Matt Drudge makes #6 on the Out Power Gay 50

Followed closely by Rachel Maddow at #4.  And Anderson Cooper at #3. And Ellen at #2. And Barney Frank at #1. Meanwhile, Suze Orman is way down at #22 (seems like she’s on the TV every time I turn it on discussing the economy). Wanda Sykes #35. Jodie Foster #36. Oprah’s Nate Berkus #41. Rosie O’Donnell #42. Perez Hilton #43.

Matt Drudge — the archly conservative 42-year-old owner of the right wing news–aggregating site Drudge Report—also happens to love Chaka Khan, The Young and the Restless, and sex with men. Though he often plays coy about his homosexuality — “I go to straight bars. I go to gay bars,” he once said — he had a long-term relationship with a male landscaper. The power of Drudge is formidable; he reports that his site averages 20 million page views a day. Unfortunately, his agenda is often antigay, anti-choice, and anti-tolerance. No one said power was always used for good.