quidam — like DITHF, “quidam” is a FReeper screen name. Quidam was noted for his unique posting style — one or two short, cryptic sentences, maybe a sentence fragment, and his posts were always signed twice. That is, not only did it appear automatically as it does on all replies, he also typed in his screen name to close each of his posts. Because of the nature of his posts and writing style, one could infer he was a knowledgeable, high-placed, anonymous Beltway insider. He spoke of such things as the dark and mysterious “men in suits” who would ultimately render a decision to Bill Clinton and remove him from office. Although ulimately discredited as an insider, his posts were among the most entertaining and memorable from the pre-impeachment era. He was a popular contributor and among the most well-known FReepers at the time. Unlike DITHF, Quidam occasionally still posts to FR, and he (or she?) is usually greeted with a wave of nostalgia. =) Quidam has been accused of being none other than Matt Drudge (just a rumor).
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/673536/posts
As Baggie pointed out, Quidam was a manifestation in the late 1990’s of the last big run at the derps which was the Clinton Impeachment
bearing in mind of course, that it was Newt Gingrinch in the House which led THAT attempt-at the end of which Newt wound up as the one resigning-and NOT BJC
You’re description is interesting. The way they try to compare Quidam to Q makes it sound like Quidam was something or someone bad. You make it sound like Quidam was fun to converse with.