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ABC News Political Director Mark Halperin has said that Matt Drudge is "the single most influential purveyor of information about American politics."
Do you agree?
And is this a good thing?
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Re: Hot Topic 11/1/07: Matt Drudge
Dec 31, 2007 6:15 PM
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> I don't think so He is Oreily in drag.
Where are the breasts? If he's doing drag it's so understated as to be imperceptible.
Why don't they
> bring up real news like My wife got on S.S.D.I for
> her M.S. However she will not get medicare for 2
> years.She is getting cobra from her last job.But that
> cost over 600.00 a month.After her cobra runs out
> next year.She still will not be able to get medicare
> for about a year.Her meds cost over 2000 a month.As
> far as medicare go's she will die for all they
> care.She is only 48 .We have put our house for
> sale.To help pay for her cobra Good luck with the
> houseing boom.I am a disabled vet.So we can't get
> medicaid because we make more than 400 a month. Why
> have we not found any meens of help.Maybe some one
> out there can answer how this can happen in
> America??oldblues1@aol.com
Try Michael Moore. You should have called him when he was making "Sicko." He asked you to.
Bill avoids those stories because he's mainly in it to make people laugh, and think, briefly. He's not the in-depth guy. He's the guy who comes along AFTER you see Sicko and read the in-depth reports and hard work of other men, and the books of Gore Vidal, and makes you laugh with a quip or two.
He never claimed to be the go-to guy for the long, true story.
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Re: Hot Topic 11/1/07: Matt Drudge
Dec 31, 2007 6:13 PM
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> I don't know enough about Drudge to make an opinion,
> but I would like to chide Billo for making Dickensian
> references. Dickens hated bloated goverment and
> pompous,little,mean men...Billo is a poster biy for
> both.
Apparently you don't know enough about Dickens to have an opinion, either. Read one or two of his books before you conclude he hated "big government."
What he hated were "the insect on the leaf decrying the too much life among his hungry brothers in the dust," and big fat rich people moralizing about the poor as if poverty were a character flaw and not a lack of money.
And Billo is taken--it's what Keith Olberman's always called Bill O'Reilly.
If you must have an insulting nickname for Bill Maher, try BM or something less confusing.
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"And, finally, New Rule: If America's richest one-percent are now so rich that even a five-star hotel isn't good enough, it's time to bring back the guillotine."
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Re: Hot Topic 11/1/07: Matt Drudge
Dec 17, 2007 7:48 PM
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I don't know enough about Drudge to make an opinion, but I would like to chide Billo for making Dickensian references. Dickens hated bloated goverment and pompous,little,mean men...Billo is a poster biy for both.
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Re: Hot Topic 11/1/07: Matt Drudge
Dec 1, 2007 2:22 PM
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Hi, all
This is off topic for the Maher board, but.....
Glen and I talked about this last night, but it was quite late, so in case some of you missed it.....Glen reminded me that Thursday marked the 6th anniversary of the death of George Harrison.
I have been in my nostalgiac Beatles phase lately, due to re-watching that Beatles Anthology again for the last week.
So to commemorate his passing, I have taken some of the clips Glen posted and augmented them with a few more as a Tribute to George, who was a great artist, a gentle soul and a man of quiet dignity
You are still missed, George
Retrospective
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ODvpEt2ge0
What is Life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_PdIQu5dGY
Wah-Wah, with Ringo & Band, 1970s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SM5Lc3VjJ74
If Not For You, with Dylan, 1970
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdvjoIfGViU
Give Me Love, with Clapton, 1992
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m2Usws5CPI
My Sweet Lord, Concert for Bangladesh
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95LFNe3Uw-w
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Re: Hot Topic 11/1/07: Matt Drudge
Dec 1, 2007 2:21 PM
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I don't think so He is Oreily in drag.Why don't they bring up real news like My wife got on S.S.D.I for her M.S. However she will not get medicare for 2 years.She is getting cobra from her last job.But that cost over 600.00 a month.After her cobra runs out next year.She still will not be able to get medicare for about a year.Her meds cost over 2000 a month.As far as medicare go's she will die for all they care.She is only 48 .We have put our house for sale.To help pay for her cobra Good luck with the houseing boom.I am a disabled vet.So we can't get medicaid because we make more than 400 a month. Why have we not found any meens of help.Maybe some one out there can answer how this can happen in America??oldblues1@aol.com
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Re: Hot Topic 11/1/07: Matt Drudge
Nov 20, 2007 4:58 PM
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> ABC News Political Director Mark Halperin has said
> that Matt Drudge is "the single most influential
> purveyor of information about American politics."
