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Republican establishment gangs up on Newt Gingrich (Bloody Thursday, Drudge...)
Toronto Star ^ | 1/26/12 | Mitch Potter

Posted on 01/27/2012 4:44:48 PM PST by jimbo123

It has no name yet, but something akin to “Operation: Newtralize” is building into an onslaught against Newt Gingrich’s drive for the presidency.

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By late Thursday the conservative blogosphere was in open revolt, with right-wing bloggers aiming their fury at Drudge for what many perceived as an attack coordinated with Team Romney.

(Excerpt) Read more at thestar.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: backstabberromney; baindirtytricks; bloodythursday; drudge; drudge4romney; romneydirtytricks
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A day after Bloody Thursday and I'm still perplexed at why Drudge sold out to the GOP establishment. What was in it for him?
1 posted on 01/27/2012 4:44:54 PM PST by jimbo123
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I was sorry to hear Rush cover for him today. Not good.


2 posted on 01/27/2012 4:46:31 PM PST by Parley Baer
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http://www.quantcast.com/drudgereport.com#traffic

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3 posted on 01/27/2012 4:48:13 PM PST by Para-Ord.45
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Mark Levin is supposedly covering for Drudge on tonight’s show, too. Sad.


4 posted on 01/27/2012 4:48:47 PM PST by jimbo123
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To: Parley Baer
Me to. I was confused by what Rush said...

...RUSH: A lot of people have been ripping on Matt Drudge... But in terms of all this stuff, it's odd to me to hear people complain that Drudge selects his stories and distorts his headlines to forward an agenda.

5 posted on 01/27/2012 4:52:08 PM PST by Jane Long (Soli Deo Gloria!)
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Our Newt is the one they fear and bash the most.
6 posted on 01/27/2012 4:52:26 PM PST by Bronzy (Drop a NEWTron on Obama!)
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To: Jane Long

Rush pimped his brother David as supporting Santorum. That’s all I heard before I changed the channel.

Rush is dead to me.


7 posted on 01/27/2012 4:54:14 PM PST by sodpoodle ( Newt - God has tested him for a reason...... to celebrate life and embrace the future.)
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I only listen to Rush when I want to learn about golf.


8 posted on 01/27/2012 4:56:04 PM PST by shelterguy
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What was in it for him?

Matt's got a thrill up his leg for his new squeeze Mitt...


9 posted on 01/27/2012 4:57:07 PM PST by COBOL2Java (Controlling RINOs in Congress is like herding cats; should we be surprised Newt got scratched?)
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Mark Levin is supposedly covering for Drudge on tonight’s show, too. Sad.

The only way I can explain what's going on, is if Newt is the anti-christ, the twelfth Imam, Hillary's secret lover, helping Iran build nuclear weapons, and is an alien.

And we're the only ones that don't know it.
10 posted on 01/27/2012 4:58:06 PM PST by ZX12R (FUBO GTFO 2012 ! We should take off and Newt washington from orbit.)
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"What was in it for him? "

Easy.

Put these links above the fold and we'll give you $1 for every hit directed to the main article from your site.

A million dollar day.

11 posted on 01/27/2012 5:00:33 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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I think it was damage control-one bad word from Rush and Matt’s site would suffer (friendship thing as well-Matt gets out stories that Rush gives him vice versa). Matt has been unprofessional by posting videos which were in of editing. No one with integrity would have put that video up like that. That is a legitimate complaint; so very disappointing that Rush said that.


12 posted on 01/27/2012 5:00:51 PM PST by Christie at the beach
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To: ZX12R

Whatever is going on, it is a well oiled machine against him. I think we are going to end up with Romney vs Obama...the devil or the witch.


13 posted on 01/27/2012 5:01:55 PM PST by Matt Hatter
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To: Parley Baer

“I was sorry to hear Rush cover for him today. Not good.”

Levin urged listeners to lay off of Drudge tonight as well, basically because of past good services. I like and respect Levin, but no. Not for this. Not at this time, with such a fine balance and so much riding on it.

Just speaking for myself.


14 posted on 01/27/2012 5:05:17 PM PST by Psalm 144 (Voodoo Republicans: Don't read their lips - watch their hands.)
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Drudge is in the tank for the teflon Romney. The RINO’s showed their true colors yesterday with their all out barrage, ie. Dole, McCain, Hume, Krauthammer,Rove, Crystal, Coulter, Noonan, Will, Charley Crist,Abrams, Rubio et al. And three losers, McCain, old man Bush & Dole are all supporting Romney, misery loves company


15 posted on 01/27/2012 5:08:42 PM PST by kenmcg (How)
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16 posted on 01/27/2012 5:09:14 PM PST by JediJones (Newt-er Romney in 2012!)
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LOL! Well, there you go.


17 posted on 01/27/2012 5:11:05 PM PST by ZX12R (FUBO GTFO 2012 ! We should take off and Newt washington from orbit.)
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To: sodpoodle

I couldn’t believe Rush wouldn’t say who he was voting for in Florida... that’s not an endorsement. He expects people to value his analysis, but won’t tell them who he’s voting for... I was very surprised. To me, that means it must be Romney... No conservative could fault him for supporting Newt or Sanctimonium.


18 posted on 01/27/2012 5:11:19 PM PST by true believer forever (First, they came for the rich.)
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To: sodpoodle

I heard that and thought it was kind of cheesy of Rush.

I know his brother DID endorse Santorum but for Rush to mention is was kind of a cowardly way for Rush to do a pseudo-endorse.

Rush isn’t crazy about Newt, that’s obvious to anyone who listens.


19 posted on 01/27/2012 5:12:12 PM PST by Fishtalk (http://patfish.blogspot.com/)
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To: Christie at the beach

How exactly was a short, boring, amateurishly chopped up video of Newt posted on YouTube in December that still had almost no hits “trending?” It was one thing and one thing only, the attempt of opposition researchers to dig up any obscure thing they could to make Newt look bad. Please show me one place that video was posted before it went on Drudge that could have made it “trending.” Let’s nevermind that Norm Coleman’s saying Romney would not repeal Obamacare never made it to Drudge at all.


20 posted on 01/27/2012 5:12:29 PM PST by JediJones (Newt-er Romney in 2012!)
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