His linking to us dates from about mid 1998 or so very very early.
it was a couple times, maybe 10 times, taken down temporarily, usually when someone used the n-word.
A freeper reminder that Matt Drudge has been in person at two different freerepublic National events:
he never threw around his weight and he stayed on the margins, sort of embarrassed to be a celebrity.
Drudge has more class and integrity in one pinky fingertip than the entire MSM.