprised.
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lvx35 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-26-05 11:28 PM
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4. Drudge also broke the story that Hillary was a lesbian
from the recent bok...can't remember the name. The guy is full of shit.
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question everything Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-26-05 11:30 PM
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5. Thanks n/t
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qanda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-26-05 11:31 PM
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6. The story about Kerry and the intern
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Skip Intro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-26-05 11:44 PM
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9. Yeah, "Kerry and his mistress" who had been moved to South Africa
or something

He ran it for days, I think, with a ***WORLD WIDE EXCLUSIVE*** header.

I quit visiting that sewer just after that.
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barb162 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-26-05 11:49 PM
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11. Yes, and during the Kerry campaign
He didn't retract or apologize for it either as I recall
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Skip Intro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-27-05 12:58 AM
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16. No, he never retracted it. He just moved on as if it never happened -
just like the thugs he whores for - a bullshit war for a bullshit reason - all lies, and their position is, " its not so much a reason as why we went as it is to succeed." In other words, let's just pretend it didn't happen.

That's the character of this whole gang and its bots - who perfer to live in a technicolor red white and blue fantasy world that face the reality of their own damned actions.

And a weasel like drudge just scampers along, doing as he's told, awaiting some treat, no doubt.
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-26-05 11:32 PM
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7. Drudge has about as much to do with news as...
Maxim has to do with pornography.
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question everything Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-26-05 11:39 PM
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8. And that was my reply
that freeper claimed that Drudge is the same as the NYT and I commented that what else can one expect from someone who gets his news from Faux news?

And isn't it interesting that all those "family values" guys salivate over the sex-related stories on Drudge?
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-26-05 11:55 PM
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13. Good point. Those family values people are full of crap.
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Montauk6 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-26-05 11:47 PM
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10. You could argue that Drudge completely ignoring Gannon
is passive-aggressive deception.
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barb162 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-26-05 11:51 PM
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12. I look at Drudge a few times a week. I often write to him
My last lovenote was asking why the Rove story wasn't his big headline
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bluestateguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-27-05 12:24 AM
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14. Bill Clinton and the illegitimate black baby
Like something out of the movie Primary Colors. In 1998, allegedly a black woman in Arkansas claimed that her son was Bill Clinton's. Allegedly a secret DNA test was performed---that came back negative. After that Drudge just walked away from the story as if it never existed.
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DanCa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-27-05 12:44 AM
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15. I haven't visited sludge since he smeared kerry's daughters (nt)
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