Please click
on the link before reading my analysis regarding it. If you don’t you won’t be
able to understand the context of the point I’m making and it won’t make much
sense to you.
This is a
very interesting article and it’s partially true, it would have been very
difficult for Trump to win the nomination without the Drudge push. It didn’t
help that the main stream media followed Trump around like puppy dogs broadcasting
his every word, giving him almost daily interviews along with dissecting his outrageous reality TV comments. Drudge may have been able to stop the bleeding
but he chose not to.
The main
stream media gave Trump free press from the start of the primary season because in
my opinion they always wanted him as the nominee from the beginning because
they believed that he would be easy prey in the general election. They undeniably
used him for ratings and give him a microphone while pretending to be his best
friend and ignored the other candidates intentionally knowing full well that
once he won the nomination they would go into full attack mode. It’s happening
now.
I tried repeatedly
to tell my Oregon Republican friends and anyone else that would listen to me at
the beginning of the primary season that supporting Trump was a terrible mistake
but not many of them listened to me.
Instead they
and many other angry and disillusioned Republicans that were sick of the RINO’s
and the GOP leadership in Washington voted for Trump in protest not really
because they liked him but as a way to express their anger and frustration by
voting for someone outside the establishment. I completely understand the anger,
I feel the same way, anger is a good thing, we should be very angry but if it’s
not directed in the right way it could be disastrous and back fire. We have to
pray it isn’t case with Trump because Republicans know what a nightmare a Hillary Presidency will be.
As far as Drudge is concerned there's no denying he plays a major role in Republican politics. I believe in
this election cycle that Drudge did make up his mind early and wanted Trump as
the nominee. Many of his posts were Pro-Trump and he went after the other
candidates with negative stories but for the most part it was Cruz since he was
the last real threat to Trump. For his reasons alone and I don’t know what they were
he didn’t want Cruz to be the nominee.
Drudge's
influence can't be under estimated, millions of Republicans go to his website every
day. When the world of the internet first started the Drudge website was the
undisputed king of conservative journalism and to many he still is. More
Republicans go to his website first for news than any other website to this day.
I was no different at one time, my first click of the day always started at his
site but since 2011 I’ve looked to other websites for sources of news and
opinion.
When Drudge first
launched his website the rest of media considered him a hack and didn’t take him
seriously as an objective journalist. In the early days he was respected as an anti-establishment
reporter that was right of center but since the George W. Bush years in my view
he’s swung more to the center and in some instances left of center in his
reporting especially when it comes to Presidential elections.
His
establishment leanings began to come through in 2011 when he was an avid
supporter of Mitt Romney. At the time I just couldn’t understand and still don’t
why he supported him in the primaries when he knew that he was not a true Conservative
Republican. At that point I started to distrust Drudge and today I don’t
consider him the ultimate go to guy or authority on Conservative politics.
I do still
visit the Drudge website because his relentless attacks on Liberals is never in
question but since he made the decision in 2011 to support Romney and now Trump
this election cycle his personal judgment can’t be trusted if you call yourself
a true Conservative.
The lesson
to be learned here is that Conservatives must seek out other internet websites
or radio commentators like Mark Levin to get information and opinion. Drudge
just like Fox News have their own agendas and many times they don’t fall into line
with Conservative ideology. Drudge is not solely responsible for the rise of
Trump, the rest of liberal media and angry voters contributed as well however
it’s never a good idea to put all your eggs in one basket.
I know Fox
News is the only mainstream media source that doesn’t promote Liberalism but it
certainly isn’t always promoting Conservatism either. If you depend solely on
Fox News and loud mouth bullies like Bill O’Reilly or Sean Hannity as orbiters
of true Conservatism you are being horribly deceived. They are others you just
have to seek them out.
Instead of
watching Fox or clicking on Drudge try these websites instead and get a
different prospective. I like the Conservative Review, Free Republic, Breitbart, News Busters, CNS News,World Net
Daily and Western Journalism among others. The King of Conservatives in all of
the media is Mark Levin. Listen to just 1 or 2 of his shows and you’ll be
convinced.
Click on the
link below for the list of top 100 Conservative websites according to Red Flag.
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