Matt Drudge headline re: Cindy Sheehan in September 2005.

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https://web.archive.org/web/20050926210119/http://www.drudgereport.com/

CINDY SHEEHAN ARRESTED AT WHITE HOUSE IN CUNNING STUNT

What was Drudge trying to accomplish?

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	Drudge meant to call Cindy Sheehan the c-word
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	Perfectly innocent, no misogyny intended
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[MohRokTah]

1. K&R eom

[PeaceNikki]

2. A DUer used it in 2008 about Palin. And skip participated in that thread.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7059909#7059935

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3. The truth be told, the attitude re: sexism vs Palin

was too permissive. Exacerbated by her anti-feminist candidacy, but that's not an excuse.

[PeaceNikki]

4. Agreed.

[AngryAmish]

5. Thank gosh that this idiocy can c9ntinue for a second day.

DU never lets me down.

[geek tragedy]

6. Well, a number of apologists continue to litigate this issue

by claiming there is nothing wrong with using that same phrase at Hillary Clinton.

When they finally stop the sophomoric attempts to justify misogyny we can move on.

Don't forget to vote in the poll.

[Cha]

10. Exactly the way I feel about it. But, "he really didn't use that word. the facts are on our side"

glad they're not running the board.

[NuclearDem]

7. Well, he didn't spell out c***, so it's fine.

And even if he did, it means something else in the UK, even though he's American.

[Cha]

8. Wow, one person voted "perfectly innocent no misogyny intended".. We have a drudge fan!

Drudge was trying to be clever.. it didn't work then and it's not working now.

[MohRokTah]

9. And a fan od sophomoric misgynistic jokes.

Sad to see here.

SMH

[sharp_stick]

11. He was a moron

as is everyone that thinks that's a clever turn of phrase.

It's as opaque as clean glass and as old as the internet.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

12. You would be surprised how so many people have defended it on the grounds...

You would be surprised how so many people have defended it on the grounds it really wasn't what he said.

They have to be the most disingenuous or obtuse people on the planet.

[sharp_stick]

13. It's unbelievable

I wonder what they'd think if it was a classmate using it when referring to their daughter on Facebook.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

14. Their defense is if you of a certain age you wouldn't know what he was trying to convey.

It reminds me of an article in Vanity Fair a while back about David Geffen where a fellow Hollywood mogul who obviously wasn't fond of him called him an unusually good fellatrix.

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15. Do they get confused by phrases like

master debater or cunning linguist?

[Hekate]

16. Now now...

I've seen wallet cards purporting to be fishing licenses for "Master Baiters."

Yes, it no doubt confuses some people all to bits.

[nadinbrzezinski]

17. I am glad you read Drudge

I don't. So you do this often? Or just to prove a point that the rest of us who did not know, and per your view should have. no dinner for me tonight... are still going to say that this was excessive, but par for the course.

So let me quote somebody else in Republican land.

The presidential press secretary, Ari Fleischer, condemned Bill Maher's irreverent comic response to 9/11 by reminding "all Americans that they need to watch what they say, watch what they do." Fear itself—the fear that "paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance," as FDR had it—was already being wielded as a weapon against Americans by their own government.

And we are indeed at that point.



So we will now watch what we say on this site. Well I have since I came back. No use in feeding the usual crowd.

I expect this to be alerted, possibly hidden as well... perhaps worst.

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19. I don't read Drudge, but I'm aware of his antics. nt

[nadinbrzezinski]

20. I see

[PowerToThePeople]

18. Fuck Drudge, fascist pile of shit.

Cindy Sheehan is a Hero.