Anyone think a whole closetful of shoes is about to drop on "Jeff Gannon"?

[Proud2BAmurkin]

hahahaha

[Botany]

1. Now who would be calling Mr. Gannon's escort biz??????

Hmmmmmmmmm


:bounce:

This could take 'em down. Somebody on a phony name with no reporting experience
gets press credentials and passes into the White House?

Can you say plant?

This dynamite!

Light the fuse.

[johnfunk]

8. I wonder of Ken "Ambiguously Straight" Mehlman had Gannon on his Rolodex

... or bookmarked on Intersex X-plorer... hmmm...

[BurtWorm]

2. "closetfull"

is the operative word. :wow:

[complain jane]

3. Freeper on another board told me

that this should really be dropped... this man was the only journalist with integrity, only journalist who wasn't part of the Bush-bashing Mainstream Media and must have been viciously attack and threatened and harrassed for standing up for what be believed in.

Freeper said if we know what's good for us as a party, we'll move on and let it drop.

BBBBBBBBWWWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

[JohnnyRingo]

10. Hahahaha...I've been hearing a lot of that last line on Fox etc, lately

As if the only way to save the Democratic party is to give up and support the Republicans.

The political pendulum may have reached the limit of it's swing to the right. The momentum built up in a return to the center may continue to the right in years to come.

[johnfunk]

4. Forecast: heavy Manolo Blahmik precipitation...

Jeff, Jeff, Jeff... what's a girl to do?

[monobrau]

5. One thing, though

Don't underestimate Rove and his penchant for dirty tricks. Was it really that easy to blow this guy's cover, or is it somehow a ruse to make it look like "leftists" destroyed someone's career BECAUSE HE WAS GAY.
I know it's tin foil hat territory, but you have to visit that turf when you deal with this gang.
They are always willing to take a punch if it means they can counter with a better move.

[AlCzervik]

6. anything is possible. Maybe like a big news flash

that the photos of him were photo-shopped. Rove had them planted like the nationial guard thing.

[JohnnyRingo]

11. Then again...If Rove and Co. is so foresightedly devious,

...wouldn't they have planted WMDs in Iraq?

I think they cover their collective asses by making stuff up as they go, with operatives like Hannity and Limbaugh working 24/7 to that end.

[Hissyspit]

12. I remain optimistically pessimistic...

If this makes it into the mainstream, it is important to press the journalistic integrity and corruption issues - over and over. The Right will spin it and the half-attentive American public will only hear the slogans.

But this whole affair is not O.K. It is dangerous and sick and it may go very deep and the truth needs out.

[mzmolly]

19. It's not because he's gay, it's because he's a hypocrite.

:hi:

[Walt Starr]

20. It's not the gay thing, it's the pimp for prostitutes thing.

Geez.

[Athame]

29. That was my first thought, too

Remember the AWOL story being turned against us with the insinuation that Dems are against National Guard service members.

Similar going on with the Hispanicy Gonzales hearings and Condi as black woman.

I was also thinking that a plant like this would serve two purposes: to get out the shrub** talking points and to have a spy among the other "journalists" at other times than the press conferences to gather dirt for Rove and gang.

[roguevalley]

30. he blew his own cover by asking such an outlandish question that

it drew attention to himself. Stupid people always overreach. Thank God.

[Atman]

7. Unfortunately, NO

No one but us is talking about it. I think this journalist/fake GOP shill think is getting a life of its own, and the press will start to walk the Black & Read line, and speak no ill of other journalists, lest they also be caught in the net one day and need similar protections. We'd be fools to believe the four that have been "caught" (Williams, Gallagher, this guy, and the woman fake reporter) are the only ones. Notice how many "pundits" you never heard of have surfaced since Bush's first installation? Come onnnn.

[Shakespeare]

13. Well, not exactly.....

From TalkingPointsMemo.com:

Rep. Slaughter (D) of New York calls on the president to explain why a phony 'reporter' from 'Talon News' got accredited at the White House for the apparent purpose of teeing up softball questions for McClellan and the president.

Meanwhile, an eagle-eyed poster at Dailykos asks why this fellow also seems to have been leaked a CIA memo about Valerie Plame.

She references this passage from a December 26th, 23 piece in the Washington Post: "On Oct. 28, Talon News, a news company tied to a group called GOP USA,posted on the Internet an interview with Wilson in which the Talon News questioner asks: 'An internal government memo prepared by U.S. intelligence personnel details a meeting in early 2002 where your wife, a member of the agency for clandestine service working on Iraqi weapons issues, suggested that you could be sent to investigate the reports. Do you dispute that?'"

