To: Glenn Petersen who wrote (19192 ) 4/29/2004 5:41:13 PM From: redfish Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 81568 I'll never understand why some gay men are attracted to right-wing politics: "Matt Drudge is a semi-closeted homosexual, this is a well-known fact in Washington DC, where he has been known to frequent gay bars like Blu. In addition David Brock wrote in his autobiography Blinded by the Right about a "date" he and Matt Drudge went on where Drudge became jealous of another couple showing Brock affection."blogs.salon.com "Drudge picked me up at a friend's house in the Hollywood Hills in his red Geo Metro, arriving with an impressive bouquet of yellow roses. Jesus, I thought, Drudge thinks we're going on a date. After dinner at the famed West Hollywood restaurant Dan Tana's, he suggested we go bar hopping along the gay strip on Santa Monica Boulevard, which Drudge navigated like a pro. ... "hypocrites.com He continues sharply: "That's not true. I am a conservative. I'm very much pro-life. If you go down the list of what makes up a conservative, I'm there almost all the way. So just because I like Junior Vasquez doesn't mean I can't believe this country was built on life, not on a death culture." Hold on. Junior Vasquez? Junior Vasquez, the reigning DJ king of gay circuit parties? "Oh yeah, last year Vasquez did some of his best stuff ever," Drudge enthuses, launching into an informed rundown of house music's leading lights, praising Peter Rauhoffer and Hex Hector but deeming a recent all-night set from Danny Tenaglia at Club Space "a bit overrated." He's even more displeased with Thunderpuss, the duo who have moved from sweaty club faves such as "If It Don't Fit, Don't Force It" and the less oblique "F*** Me Harder" to remixing chart hits from the likes of Madonna and Enrique Iglesias. "Thunderpuss is gone, completely finished," he declares. "Their past three or four records have been a debacle." So meet Matt Drudge, staunch conservative, self-described soldier in the fight against the louche Clintonistas, passionate devotee of circuit house, and -- he notes with his spoon poised in the air -- a big fan of Nirvana's mulligatawny soup. miaminewtimes.com