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So what is the problem here?
Sounds to me like this is another case of Payola reporting by the WH with a really sic twist...either way, this story has legs...
Washington PostOnline Reporter Quits After Liberals' Expose
By Howard Kurtz
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, February 10, 2005; Page C01
The conservative reporter who asked President Bush a loaded question at a news conference last month resigned yesterday after liberal bloggers uncovered his real name and raised questions about his background.
Jeff Gannon, who had been writing for the Web sites Talon News and GOPUSA, is actually James Dale Guckert, 47, and has been linked to online domain addresses with sexually provocative names. He has been under scrutiny since asking Bush how he could work with Senate Democratic leaders "who seem to have divorced themselves from reality." The information about Gannon was posted on the liberal sites Daily Kos, Atrios and World o' Crap.
Gannon posted included a brief explanation of his departure on his Web site. (Jeffgannon.com)
Under the headline "A Voice of the New Media: The Voice Goes Silent," Gannon wrote on his personal Web page that because of the attention "I find it is no longer possible to effectively be a reporter for Talon News" and that he is quitting "in consideration of the welfare of me and my family." Gannon added in a brief interview that "my family has been victimized" and that he wanted to "put some separation between Talon News and the White House."
Gannon's resignation highlights the no-holds-barred atmosphere of the Web, which both enabled him to function as a reporter -- his stories appeared on a site founded by Texas Republican activist Bobby Eberle -- and produced a swarm of critics determined to expose him.
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Well, chalk another one up for liberal bloggers!!
So what is the problem here?
So what is the problem? I'm sorry, what can be PROVEN to be the problem?
"As the Iraq war raged and as the truth surrounding the forged do ents that claimed Saddam attempted to buy yellowcake uranium from Niger emerged, a website and news organization came into being... Talon News (March 29, 2003)... owned by GOPUSA.com. Within days `Jeff Gannon', a man with no journalism experience secured White House briefing room press credentials (April 3, 2003).
As the hunt for the supposed WMDs kept going to no avail, Ambassador Joseph Wilson wrote a NYTimes Op-Ed en led "What I didn't find in Africa" (July 6, 2003). On July 7, 2003 the White House retracted their Niger claim, which was their sole admission to date that the justification for war was not accurate
Jeff Gannon was planted by the administration to disseminate their talking points unfettered by any journalism ethics or investigation shortly after the Iraq war, when the failure to find WMDs was becoming apparent. He became incredibly useful in L'Affaire Plame to continue to push the dual stories that a) Plame's name was already common knowledge and therefore `outing' her was not a crime and b) to continue to help discredit the CIA and Wilson."
Daily Kos
Wilson has said Rove was the original leak..rumours are 60 cia assets died cuz of the "leak"..but when crime pays it keeps a payin...
The Sean Hannity-Jeff Gannon-Dan Rather memo connection..
Gee, Sean it sucks when they have you on tape. I wonder who leaked Gannon the 'allegedly' fake Dan Rather do ent story?HANNITY: Now, Jeff Gannon, who is a terrific Washington bureau chief and White House correspondent for Talon News, actually shot me an e-mail today, and he's about to break a story in an exclusive about these CBS do ents.
That sounds like something awfully serious if it actually meant anything.
The subject of this thread is kinda funny if you think about it.W's Softballs and Gay Porn Sites
Taxes are for little people...
Ex-Delawarean didn't pay $20,700 over three years
Delaware Online<snip>
"The former Wilmington resident who gained notoriety asking softball questions at White House press conferences has an outstanding tax bill from the state of Delaware.
James D. Guckert, who reported under the pseudonym Jeff Gannon, failed to pay Delaware more than $20,700 in personal state income tax from 1991 through 1994, according to do ents filed in Superior Court in Wilmington.
State Division of Revenue Director Patrick Carter said the assessment has not yet been satisfied.
"When it rains, it pours," Guckert said Friday from his Washington home. He would not comment further.
According to court records, Guckert owed $9,484 in taxes; $7,697.69 in fines and $3,560.71 in interest."
So Dan, you again prove nothing and then change the subject. At best, you can only say the Whitehouse has poor standards for choosing press pass recipients.
if you cannot see the problem with this, then maybe you're the problem. if you notice the usual repulican yes men of yonivore and neocon are strangely absent from this thread
I'm sure Useruser666 would find the fault in this if it was Presidient Clinton or his administration responsible instead of Monsenior Bush.
Speculate all you want. That's all you do anyways. "If it were Clinton then you would be defending him." See how dumb that sounds. You have proof of what? A guy that got a White House press pass has registered some internet domains that sound like they could be used for porno sites? Pluheese! Atleast come up with some fake do ents or something.
This boy is in such denial that he thinks that web sites with the names..
Hotmilitarystud.com
Militaryescorts.com
Militaryescortsm4m.com
Could be anything but a 'gay' (see I said the word, and I'm still hetro-sexual) porno site.