And here's the info from Slaughter's site:

http://www.louise.house.gov/HoR/Louise/News/Press+Releases+By+Date/2005+Press+Releases/WH+Briefing+Room+Scandal.htm

Dear Mr. President:

In light of the mounting evidence that your Administration has, on several occasions, paid members of the media to advocate in favor of Administration policies, I feel compelled to ask you to address a matter brought to my attention by the Niagara Falls Reporter (article attached), a local newspaper in my district, regarding James "JD" Guckert (AKA Jeff Gannon) of Talon News.

According to several credible reports, "Mr. Gannon" has been repeatedly credentialed as a member of the White House press corps by your office and has been regularly called upon in White House press briefings by your Press Secretary Scott McClellan, despite the fact evidence shows that "Mr. Gannon" is a Republican political operative, uses a false name, has phony or questionable journalistic credentials, is known for plagiarizing much of the "news" he reports, and according to several web reports, may have ties to the promotion of the prostitution of military personnel.

Several weeks ago when it was revealed that radio/TV host Armstrong Williams had received payment from your Administration in exchange for his vocal support of the 'No Child Left Behind' initiative, I was stunned. For years now I have been leading the fight in Congress for fairness and accountability in the media; the Williams revelation only underscored the need for a media that has integrity, is balanced and expresses the local interests and concerns of its consumers.

Since that time, two more members of the media have been found to have received money from your Administration in exchange for their vocal, yet undisclosed support of Administration policies.

And just this morning we have learned that "Mr. Gannon" has resigned his post at the, so called, Talon News amid growing concerns over his controversial background and falsified qualifications. In fact, it appears that "Mr. Gannon's" presence in the White House press corps was merely as a tool of propaganda for your Administration.

Mr. President, I am sure we both agree the White House Press Corps is an honored institution in America that should be beyond the scope of partisan meddling, and that a free and independent media is the cornerstone of our success as a democracy. Likewise, I am sure we can both agree the American people have the right to expect that journalists who question their President everyday are experienced, independent, and perhaps most importantly, unbiased in their approach.

I was already concerned about what appears to be an organized campaign to mask partisan propaganda as legitimate news by your Administration. That we have now learned this same type of deception is occurring inside the White House briefing room itself is even more disturbing.

That is why I am asking you to please explain to the Congress and to the American people how and why the individual known as "Mr. Gannon" was repeatedly cleared by your staff to join the legitimate White House press corps?

Mr. President, your Administration has driven the so-called "values" debate in this country. But the most important value for those of us in public service should always be honesty and integrity, particularly when considering the manner in which we conduct our affairs of state.

I would appreciate your prompt response on this matter.


Respectfully,


/LMS

[Atman]

16. Daily Kos and Talking Points are NOT the MSM

Maybe it will take a day or two. I'm willing to keep beating the drum and allowing it to gestate. But, look around. CNN is still doing stories on the wonderful odor emitted by Condi's turds, as are most of the other MSM outlets.

My point is, WE may know about it, Slaughter may have written a letter about it, but the MSM is not picking up any of it. There are 40,000 or so DU members, and 300,000,000 American Citizens. Kos, Talking Points and DU are only enough to get this story a "lunatic conspiracy theory from the fringe left" lable from anyone until they see a "real" news station broadcast it.

[Shakespeare]

17. No, but MSNBC is.

Olberman's got a segment on it tonight. Salon's picked it up as well.

[Atman]

18. Crossfire isn't even mentioning it, either.

If Begala won't bash Novak over the head with this, CNN has no intention of airing it until they are forced to by "competition."

[Shakespeare]

21. You don't think MSNBC is considered "competition" for CNN?

Given that Olberman is doing his segment tonight, about 48 hours after the shit hit the fan, I'd say we're on a pretty good pace with this.

[Shakespeare]

22. whoops--looks like CNN *is* covering it.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3080606

[Shakespeare]

25. Just a little kick.

:hi:

[oasis]

23. Wolf mentioned a "mystery man" in the White House press corps in

his promo.

[MsTryska]

24. Which is what i can't understand.

they were all over it like a fly on shit when they took Dan Rather down, you'd think soemthing this juicy they'd be all over too.

especially considering he apparently has made no friends in the Press Corps.

[patcox2]

9. Is this the Heidi Fleiss of the GOP?

Is that what is being suggested? Could this guy know who's in the closet, might he have a client list like Heidi?

[nostamj]

14. yes, a Tshoenami of Imeldaesque proportions! n/t

[Proud2BAmurkin]

15. lol

nt

[tom_paine]

26. No. Party Members are above the law and protected by Party Apparatus

Busheviks same as Bolsheviks.

[txaslftist]

27. Spiked black leather pumps, perhaps?

[Proud2BAmurkin]

28. spiked leather jackboots

ow!