Wolfson: Drudge Siren Gave Me Nightmares

Via Politico, Former Hillary Clinton campaign flack (and current Fox News contributor) Howard Wolfson tells the New York Times how the Drudge siren drove him mad:

By the end of the campaign, I was seeing the Drudge siren in my sleep. As people in politics know all too well, Matt Drudge, the Internet provocateur who runs the Drudge Report Web site, posts a flashing siren whenever he wants to alert readers to major campaign news or rumors. The siren haunted my dreams and was always in the corner of my eye -- except when it was in plain sight, on my computer screen, signifying success or, more often, terrible failure and impending doom. As soon as that siren started flashing, instant messages would pop up, just below the siren, one after another -- each one beginning with "Seen Drudge?" until my entire computer screen was filled with instant-message boxes illuminated by the light of Drudge's siren. It might have been beautiful if it hadn't been so frightening.

Comments

[jubo]

Drudge? An Internet provocateur? No, just a Right wing press review.

[eden4barack08]

That's why Hillary lost.

[illinoisan]

I never read Drudge and from what I read about it, I don't understand the media's fixation with it.

[dgerzeeboy]

Mac Sludge. Buh-bye.

[timtimes]

Some folks are more afraid of shadows than others.

Enjoy.

[luckyoldson]

And you wonder why Clinton lost out?

Anybody who reads Drudge deserves what they get.

[kissmygrits]

ROFLMAO... reading the losers' site, huh? If he'd been reading HuffPo and DailyKos, his candidate might've done a lot better...

[kissmygrits]

That was your first problem, dipsh-t.

[Boadicea]

No wonder he's a loser. You can't be afraid of a twerp like Matt Drudge and win a national election campaign.

[bubbuh]

Howard Wolfson tells the New York Times how he is a spineless wirner.

[TurkerB]

Oh, sorry, when I saw the headline, I thought Howard W. meant someone on the Drudge 'staff' like Ann Coulter or Michelle Malkin -- then the word should have been 'harpy'.

Since it was a flashing siren from the Sludge Report, blow it off and move to a healthier website...­.

[realtalkingnow]

Maybe it's because the Clinton's had alot more secrets in their closet that their staff knew about, and were scared it would leak out, and they would see it on Drudge the next day, so they were always on pins and needles.

[llmitchellb]

That's crazy talk. If the Clintons had soooooo many secrets, do you think they were being held back for this primary battle? And if so, do you think Obama would have tapped her as SoS?
God, with the conspiracies.

[Clavis]

Who's Matt Drudge?

[nellie]

Good question.

[theone718]

Does Drudge have any sort of credibility left after w h o ring every poll that showed the race tight?

[ricitizen]

The guy needs to turn on his "Pop up blocker" and update his firewall and anti virus protection. Also, he should stop going to that use website and by the way, find another job.