Why is Gannon using HST's Fear and Loathing phrase on his page?

[Rush1184]

Gannon named his current column on his web site "Fear and Loathing in the Press Room." Who does he think he is? This week, with the death of HST, many writers are saying people sould retire that phrase, and this asshole uses it four days after the man dies. I hate seeing this wing-nut using the death of my favorite author to promote his headlines. I am livid, and am going to stop now.

On Edit: Here is the site: http://www.jeffgannon.com/

[blackcatpgh]

1. that piece of shit

gannon was a fine example of the type of person HST was talking about when he said "I piss down the throat of these Nazis."

[Richard Steele]

12. Except that Gannon would willingly comply for $200/hour....

[ElectroPrincess]

2. This guy is so "in love with himself" that IF we play our cards right

Democrats can bring down seemingly Hell and Damnation on the Rabid Right wing. I hope some savvy democratic operatives are a working him.

[The_Casual_Observer]

3. Gannon? guckert? fuckert? Who's footing the bill for that little

static website anyway?

[KoKo]

4. Maybe he's sending a message out.....in code? n/t

[MnFats]

5. They are warming up a special level of hell for J. Gannon

might take a while to get it appropriately hot.

[Chicago Democrat]

6. Because he is a shameless hack/whore....

:puke:

[BlueEyedSon]

7. Because he is a scumbag. And a compulsive plagiarist.

Could also be because of this: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/022105Z.shtml

[FreedomAngel82]

15. Great article

And sad about the journalist. :( I didn't know who he was. :( But nice tribute to him. And I like Mr. Pitt's writing. I'm glad Truthout has a lot of his stuff there. I also like how he calls Gannon "Whoever." ;) Maybe we should call him that since for all we know his "Guckert" name couldn't even be his name. Truthout is a great site. :)

[jdj]

8. we need to write him a thank you note.

not for this, although it is a tribute.

but for his keeping the story alive and publicizing himself and his lack of journalistic credentials so we don't have to do all the work.

[bettyellen]

9. "so FEARED by the left.. they had to take him down..."

ROTFL this is hilarious.

[uppityperson]

16. reads better than "so ridiculed by the left... I had to go down."

ego save here. He's trying to extend his 15 minutes of fame.

[libertypirate]

19. More like trying to save his ass...

[MisterP]

22. he's always going down! that's his JOB!

[uppityperson]

24. amazing how hard it is to talk about him without sex terms punning

I mean, difficult, not hard.

[MisterP]

25. Bush will proclaim him a stand-up guy who takes no encouraging

to come on with him

[bettyellen]

20. he's getting email from democrats who "tingled" from viewing

the pictures "said to be" him?
Oh, we're the conflicted ones, are we Jeff? He only mentions the whoring to brag he can turn on a democrat....... how fucking sad is that. He's still out there pimping for himself. LOL.

[ET Awful]

10. Ganuckert the narcissistic fuckwit probably doesn't know where

"Fear and loathing" originated, and probably doesn't know that Hunter has passed. Hunter wasn't paying him for a weekend of fun and frolic, and wasn't providing him with top secret documents in a treasonous fashion, so why would Ganuckert have any clue who Thompson was?

[pelagius]

11. Does he even know where it came from?

It's used so often it's a cliche with a life of its own. Kind of like articles about US taxes that include the line "April is the cruellest month" or the first storm of winter bearing the headline "The Iceman Cometh". I suppose some writers know they're referring to Eliot or O'Neill, but it would not surprise me in the least if many didn't.

[On the Road]

21. Maybe He Got it Directly From Kierkegaard

(not f'g likley)
:smoke:

[pelagius]

23. Major erudition points to you!!! ...

...and HST most certainly did know _his_ source!

[mattclearing]

13. I think he is a one big diversion.

This is merely an example of catering to his audience. He is meant to keep us occupied, and the more flagrant his attempts to piss us off, the more likely we are to miss the very real transgressions going on right now, like the ID act, the nominations (and bizarre behavior) of cabinet officials, etc.

Every second spent on Gannon and his 8 inches of sleazy diversionary tactics is a second the right-wing gets away with something under our noses.

[tjdee]

14. He won't be discussing his PROSTITUTION though.

He's all huff and puff over there... every link is about him now that he can't plagiarize stories and press releases anymore.

Gee, can he remember when he wrote his first article now?

What an asshole.

[uppityperson]

17. A.Coulter links claims escort service sites are from yrs ago?

Hmmm, I thought I saw them last week. Maybe he just forgot to not have them available anymore? hahahahahahahahaha slimey

[libertypirate]

18. This is a diversion for us

He is useless to us only acts to divert us from finding out what is going on...

He is part of a Blackmail scheme and he is not Blackmailing the WH.

[New Earth]

26. i think Hunter S. Thompson's death has something do with the

Gannon story and he knows it. uh, but that's just me :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat:

i guess you have to read and post in the 'Gannon wrinkle' threads to understand.....

[DoYouEverWonder]

27. I hope the estate of HST

had that phrase copyrighted. I would love to see them go after him for blatantly ripping off Hunter so soon after his death.

[elehhhhna]

28. Fear & Loathing is the S&M March Madness Discount Package, silly!