SW must be having her fun with this one.
Are they porno sites? Have they every been porno sites? Then STFU! So who cares if the guy registered them. What does that prove or even mean? I'll tell you what, a whole lot of nothing.
This boy is in such denial that he thinks that web sites with the names..
Hotmilitarystud.com
Militaryescorts.com
Militaryescortsm4m.com
Could be anything but a 'gay' (see I said the word, and I'm still hetro-sexual) porno site.
SW must be having her fun with this one.
The guy was pros uting himself online...
RawstoryDemocratic senators have cooled to an inquiry into the disgraced reporter with ties to pros ution who may have been given classified information relating to CIA agent, RAW STORY has learned.
Part of the reason, Senate aides say, was the revelation that the reporter who wrote under the pseudonym Jeff Gannon had in fact sought to pros ute himself online.
One senator, Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), may still join the push by Democratic members in the House who are calling for all records relating to how the conservative reporter got such apparent high-level access to the White House, the president and information relating to the outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame.
Alex Firmusis, Sen. Lautenberg’s press secretary, said the senator was still debating his next move. The senator requested all do ents relating to Gannon’s credentialing on Friday, but has made no statement regarding the reporter’s apparent access to information regarding the CIA agent or how a pros ute got access to the president.
Jeff Gannon may have been hired to seduce any high level Dems he possibly could. At the same time he put up some gay/porno sites on the INTERNET and Karl Rove gave him access to the press conferences and briefings - plus handed him obviously scripted questions. Bush and Scotty called on Gannon regularly for months - knowing that finally someone on the Dem side was going to get su ious and start investigating.
Also, knowing that Demo would go nuts when they found the gay/porn connection.
Is Rove waiting patiently now while we drive the story to the heights of outrage, demanding do ents through FOIA requests, demanding hearings, etc.
And did some Dem Senators get a whiff of what's at the end of this rainbow?
NEW YORK James D. Guckert, the former White House reporter who's been accused of everything from asking partisan questions to being a male pros ute, is no longer speaking to the press, claiming it does not help his cause, he told E&P this morning.
"I talked to attorneys, and I am no longer talking to anyone anymore," said Guckert, who has used the alias Jeff Gannon. "It doesn’t seem to clarify anything any longer. Everything I say, people start a new conspiracy theory. I am not going to answer any more questions. It seems to distract from what is really going on."
That approach is a shift from Guckert's activities in the past week, when he has appeared on CNN and National Public Radio and allowed several other news organizations, including E&P, to interview him.
Guckert, who says he is 47, said he was not planning any specific legal action related to recent events but had contacted an attorney just in case. "It's always good to have an attorney hanging around," he told E&P. "I'm not expecting anything, I am just listening to good advice."
More of "Gannon" not denying any of it to be found at...
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Why's that?
[SW]Honestly honey, most couples play liberally with whips, chains, and butt plugs.[/SW]Why's that?
Dan, you are full of it. So what does any of this mean? What has Bush done now? You are running around like Bush was giving this guy WMD for blowjobs or something.
I don't worry much about other peoples' sex lives, I'm much too focused on my own.
Excellent post/story from The Daily Kos pointing out that if this went down during the Clinton years, ALL would've broken loose in DC.
Aren't actions like this(buying journalists to promote policy, manipulating
intelligence to support covert agendas, 'creating journalists that like you'),
all the type things that should be cause for Impeachment?
Sounds worse than lying about a blowjob.
Those things would be cause for concern, if any of them happened.(buying journalists to promote policy, manipulating
intelligence to support covert agendas, 'creating journalists that like you')
As it is, the only problem here is that he didn't have a background check. And while the White House should definitely be held responsible for that, it seems that you guys want to read more into it than is there. Once again, Bush haters have created a laughable and easily debunkable conspiracy theory out of a legitimate concern that may never get discussed because it's being overshadowed by idiocy.
Well, I think more was read into a blowjob than what was there so I guess Clinton haters created a laughable but impeachable conspiracy and the way Bush is getting a free pass proves to me that the so called "liberal media" is nothing but a freakin' myth.
The Cons ution says public officials can be impeached if they commit "treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors."
There is no ambiguity. This was bribery. Too bad the Dems are too much of freakin pansies to ever formally impeach Bush. Then again, he'd never get convicted anyway. To bring to trial, the House must have a majority vote in favor. And to convict, the Senate must have a 2/3 vote in favor.
But god damn I wish the Dems would at least make a stand, and at least make an accusation!
I'm not talking about Clinton's perjury case, I'm talking about this one.
Show me a payment by the White House... , even someone linked to the President more directly than simply being a Republican... and we'll talk bribery.
You're no better than the Clinton Haters if this is your idea of an impeachable offense. Why would you want to stoop to that level if it's so offensive to you?
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