"Manchurian Beefcake;" Wolcott on Gannon--FUUUNNY...

[blondeatlast]

http://www.jameswolcott.com/

For those of you unfamiliar with James Wolcott, I higly recommend you check him out. He's got a hilarious bead on the workings of the RW, lap dog press.

[BlueEyedSon]

1. A snip for convenience...

It was inane watching Wolf Blitzer and Howie Kurtz take out their snuff boxes yesterday to pooh-pooh tsk-tsk the prurient zeal of lefty bloggers in pursuing this case, as if "Man Nips" Gannon/Guckert were just some vocal conservative with iffy credentials whose personal life had been pried open like a bad clam. That this imposter was able to attend White House briefings under an alias and lob softballs to the president while other reporters got blanked is worthy of investigation, yes? Particularly since it fits into the Bush administration's entire M.O. of staged events, vetted audiences, and propaganda packaged as news. Perhaps so many members of the Washington media have been impersonating reporters over the years that they're not troubled to discover an imposter in their midst. But Gannon/Guckert isn't just an imposter, a DC version of Leo DiCaprio's winsome protagonist in Catch Me If You Can, he was leading a double life and until we know the purpose of his duplicitous role (how the hell did he obtain the classified memo regarding Valerie Plame?), this story should be kept rudely alive.

[blondeatlast]

2. Thanks for that--I posted in a hurry (had to get in the shower before

hubby did).