I honestly feel that there's someone behind Matt Sanchez and Jeff Gannon.

[trumad]

excuse the huge pun---but the access Gannon had and the quick rise to the top that Sanchez enjoyed had to come from some big wig who helped them rise to the top---sort of like cream in your coffee.

I've always thought the help came from Big Karl himself.

[Donnachaidh]

1. so where has Karl Rove been lately?

Cruising the recruitment offices in DC? :sarcasm:

[Whoa_Nelly]

16. Rove was just in Little Rock, AR

http://www.arktimes.com/blogs/arkansasblog/2007/03/rove_speaks_in_little_rock.aspx

We just attended Karl Rove's speech at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock, which was organized by the Clinton School of Public Service.

Rove spoke mainly about presidential history, but in a question-and-answer session that followed, he addressed the uproar over interim U.S. Attorney appointments, the Bush administration's response to Hurricane Katrina, the conviction of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby and other topics. (Rove took questions from Clinton School Dean Skip Rutherford. The audience was not given the opportunity to ask questions.)

Video of Rove's speaking engagement at above link

[orion9941]

2. The velvet mafia perhaps? ;)

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[Bicoastal]

4. Totally in agreement!

Think about it: 2 guys with chiseled, military appearances who look good on camera and are adept at lying their heads off...Someone high up in the conservative party is recruiting DIRECTLY out of the male prostitution racket!

Really makes you wonder about Oliver North, don't it? Man, think of the fun Oliver Stone would have with THIS conspiracy!

[Richard Steele]

13. Someone high up in the conservative party is recruiting DIRECTLY out of the male prostitution racket

Exactly. There can be no other explanation.

Gannon/Guckert didn't start his fake 'news career' on his own;
he was scripted and costumed and given ACCESS by someone with
some serious pull.

[malaise]

20. Bingo and we needa client list

urgently.

[dkofos]

5. I don't know about sanchez but gannon claimed to be a top

[Maven]

6. Let's get all the anal sex jokes out now.

Go head.

Jesus Christ, it's like 4th fucking grade here half the time.

[Bicoastal]

7. There's nothing unfunny about anal sex...

...or any other sexual position, for that manner. Sex of any stripe is ripe for humor.

"It's as close as you can get to another person without actually BEING them," as my brother used to say....

[Maven]

8. WTF does this story have to do with anal sex

This entire thread is an excuse to make gay jokes.

Why don't you just call him a "fa**ot?" It's just a schoolyard taunt right?

[Richard Steele]

9. Nothing. So why are you bringing it up?

:shrug:

[Maven]

10. I didn't.

The OP and other posters did, if you read the thread.

And as a bonus, we get the same "a Republican we don't like must be gay" (or its close cousin: there's a secret society of gays that pull the levers of the Republican Party) homophobic bullshit.

[Kelly Rupert]

12. Where are the gay jokes?

There are plenty of sex jokes, which is natural with a prostitute/porn star. That isn't gay-bashing, any more than the below thread is straight-bashing.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=368764&mesg_id=368764

[Maven]

14. You POSTED ONE yourself

What are you talking about?

[Kelly Rupert]

19. That wasn't a gay joke.

It was a sex joke. The funny part of the situation isn't the homosexuality. It's the prostitution. It would be equally applicable if one of them were a woman.

[Maven]

23. Really?

If we were talking about a woman in the republican party who had a past, you'd post a joke about her getting fucked in the ass by Karl Rove?

Interesting.

[Bicoastal]

21. Other than the fact the dude is a fomer porn star and prostitute?

Nothing, I guess.

They're sex jokes, not gay jokes. There's a difference.

[cally]

11. Perfect thread for me to ask a question

On Olberman the other night, a blogger (forget who) mentioned that several gay blogs had good posts about the RW cabal of closeted gays and the influence they have. I looked around a little but gave up because I hit too many porn sites. Does anyone have links to good discussion of this?

I agree with the OP. I do think there is a cabal of politically connected closeted gays that hold influence in the Republican party. I'd like to read the blog posts about it.

[hulklogan]

18. Watch out!

The cabal of politically connected closeted gay republicans is going to destroy the world!

[Bicoastal]

24. I have a serious question.

Why are these guys Republicans? They have the right to do whatever they do, but isn't it clear enough that their own party hates them?

Your thoughts....

[hulklogan]

28. Because they're self-hating and aren't strong enough be themselves

In a homophobic society that heterosexuals have created.

[Maven]

29. .

"In a homophobic society that heterosexuals have created."

:think:

[hulklogan]

15. Enough already.

Attempting to smear people my making suggestions that they are gay is neither witty nor appropriate.

The only people who are insulted are the gays.

[Maven]

17. Nah. Didn't you hear? We have INSIDERS who secretly control the Republican Party!

We should be the most powerful group in America.

[hulklogan]

25. I forgot about the gay republic cabal

:evilgrin: We could take over the world at any time, we're just waiting until we've converted some of the better-looking straight people.

[trumad]

22. Your concern overwhelms me...

:eyes:

[Richard Steele]

27. I agree. Too bad that has NOTHING to do with this thread. Your CONCERNS are duly noted. nm

[hulklogan]

30. Wasn't the OP insinuating that KKK Rove was gay?

Hence the suggestion that he was "behind" the Sanchez/Gannon cabal?

[Maven]

31. We have a lot of people on this thread with

reading comprehension problems. Very curious.

[KansDem]

26. That would explain how Jeff Gannon could get Secret Service clearance

...using an alias. I thought you had to be squeaky-clean to get close to the President, and using an alias would've been frowned upon...

[trumad]

32. Well back then we all specualted that it was Rove that set Gannon up...

and now this Sanchez guy gets quick notoriety just because he said a couple of anti-war protesters gave him shit.

Way to convenient.

[LaurenG]

33. Locking

The moderators have agreed that this thread has become totally inappropriate.

Please do not start threads for the purpose of starting a flame war.