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> Do you agree?
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> And is this a good thing?
Do people still read the Drudge Report?
I remember a few years ago, he was hot stuff on the internet. Tons of people would cite him as a source online, and that was not a good thing. Drudge's reports broke a couple of big stories (I'm drawing a blank on which), but generally had the accuracy of the National Enquirer.
Until I saw this poll at the bottom of the "New Rules" page on HBO.com, I had actually forgotten about him, the Drudge Report. I honestly figured he must have fallen by the wayside.
Matt Drudge probably has some level of appeal, in the same sense "World Net Daily" does, but that doesn't particularly mean much in the current environment.
In closing, I have to say that I hope not. I'm aware that more people are getting their news from comedy these days, and that alone kind of scares me. I watch the Daily Show, the Colbert Report and Realtime regularly, but they are not my primary sources for news, they are entertainment regarding the news I catch during the day.
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Re: Hot Topic 11/1/07: Matt Drudge
Nov 10, 2007 8:34 AM
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I'm the third person to ask who this guy is. What does he stand for? Why is HE the "real deal"? What relevence is it anyway?
The American public has by now pretty much decided that the downward spiral of this county has nothing to do with American politics. The cause of our misery has come from a single administration. We, as the public, don't need to fully understand the politics, our forefathers did a pretty damn good job of writing in stone what our politics are. We need to understand the PEOPLE who practice our politics.
The constituion and bill of rights are a near-perfect guideline, and we know when they are being belittled like they are with this administration. Jon Stewart, Bill Maher, and Stephen Colbert may not know how the common citizen is living, but at least they use their media power in our best interest. They seem to understand the pride and stength of the huge tax-paying machine that middle and low-class America is. This country is split, now more than ever, between rich and poor. And even though Maher, Colbert, and Stewart may be multi-millionaires, they have chosen pride, humanity, and a strong faith in the will of the American people over Bush's idea of "Good economy."
So I ask again, who the fuck is this guy? If anyone out there knows him, tell him to shit or get off the pot. A silent civil war is taking place and sides need to taken. He knows where to find us.
We may be swindled for a moment, looked down at for a time, taken advantage of for eternity, but NEVER be taken a fool. We were all born with a brain, very few with a back pocket. Is it so hard to just do the right thing?
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Re: Hot Topic 11/1/07: Matt Drudge
Nov 9, 2007 11:13 PM
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If Matt Drudge is "the single most influential purveyor of information about American politics", then shame on America. No, I don't agree. I think Matt Drudge gets his support from two places: dittoheads that like to think they are being non-partisan by reading his site (it's a word they can barely spell, much less understand) and journalists who think they are cutting edge or think they can gain more respectability if they give credence to a hack like Drudge.
And he is a hack who, like Bill O'Reilly, likes to pretend their are independents when they fly the red, white and douche as high as any writer on Newsmax.
We complain about politicians pandering, but we should start complaining more about journalists pandering to fringe groups in hopes of getting some sort of pretend respectability by saying they see both sides of the picture. It's complete bullshit - assuming you don't mind me co-opting a term from another cable network. The MSM is always going to be pinko liberals to the nutjobs who think Limbagh was really just in a lot of pain when he took those pills. Yes, Drudge gets good dirt, but he's the "In Touch" political blogger. He digs up the rankest of tabloid journalism in an effort to tow his political ideology and it's infuriating watching legitimate news sources pander to him.
Mark Halperin should join the democrats in their continuing effort to grow a pair and call Drudge exactly what he is: a hack.
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Re: Hot Topic 11/1/07: Matt Drudge
Nov 5, 2007 2:14 PM
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Matt Drudge is a hypocritical homosexual. I have nothing against the gay community at all; I am opposed to HYPOCRACY! The Republicans are full of liars and spin doctors and yet they are the worst offenders. The truth shall set you free...!!!
