OK... It has to be asked. WHY did "Gannon" do that interview???

[Goldmund]

I thought that he was either going to come clean (less likely) or he had a well-crafted coverup. He just went there without a clue about what he was going to say and how we was going to answer the obvious questions.

Why do the interview at all? All this does is 1) Extends the legs of the story even further and 2) Strengthens suspicions and inspires people to dig even deeper into his past and present, and his connections.

Who did he think he was going to help? Why did he do this?

Speculate away.

[Chipper Chat]

1. He craves attention. Period.

[jdj]

37. No, it's because the reich put a gun to his head and told him

to get his ass out there. The reich controls the media, and unless people are willing to look at porn, they aren't going to believe this is as bad as it is.

So he cleans up, puts on a tie, and does the circuit. People go, well, that's a normal looking man, it can't be that bad. (I.e. he can't REALLY be gay). That's the point of course, but I believe Rove is still calling the shots. Right now Gannon is fearing for his life and will probably do anything they tell him to do.

[Chipper Chat]

51. You're right - he looked like a scared rabbit .

I hope he has some disguises hidden in his closet. Errrr - maybe we shouldn't go there.

[ultraist]

54. well said!

He looked liked one of those kidnapped journalists we have seen videos of from Iraq.

I was going to look up his voter registration to see if he has always been a Republican but you need a birthdate and zip to pull up his voter registration records on the DC Board of Elections site. I'm really starting to wonder if Gannon became Mr. Conservative when he was offered this job.

[salin]

68. AND he says repeatedly that noone in the White House knew

about his "past" (which he never once denies).

[senseandsensibility]

2. I don't think he's very bright

Seriously.

[spanone]

3. No idea. He's an idiot?

[tridim]

18. He's a Freeper..

and thus, not too bright. Every Freeper I've seen on TV is an idiot. Kristinn (Gannon's "friend") is on CSPAN all the time, and he acts just like his buddy.

[libnnc]

35. I concur.

He ain't too bright

[RBHam]

4. Limited hangout

The Limited Hangout - A PSYOP Strategy of Deception

Council on Foreign Relations members in the intelligence community and the media use a psychological strategy called a "limited hangout." A "limited hangout" is used by Intelligence Organization's when a clandestine operation goes bad; or, a phoney cover story blows up. When discovered the Intelligence Organization volunteers some of the truth while still managing to withhold key and damaging facts in the case.

The public is so intrigued by the new information it doesn't pursue the matter further. The new disclosures are sensational, but superficially so. Some of the lesser scoundrels are identified and publicly exposed to twist uncomfortably on network TV and in the press.

http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/2807/LtdHangout.html

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3139936

[Hissyspit]

6. Or else he just thought it would go much better than it did... n/t

[ultraist]

55. Rove has sent the attack dogs down the wrong trail

So that the attacks dogs (liberal bloggers) will lose the scent. Gannon is not the real story, he is a fairly irrelevant pawn in their game.

The public is so intrigued by the new information it doesn't pursue the matter further. The new disclosures are sensational, but superficially so. Some of the lesser scoundrels are identified and publicly exposed to twist uncomfortably on network TV and in the press.

[flyarm]

73. i found the interview very telling...he said...

he said ..

ive made mistakes...

was your employer aware of your past ...

"i was asked to be a reporter"

who asked him to be a reporter?? who???..when was he asked to be a reporter..before he went to the two day class to be a reporter??
who asked him to be a reporter??..jeff/jim ..said he was asked to be a reporter..so who asked him to be a reporter???

most reporters are reporters by a carreer choice , they study to be a reporter..not a $50.00 2 day course...with lunch included....

so who asked him to be a reporter..that was very telling in this interview!! and when was he asked to be a reporter..and by who??

and was the person who asked him to be a reporter, did that person have access to valerie plames classified document memo??

he lied about his conversation to joe wilson..so who do we believe a prostitute or joe wilson who saved americans lives in gulf war 1..and who was a life long diplomat??

this guy was sent there to make himself a victim..but what he said is very telling!

