Another Republican scandal is sinking into oblivion.

[Vinca]

How does this happen? Does anyone know? Gannon/Guckert/Bulldog-gate is barely a blip on the radar. Judging by MSM nonreporting, no one particularly cares this character was allowed into the White House and was within feet of the POTUS, asking his questions directly. What am I missing? We lived with that stained blue dress for more than a year. You would've thought Clinton was the devil presiding over earth . . . is the Democratic memory so short we don't remember? So we finally get a bona fide scandal in the Bush administration and it turns out to be as limp as a Bulldog when the $1200 check bounces. Has there been a peep out of any of our ELECTED Democratic officials on this matter? They should keep one thing in mind. If this character was a major player on their staff and this stuff came to light, they'd be run out of town on a rail by every Republican in the House and Senate. Guaranteed.

[cthrumatrix]

1. easy - corporate media does NOT report it

I'm still waiting for a decent report on Sibel Edmunds and her testimony reclassified as a security issue --- all BS

[Lindacooks]

2. All I can say is that the bloggers are the new Woodward and

Bernstein. If you've ever watched 'All the President's Men' you'll see that for months and months and months they were doggedly pursuing the Nixon story when nobody else wanted to touch it. And it gradually got bigger and bigger.

That's that the left wing bloggers are doing - all the investigative work. You never know - this thing could blow up.

[global1]

11. All The President's Men - Takes On A New Meaning With Gannon!!!!! n/t

[Lindacooks]

35. Yes, it certainly does!

eom

[Hugin]

3. "Has there been a peep out of any of our ELECTED Democratic officials?"

Yes, there were two inquiries made so far... One Senator and congress
person I believe. Others here know more.

[cthrumatrix]

4. 1/2 hearted and for show ---- watch them do nothing UNLESS the

issue becomes soooooo obvious theu have to.

Corporations own them..their vote and their conscience

[DearAbby]

10. We have to hold their feet to the fire too...Write * Call * e-mail* Fax

them, make their fax machines smoke, pile them with letters and emails, work their staffs...let them know that this needs investigating. Keep their feet to the fire...We are their backbone. We are the party...you and I, remember?

Now Sic em'

[Bluebear]

6. Dem senators "cooled" to the idea yesterday

Assholes.

[Hugin]

23. I hadn't heard that...

I am truly disappointed in them.

[Enraged_Ape]

27. The real kicker is that they "cooled" because he went from...

being a suspected hooker to a real hooker.

As God is my witness, that is they excuse they're giving. Don't worry if it doesn't make a lick of sense to you. It's got me completely stymied.

[KharmaTrain]

30. No Investigation Will Ever See The Light Of Day

This is why the Democrats and other non-Repugnicans need to set up, fund and support and organization that will use the courts to do what our government won't...investigate with some teeth.

There's a laundry list of people and scandals to dig through now...and having people testify under oath and in front of juries will put a lot more fear of god into the corporate media than some Congressional posturing that will be ridiculed by the right wing and "librul" whining and that's what the echo chamber will state.

There's a strong need for someone with the legal smarts and stones to press some civil suits and through the use of discovery and FOIA, we'll get a lot more a lot faster than a Congressional or Senate investigation. If you don't turn over materials to a house committee, they call you nasty names on C-SPAN, if you fail to meet a court-ordered subpoena, your ass goes in the slammer.

The GOOP used this tactic against Clinton...it kept the Paula Jones story alive and we saw what happened there.

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[Vinca]

7. You're right . . . I forgot. Just wish it had more of an impact. nt

[Webster Green]

5. Can you imagine if this happened under a Dem administration?

OMFG!

The propaganda networks would be on this 24/7, demanding resignations or impeachment.

The hypocrisy and double standards are unbelievable.

[Vinca]

9. Bingo. My point exactly.

[Walt Starr]

8. Was it over when the Germans attacked Pearl Harbor?

It's not over til WE SAY IT'S OVER!

[DearAbby]

13. lol Walt nt

[oasis]

Just as a court reserves the right to recall a witness, we're not letting

Gannon get away until the trial is over.

[Kikosexy2]

12. Just nag..

the hell out of the networks/stations that you want more reporting on Bulldog-gate!! It's news and we want to know!!

[cthrumatrix]

14. not when you have M Jackson goin 7x24

[DearAbby]

16. Crap dance all over Michael Jackson, Gawd TV has become a total

Wasteland...Its the Blogosphere that's the news, the Crapomedia is death taking life-savers. They just dont want to admit it. We are the Backbone...write your Reps..DEMAND an Investigation. WE THE PEOPLE DEMAND ANSWERS.

[Kikosexy2]

21. Don't..

give up...nag, nag, nag to high heaven!!! especially Fox News--drive them nuts.

[seabeyond]

15. they didnt start with the blue dress it was all they could find

and after 70m that was what the american people paid for the blue dress. the only thing the repugs could say, given that is all they had on clinton was, he lied about sex.........he lied i tell you, not the sex but the lie

but i agree, the lying, changing studies and reports, the total ugliness adn criminality of this administration and yet another one sinks.

[Vinca]

19. That spread eagle photo of Bulldog ought to be front page on

every cheesy rag in the country. Is the ENTIRE media being paid off? Even the tabloids?

[prairierose]

34. Rats...I must have missed that one!!!! LOL...n/t

[Deja Q]

17. one party system PLUS corporate media equals

disaster.

[Zenlitened]

18. Catherine Crier on Court TV just did a segment on it.

She was ragin' pissed that the story is getting so little attention. She raised all the angles, including Plame, and also ridiculed Howie Kurtz for his lame efforts to dismiss the whole thing.

Guests were liberal blogger who broke (?) the story, and some repuke shill from WSJ who tried -- and FAILED! -- to dismiss it, too.

Over all tone of the segment, from what I saw, was good: this stinks, it's a security issue, and the media sucks for not covering it.

Progress. :)

[Vinca]

22. That's why this differs from Clinton and Lewinsky.

It IS a security matter. In a time when Rummy comes on the tube to tell us the terrorists are still plotting, the White House is admitting a guy who uses a pseudonym, has a half-assed journalistic career going at a half-assed news site and is apparently advertising himself via naked photos on the Internet . . . and who knows what else. It's mind blowing.

[spanone]

24. Saw it . KICK

You know what was amazing? She acted like she had just learned about it. We (DU) on the internet have to realize that the net-news is days ahead of the MSM. We have to keep patient and keep at it.

[corbett]

20. One-Word Answer

KKKarl.

[pretzel4gore]

25. compared to 911 it's nothing....

they're criminals. period. they get away because most of the media has been corrupted, blackmailed and are cowards to begin with....any cheap crook given the tools bushco has could pull it off, probably with alot less evidenciary detritus marking their way

[BigBearJohn]

26. An example of GOP "Family Values" PLEASE SEE ATTACHED

[Ellipsis]

28. Woo hoo! Michael Moore posts story.

Dedicates 5 inches on home page, ah..no pun intended.

[tom_paine]

29. Like the Communist Party in the Soviet Union

That's it. That is the answer. The System of Checks and Balances has been smashed like a watch with a hammer. All that remains is the Ghost Echo and Inertia, really.

However fast the Busheviks and their demented progeny want to move (how fast they think they can get away with moving) us to Full orwellian Totalitarianism is how fast we'll move there.

Already pretty close on many fronts.

[DireStrike]

31. Write in and ask them to cover it?

I dunno what else to do.

[DU GrovelBot]

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