Posted on 04/22/2016 5:22:36 PM PDT by anymouse
Matt Drudge, founder of the Drudge Report, and Charles Hurt, editor of the Drudge Report, have come under fire from many in the grassroots for turning the site, which was put on the map by the Bill Clinton/Monica Lewinsky affair, into a shill site for the presidential campaign of Donald Trump.
The Drudge Report has made a name for itself during this election cycle of being part of the thug-style hitman team of Donald Trump in attacking his closest rival, constitutional conservative Ted Cruz . At the same time, the Drudge Report has used its influence to pump up Donald Trump with positive, glorification stories and padded polls. But there was a big change on Drudge this morning and if Matt Drudge and Charles Hurt are trying to save face, this is not the way to do it because it reveals that they will rather not talk about Trump at all if it cant be completely positive.
A search on the Drudge Report this morning revealed that there is not one story about Trump on the site, at least as of 9:14 am Pacific. Go ahead, try it. Go to the Drudge Report, hit control-F on your keyboard, then type in Trump. Not one story, positive or negative, though Drudge and Hurt never put what could be seen as a negative story about Trump on the site.
On Thursday, Donald Trump made numerous controversial remarks including stating he will raise taxes on the wealthy, a stance in line with wild-eyed socialists Democrat presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton, and also suggested that the Republican party redefine human life by excluding those lives conceived in rape and incest.
In addition, Mr. Anti-PC Trump took the most politically correct stance possible in regards to the North Carolina Bathroom Bill which states that people need to use the restroom in the facility that matches the gender on their birth certificate. Trump bowed down to the god of political correctness and opposed this bill, calling it wrong.
None of that is on Drudge.
Also on Thursday, Trumps convention manager Paul Manafort, the man who has Soviet ties and has lobbied for the Palestinians, by the way that wasnt on Drudge either, told individuals at a GOP meeting in Florida that Trumps campaign so far has all been an act and that he would evolve soon into the real Donald Trump, whatever that means. That story is nowhere to be found on Drudge.
So, what gives Drudge? Could it be that after the disgusting attacks on Christianity that you have put out to help Donald Trump as you disparaged Ted Cruz and the baseless National Enquirer hit pieces against Cruz that you ciriculated as fact, you have seen viewership decrease? Is that the reason for this sudden removal of your pro-Trump links?
In addition to the #NeverTrump campaign, there has been a growing #DumpDrudge campaign as people have gotten sick of the way the Drudge Report, a once trusted aggregator site of news for conservatives, has turned itself into Trumps personal Pravda with Matt Drudge and Charles Hurt serving as two of Trumps numerous hitmen.
There is a news alternative to the Drudge Report, without the Miley Cyrus-style gossip, that conservatives have begun to turn to. Its called The Liberty Daily and, in full disclosure, it is run by myself and my husband, Matthew Burke.
This site was not started in response to the Drudge Report working as part of Trumps unofficial propaganda machine, but the more it became obvious that the Drudge Report had sold its soul and lost its conservative credentials in pumping Trump, the more word of The Liberty Daily has spread.
Dont get snowed over by the sudden revamping of the Drudge Report. Both Matt Drudge and Charles Hurt are complicit in the rise of Donald Trump and his attempted destruction of conservativism. Perhaps they are trying to evolve simultaneously with Trump after playing a part in his campaign.
Too late.
The Drudge Report has already shown its cards and revealed that it can no longer be trusted.
Just in case you dont believe that Drudge appears to have scrubbed its site of all Trump propaganda, and all gossip about Cruz presented as news for that matter, here are screenshots of the stories currently listed on Drudge. Notice, there are far fewer links than are truly on the site.
Sure I do.
But I find that easier to swallow than men with penises in a restroom with little girls.
I guess my fear is that Trump will veer WAAAY left after elected and be as bad or worse than Hillary. I supposed I need to see how the next few months play out and see if he sticks to his past positions. If he becomes squishy as he did yesterday then..........
I was a Cruz supporter, but he’s pretty well done. I’m now just trying to stomach Trump....it’s not easy, let me tell you.
Considering that Hillery wants to continue Obama’s mass importation of Muslims to make American like Germany... I doubt Trump will ever reach that level. He genuinely seems to dislike the Muslim menace.
I hear you... I made the jump to hyper space last November.
