Tuesday, April 19, 2005
So, Alan Colmes was right! Most people didn't know Drudge was gay!?!?
'Ssssssssssssstop. I am so not a gay man.' (left),
and the man who 'outed' him (right).
I had a great time on Alan Colmes' radio show a few weeks back. I'm proud of how well I did. (They kept extending my fifteen minutes until and hour went by). Alan's team is awesome, thanks to each of them for making it a great experience. It's nice to have someone so civilized on our issues. Anyway...when Matt Drudge came up on the show, I just assumed that EVERYONE knew he was gay. David Brock over at Media Matters for America "outed" Drudge in his book a while back.
What does Drudge do when he is not plugged into cyberspace? "That's a very good question and Im not going to discuss it," he replies.
"Hold on, Matt," I say, "you're always exposing the private lives of public figures. You can't go all coy now."
"I'm not very social. I live on an island in Miami, Florida, and I do my own shopping and pay my taxes," he says. "And I"m not mean."
That is not the way that Drudge's critics see it. David Brock, a former right-wing journalist, claimed in his book Blinded by the Right that Drudge was gay, yet supported a party that these critics see as 'homophobic'".
"So are you a gay right-wing Republican?" I ask.
"No, I'm not gay. I was nearly married a few years ago. And no, I'm not a right-wing Republican," he replies without batting an eye. "I'm a conservative and want to pay less taxes. And I did vote Republican at the last election. But I'm more of a populist."
So Matt says he not gay. Bi? Experimenting? Lincolnish?
At blogACTIVE I never draw conclusions before researching the facts. I've opened a file on Drudge so we can get some of the details out there. (Nothing quite as salacious as a stain on a blue dress -- but, if true, pretty damned close!) In the meantime, if anyone out there from Miami to Los Angeles has any information they'd like to, um, drudge up from friends, please have them send me an email at this special box. I'll use this time to go back through my tips boxes and see what I have.
By: Michael Rogers
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