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Julian Assange Praises ‘Innovator’ Matt Drudge, ‘Principled’ Rand Paul
Mediaite ^ | August 16, 2013 | Matt Wilstein

Posted on 08/16/2013 9:38:18 PM PDT by NotYourAverageDhimmi

Friday morning, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange participated in an online chat session hosted by Campus Reform, in which he offered up some special praise for conservatives Matt Drudge and Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY). Assange applauded The Drudge Report for disrupting the “self-censorship of the establishment press” and held up Paul as one of the most “principled” members of the U.S. Congress.

Responding to questions from Campus Reform editor-in-chief Josiah Ryan, Assange began by calling Drudge a “news media innovator” who has been on the rise since the Monica Lewinsky scandal. “It is as a result of the self-censorship of the establishment press in the United States that gave Matt Drudge such a platform,” Assange said, “and so of course he should be applauded for breaking a lot of that censorship.”

He also noted that social media has supplanted much of what Drudge is known for, which he described as “collecting interesting rumors that looked like they might be true and publishing them.” Assange said he only agrees with “some” of Drudge’s political opinions.

“I am a big admirer of Ron Paul and Rand Paul for their very principled positions in the U.S. Congress on a number of issues,” Assange said, saying they have been some of his “strongest supporters” when it comes to attacks on WikiLeaks. He called the position of the “libertarian Republican right” an “interesting phenomenon.” He pointed out that they principle of “non-violence” could include being against both drone warfare and abortion.

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KEYWORDS: assange; drudge; randpaul
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1 posted on 08/16/2013 9:38:18 PM PDT by NotYourAverageDhimmi
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To: NotYourAverageDhimmi

He wants something.
What could Julia Aswang want?
A deal, probably.


3 posted on 08/16/2013 9:43:20 PM PDT by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free.....)
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To: F15Eagle

Ok You want to kill him. Neanderthal.


4 posted on 08/16/2013 9:52:30 PM PDT by DManA
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To: F15Eagle

And then kill him.


6 posted on 08/16/2013 9:54:05 PM PDT by DManA
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To: NotYourAverageDhimmi

There’s a trope for that:

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame


8 posted on 08/16/2013 10:00:50 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: F15Eagle

These are secrets only to American citizens. Everyone else in the world knows this stuff.


9 posted on 08/16/2013 10:01:28 PM PDT by DManA
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To: F15Eagle

No kill him.


11 posted on 08/16/2013 10:09:38 PM PDT by DManA
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To: F15Eagle

Just kill ‘em. What the hell.


13 posted on 08/16/2013 10:12:00 PM PDT by DManA
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To: F15Eagle

These secrets aren’t protecting us, they are killing us. If you can’t see that then tough.


14 posted on 08/16/2013 10:14:21 PM PDT by DManA
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To: F15Eagle

You’re a real man arncha? You need to rethink your assumptions


16 posted on 08/16/2013 10:17:15 PM PDT by DManA
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To: F15Eagle

Go whine to to the authorities. Typical.


19 posted on 08/16/2013 10:19:11 PM PDT by DManA
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