When, as a Clinton aide, Sydney Blumenthal warned of a "vast, right-wing conspiracy," we all made fun of him. But he was talking about the neocon-religious right cabal, which vibrates with hatred of him. Drudge even smeared him as a wife-beater(!), and then had to retract. Drudge continues to call him "Sid Vicious."
For a taste of why the axis of evil wants to demonize him, see Blumenthal's brilliant analysis of the debate.