"whats been done to me" gannon says over and over.....that was roves way of getting stupid assed freepers to protest the investigation into this white house pimps life! and how close it goes to *



fly

[Goldeneye]

5. They probably told him he had to do some damage control.

Someone had too...who else could do it? Certainly not Rove. And McClellan already tried. I think the Bush regime made some serious miscalculations...namely thinking this guy would do a better job covering his ass

[CatWoman]

7. a piss poor attempt at damage control

nothing more.

[mzmolly]

8. Exactly.

:hi:

[dogman]

9. To be the victim.

It's the current Rove meme. Liberals hate minorities and gays and everything they claim to defend. It swayed people with Lynn Cheney and Condi. In the SS debate liberals are now anti-choice.

[librechik]

10. Anderson asked him--you know, "personally"

[DefenseLawyer]

11. He was expecting Leslie Blitzer again

and assumed he could play the "I am a victim" card once more; and he would have succeeded too, if it wasn't for you meddling kids!

[rodeodance]

15. Scotty M. also talking today (or was it yesterday).--uu..mmm

[cloud75]

12. anderson is known as a weak interviewer, a softball guy...

instead he kicked butt and put himself up there with the dan rather/nixon confrontation...he thought he could get away with talking points but anderson did an excellent job...whatever keeps the story alive.

[Carni]

23. I really thought AC did a decent interview

I hate to admit it...but I have always liked Anderson Cooper.

AS MSM shows go I like Olberman (obviously) and then Lou Dobbs (yes, I know he's a conservative and I don't always agree with him) and then Anderson Cooper.

The rest of the anchors I cannot stand because they are full of crap.

[cloud75]

40. ac had a breakout perfomance tonight n/a

[MsTryska]

71. I agree....

anderson cooper really did do a good job of gnawing at that bone. (no pun intended)


gannong was shook.

[Rican1]

13. It's good for business

He can now charge $2,000 a weekend

[sickinohio]

22. I don't think ANYONE would pay $2,000 for that - even the rich

re-Puke elite!!

:puke:

[Rican1]

30. That's cheap

Armstrong Williams got $240,000

[sickinohio]

31. They both make me want to

:puke:

Guess the bi-partner dubya liked armstrong best???

[Carni]

14. Because his daddy at the WH has left him hanging out to dry

The buffoon was so arrogant that he thought he would be protected but they aren't returning his calls...he's panicked and IMO that was his way of sending the message that he isn't going away.

JMO

[sickinohio]

20. Hmmmm - you could be right

[sickinohio]

16. He's gong to be a fallgay (uhhm I mean guy) and Rove made him

do it (rove just didn't practice enough ahead of time) ( I think Rove wanted him to look as dumb or dumber thatn dumya!!) There IS a reason behind Rove planting this interview - but WHAT is the reason???

[icehenge]

57. My thought so far....

I can only imagine that IF rove let Gannon go ahead
with the interview that it was because Rove or
someone high up thought it would lead the
investigation in the wrong direction.

Thats all a big IF because Gannon could have just
decided to do this himself.

If Gannon had some dirt on me, I wouldn't want to have
him on TV being interviewed. Well unless I made him a
deal not spill the beans. Maybe that is why Gannon
was so nervous.

I encourage others to ponder the why question too.
The more ideas the less chance we are mislead.

[Straight Shooter]

17. Big ego. Small brain. eom

[SemiCharmedQuark]

19. Is there a way to get a transcript? I missed it, it sounds great.

[Synnical]

26. Give it a couple of hours

Then go to

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/2005.02.18.htm

or

http://tinyurl.com/4rayp

[SemiCharmedQuark]

27. Aww, but I want it now...

Thanks!! :) :hi:

[Synnical]

44. Here ya go

http://tinyurl.com/5a7mn

[SemiCharmedQuark]

69. Thanks very much!

[meisje]

21. Roved dumped him, he is attempting damage control

[Carni]

25. Yes, that's what I think

Gannon is getting one walloping reality check.