By hyper space I mean NY hyperbole... IE:
Realize his NY dialect is different than mine & took a YUGE amount of getting used to, “I can hardly believe it, I promise you it was a disaster.” (translation: I did not make the change easy.)
He makes an off the cuff remark, in NY parlance and then while every is gagging on their own disbelief he fills in the blanks that sometimes help translate it from NY speak to flyover dialect... usually.
If someone laid a hand on Melania in a shopping mall restroom, he would blow their ####### brains out, trust me, it would be the biggest disaster for them... that means gray matter and splattered blood mixed with hair on the floor and is NOT theoretical and all. Trump? “Not going to be much of a problem, in my view with the restroom thing... its not going to be much of a problem. yeah sure, try it out, see how it works.” is what he would say... all the while he is thinking of the mess on the floor somebody is going to mop up after he drives away... WITH Melania and the boy... and three rounds short of a full magazine in his carry along security device.
Yeah. I know, Real Americans of the 911 NYC variety can speak and think in pretty direct terms... and in the process we get to hear a few extra colorful “EFF this” and “EFFING that...” commentaries. even verbal exaggerations and projected results. Christians and devout ones run to the prayer closet crying “dear God save us from hearing the bad words!”
God might respond something like... “he killed the bastard, good shot, that was a 3 inch group, story over, he’s the husband, she’s the wife, the bad guy is a smear on the floor and currently roasting in hell, just move on.”
Linguistically, we feel that too, but don’t dare say it. They (NYC folks) say it, and say it with feeling. Gusto. fughedaboudit... it is no joke... neither is “swimmin’ with the fishies”.
I am pretty sure the rest of the world gets it, and thats why they are whining about our elections here. They are afraid that they are going to get an ass kicking instead of the foot kissin that bam bam and hillary are famous for.
IATZ
I hate myself for laughing at that.
as much as I hate to make nice with a recent and former cruz supporter, if Trump could NOT pick Ted, is there anyone you would prefer he picked as his veep?
I actually like the real American black man and doctor the “very well spoken, balanced” Dr. Ben Carson.
You wanna see a "RAVING MANIAC"? GO WATCH TEDDYKINS AT HIS TEENSY RALLIES!
You're on the WRONG side, pet...I'm not. *snicker*
I thought he called it stupid because we already have too many laws which got us into this pickle - with every Federal law, the 10th Amendment dies a little more.
I don’t exactly remember what it was, but I changed my homepage from there to here when it happened...
Thanks!
This is a good way to start a bright and sunny Saturday Morning.
Let those wanting/begging to be zotted get their wish!
After his retreat on abortion and now his restroom retrograde movement, many people are just going to go through the motions and maybe vote.
The Billionaire has no clothes.
I’m just wondering if Trump is more of a fiscal conservative rather than a social conservative?
Well, I guess we know he isn’t a social issues conservative. But in general, I like Trump. Just don’t know if he is presidential material.
But I’m starting to wonder if a real conservative could ever be elected in the US any more.
That was your Opus?
I thought you were supposed to write your own Opus.
Anyone have a copy of the FR Handbook regarding Posting an Opus? I guess I had it wrong all these years.
TRUMP has more fire.
Trump is self funding
These things I know and not having donors is significant. But if he can’t articulate a defense for moral questions, that to me is proof he will not be inclined to take the heat for a ProLife Supreme Court Nominee. And when it comes to differences between the Dems and Repubs, fiscal problem solving is whatever works and is politically passable, but the litmus test of a dem is abortion. I would hope the litmus test for a GOPer would be ProLIfe.
If not.....I will still say that 1000 dead unborn children everyday is the greatest problem this Country has ever had.
That gives me a great idea, if this hasn’t been done already. Need to write a Thread on how to properly OPUS.
I should know it’s useless to even ask, as you can sure tell a tRumpkin but you can’t tell ‘em much, but I’m curious—what if his ‘pivot’ to be more presidential in the GE does, in fact, more comport with low-energy, establishment shill Jeb’s positions than what he’s been saying at his pep rallies? What if he really means none of what he says? What if you supporters are being conned?
Sure, you can ask that about any candidate, but despite your feeling that RAVING MANIAC TEDDYKINS’ positions have changed, they haven’t, like, at all.
We’ll know soon enough who’s on the wrong side, won’t we? And, we’ll also know we’ll both be on the wrong side if, big IF, another candidate is nominated at convention.
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