[HAL9000]

NEWSWEEK KILLS STORY ON WHITE HOUSE INTERN; BLOCKBUSTER REPORT: 23-YEAR OLD, SEX RELATIONSHIP WITH PRESIDENT

[1Old Pro]

DRUDGE HAS OUTLIVED HIS USEFULNESS.

ELIMINATING THE FREEREPUBLIC LINK FROM HIS SITE WAS THE LAST STRAW.

[newgeezer]

Ahh, we harken back to the days when Drudge was relevant (and the worst thing facing our great nation was in our own White House)...

[cyncooper]

How well I remember this weekend.

That Saturday was the deposition in the Jones matter. I recall the clintons suddenly changed plans for dinner out that evening, with hrc later claiming she was "cleaning out closets". (It goes without saying that the contemptible media duly reported this transparent and ridiculous lie without so much as a raised eyebrow.)

On the other hand, the Jones team conspicuously went to dinner and sat at a table easily seen by the media where they toasted with champagne.

I didn't see the Drudge headline until Sunday morning...and would keep my husband apprised with each new Drudge update.

Finally, Wednesday morning I informed my husband the mainstream media finally was reporting on the intern...And it was none other than George Stephy who invoked the word "impeachment" first, as a possibility.

[Cicero]

Speed beat the spin. Computer beat the newspaper. The magazine. The TV show. The staticy radio broadcast, and all the ships at sea.

A small footnote for those who may not remember it. Walter Winchell, the pesky, influential gossip columnist on whose career Drudge has modeled himself (including his fedora) used to begin his radio broadcasts during the Second World War with this signature phrase:

"Good morning, Mr and Mrs America, and all the ships at sea."

[rs79bm]

BTW, this story and headline has got to have former and current Clinton officials fuming! We'll see how many Newscasts this makes it on tonight.. probably none, except for special report, which has a nack for reporting stories exclusive to Drudge.

[nutmeg]

Ahh... those were the days ping!

Please Freepmail me if you want on or off my infrequent ping list.

[nickcarraway]

The day I first found Free Republic.

[Incorrigible]

Congratulations Matt!!!

You deserve to take a bow.

I discovered the DrudgeReport (and FreeRepublic) 3 weeks before and couldn't believe what unfolded before my very eyes.

I've been a big fan of Matt on whatever media he's appeared.

Best of luck Matt!

[TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!]

[aristeides]

If Newsweek, Time, and other media organs were busy developing Monica Lewinsky stories, it's a dead certainty that the Clinton White House would have been given a head's up by such people as Leonard Downey at the Washington Post and Walter Isaacson at Time. So, how could Clinton have been blindsided by the Lewinsky questions from the Paula Jones lawyers at his deposition that Saturday?