[RBHam]

29. If Rove dumps him, he's a s good as dead...

The Bush Body count awaits...

http://bushbodycount.com/

[DoYouEverWonder]

34. I get the feeling

no one is returning Gannon's phone calls anymore.

I guess he won't be getting invited to anymore WH Christmas parties.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

36. He did look all alone sitting there.

The fear and desperation in his eyes was obvious. At least it was when he wasn't blinking, twitching or stuttering. ;)

[Synnical]

24. The GOP has stopped returning his calls

He thought by talking on a so-called "liberal" cable network he could show that he's standing up, taking the heat. Last ditch chance to not be known as "infamous" when the cards come tumbling down.

I hope/think.

[drm604]

28. Can somebody give a basic recap of what happened

for those of us who didn't see it?

[Lorien]

41. Yes please!

I hate it when everyone on a thread assumes that we all have cable and we're glued to it 24/7. Please, provide a recap with television related threads!

[Auntie Bush]

32. He is going to write a book and he got publicity for his escort service.

He'll have customers galore.

[zann725]

62. I agree, he's going to write a book. But he'll need a 'safe-house.'

n/t

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[Stirk]

38. They assumed Anderson Cooper would give him a

Wolf Blitzer-style, ass-kissing damage control session. I'm sure that whoever told that bald headed fool to go back out there had no idea that he might actually be asked some tough questions.

[Cleita]

39. The phrase "without a clue" rings a bell.

Apparently he is being fed to the wolves. If and when he recovers, maybe he might tell the truth, but I betcha no one believes him. Score another one for the Reichstag Minister of Information.

[Walt Starr]

42. Personal life personal life personal life personal life personal life

Evil bloggers attacking personal life.

Those two words are the entire reason he went on and Cooper gave him a pass. Those two words are the meme the reichwing are pusshing and those two words are going to kill this scandal.

Mark my words. It's out there and NOBODY is countering it.

[Goldmund]

43. That's the best explanation I've heard, me thinks.

[RBHam]

45. Limited Hangout

post number 4 - this is the way they always work it.

[Moxygirl]

46. He's a republican self hating gay male prostitute

so my guess is he's just flat out stupid like all freepers tend to be. Plus the GOP hasn't managed to suicide him yet.

[wishlist]

47. Sympathy ploy to pacify RW base and get people to see him as a victim

He was trying to make people feel sorry for him and frame the whole story to be merely about a sincere conservative doing his best in a new career to overcome the mistakes of his past but unfairly targeted by mean liberals because of his political views. He was trying to restore his legitimacy as a reporter and get the WH and his GOP 'news' bosses off the hook by denying he was a plant and denying they knew about his escort activities. He gave RWingers talking points to grasp onto to defuse the scandal.

[Athame]

59. and then when he is suicided

it will be the left-wing bloggers' fault.

They know what they are doing.

[misanthrope]

48. Because, like a great deal of today's journalists...

...(especially those of the "broadcast" variety), it's unfortunately "all about them" and their egos.

[LibDemAlways]

49. He looked scared shitless and

he "categorically" denied WH involvement. My best hunch is that Rove ordered him to get his ass out there for damage control, and that saying "no" was not an option.

[alphafemale]

50. Hope he stays out of parking garages, small planes, hotel rooms ....

...away from windows in buildings over one story, wooded paths ...etc, etc, etc.

[ultraist]

56. That's creepy

Gannon is under the control of a WH that believes that torture and mass murder is ok.

He will be looking over his shoulder for the rest of his life, unless they end it for him.

[alphafemale]

65. ....and "If" he is Suicided? They'll blame the "Mean Lefties"

Somebody needs to crack open the side door for this guy and give him a means of escape.