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Re: Hot Topic 11/1/07: Matt Drudge
Nov 5, 2007 4:14 AM
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A debate is an exercise in futility. All the politicians do is pander to the faux intellectuals watching the debates. The average American is to busy working or tending to their family to watch these puppets spew rehersed answeres to Miss America caliber questions. As far as their personal views on religion, they have no opinions of their own! They will always give the answer least likely to offend and most likely to win votes. America needs a great leader, no a panderer who is so afraid to offend that theey stop trying to lead. The ACLU has had its 15 mintutes and it is time to let Americans be Americans, and stop mking people feel bad about having opinions that are not fashionable or popular. This first step towards this is the politicians using these debates to express real views and insights into their party, rather than dance for the liberal media.
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Re: Hot Topic 11/1/07: Matt Drudge
Nov 4, 2007 2:22 PM
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Isn't that what Alan Alda said when he ran against Jimmy Smits in The West Wing? That "people who demand religious answers from politicians are asking to be lied to."
Maybe instead of a debate, we should stage a standardized test about the constitution and established precedent. A bonus round on the body counts of past armed conflict. There will be a little box for stating church affiliation, but no room to elaborate on personally held beliefs.
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Re: Hot Topic 11/1/07: Matt Drudge
Nov 4, 2007 11:00 AM
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Since the Presidential Debates were the main focus, Bill should make up a new rule. We have to stop asking politicians about their religious or extraterrestrial believes. I think is innapropiate and irrelevant. What is that got to do with running a country?. I want to get to know the candidates in a terrestrial level. I want to know what they have to offer to fix the mess the bush administration has left. Let's get real!!!...Dennis has a lot to offer. He has never supported or funded the Iraq war from day 1. He doesn't accept money from corporations. He is a strong environmentalist. And I thought the Mr. Spock new rule was funny. (I do have a sense of humor, you know).
I just don't want this Presidential debates to turn into a freak show. I feel pretty soon we'll be asking the candidates if they believe in ghost, for heavens sakes!!!!!
Thank you from bringing up the Gap and India exploitation of children. I don't buy anything made in China or India anyways. So pretty much,,,most of the time...I have nothing to wear.....LOL!!!!
Great show...
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Re: Hot Topic 11/1/07: Matt Drudge
Nov 3, 2007 7:06 PM
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Well, that's not entirely fair to the entertainment newsmedia. Opinion-driven news gets ratings, not because American people are like children, but because we only trust newsies and networks that share our values. (Think about it the next time you use words like 'bias' or 'credibility.')
Bill Maher is a comedian, not a newsie, he just does a news-ish show because his comic opinions focus around politics and their impact on his core issues of human/animal rights, world peace, and legalized vices. He doesn't cover stories, he covers newspapers. He doesn't break facts, he breaks an appealingly wide variety of opinions about those facts.
He couldn't do the same job on a real news show because to cover news, you have to leave your opinions at home and adopt those of your employer. Bill Maher's opinion and that of his guests, his interviews, and lately even his audience, are what we take away from the show. The facts, while undoubtedly as accurate as HBO can make them, are just credibility agents that hint to us that the opinionators know what they're talking about. Or don't, as the case may be.
Seriously, America shouldn't be offended about hearing fact from many voices. Two opinions can argue for a very long time about the meaning of a fact, and because of that, every American hears it all and has the option of picking a side if he can't grok it all on his own.
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Re: Hot Topic 11/1/07: Matt Drudge
Nov 3, 2007 12:46 PM
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> Bill Maher, Matt Drudge, Fox its all the same. We
> just get their own slant on everything.
> Americans are being treated like they are stupid and
> maybe this perception is true since they elected bush
> the second time. But I guess this makes the
> majority of the supreme court stupid too.
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> America need a national channel that is free of the
> networks and political control so everyone can make
> their case.
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> Then Bill Maher can host his elitist show and not
> have to worry about someone with an opinion trying to
> get some airtime to say what he believes and Drudge
> can get a job writing comic books.
Maybe Bill Maher should get a slot on CNN or MSNBC?
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Re: Hot Topic 11/1/07: Matt Drudge
Nov 3, 2007 12:44 PM
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Bill Maher, Matt Drudge, Fox its all the same. We just get their own slant on everything.
Americans are being treated like they are stupid and maybe this perception is true since they elected bush the second time. But I guess this makes the majority of the supreme court stupid too.
America need a national channel that is free of the networks and political control so everyone can make their case.
Then Bill Maher can host his elitist show and not have to worry about someone with an opinion trying to get some airtime to say what he believes and Drudge can get a job writing comic books.
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