[flyarm]

75. they will end it for him!! they always do!!!..n/t

[justiceischeap]

52. Okay everyone, get the tinfoil hats out

:tinfoilhat:

I think he was told by his admin contact to do it. The reason I think this is because he used the line McClellan did about aliases.

The press secretary also did not find fault with Guckert, who has admitted that he set up escort-service Web sites, reporting from the White House under an alias, as long as his legal name was the basis of his security review. "People use aliases all the time in life," McClellan said, "from journalists to actors. He was cleared under his legal name."

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000799881

Guckert used the same talking point about the name thing:

COOPER: But when you would go into the White House to get a pass for a briefing, you would use the name James Guckert.

GANNON: Yes, because that's the name on my driver's license.

COOPER: And then -- but then you would switch to Jeff Gannon to ask questions?

GANNON: Because that is the name that I do my reporting under. It's not uncommon for journalists, authors, actors, to have pseudonyms.

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0502/18/acd.01.html

[nostamj]

70. seriously, how many real 'JOURNALISTS' use an alias?

esp. in this day and age. certainly there was a time when an 'ethnic' sounding name was a rarity. but now?

i don't buy it. JeffieJim, please provide at least one other WH correspondent using an alias.

[ultraist]

53. The power players told him to get his ass out there and DENY the WH

ever gave him any inside info or that they planted him. He looked extremely nervous. He was saying what THEY told him too.

It reminded me of those videos of the kidnapped journalists in Iraq who are forced to say things by their kidnappers.

Gannon is being used by the WH and they intentionally chose someone weak, so they would have control over him. I really don't think Gannon sought this out on his own. They found him, hired him to do their dirty work and I don't think it was just being a propaganda operative. They may have hired him to hunt down Gays and out them. Who better to do this than another Gay?

He was very nervous and scared during that interview. He's not scared of the liberal bloggers, he's scared of being under the control of the evil WH.

Don't be surprised if this guy "committs suicide."

[eleny]

58. ha-ha-ha-ha stayin' alive, stayin' alive

i think if he's out of sight too long, he'll "commit suicide".

[Mist]

60. I thought he looked scared - he stammered a lot -

I think they "got to him." I also wonder how long he'll be alive.

[tsuki]

61. Maybe he thought he was going into another Howie or Wolf

interview?

[JohnnyCougar]

63. Damage control...

The White House knows that without Gannon himself garnering the attention, it will soon be turned to them. Gannon was forced to go on to absorb the negative affect of this scandal for the WH.

The thing that stirkes me most about this is that the bloggers seem to be one step ahead of the White House at every turn. The WH is good when they are prepared for something, but they were not expecting this. They have been lying left and right and contradicting themselves...it's obvious that they're guilty as hell. They may not be able to wrap this up into a neat little package like they have done for the 100 other scandals. They are not on top of this. We need to keep up a relentless attack.

[liveoaktx]

66. And it was a Friday- Gannon was probably coached with a hand-

picked interviewer supposed to be *softballs*, parrotting carefully rehearsed lines so as to hopefully nip this in the bud over the weekend.

Oops.

[neweurope]

64. "That's the job I was given" he said about his reporting.

Somebody mentioned it here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3141617

So if reporting was the "job he was given" - by whom? I find this most intriguing - then he was also told to give this interview. In spite of his having told before that his lawyers told him to keep mum.

----------------------

Remember Fallujah

Bush to The Hague!

[Vinca]

67. Someone needs to get to this guy . . . seriously . . .

before he's "disappeared" and the story is lost forever. Does anyone think it COULDN'T happen? If Gannon/Guckert/Bulldog was smart, he'd appear at his local FBI office and sing his heart out. (And he should bring along some witnesses for protection.)

[flyarm]

72. he did it to stay alive!!! n/t

[leftchick]

74. He was looking for business?

He site is still up isn't it?