Great point totally missed by the the left loony wing of the dem party.
Once Gannon/Guckert became an issue, his past--or present--as a male hooker was newsworthy, at least in a descriptive sense. But as a line of attack against him, it may be too much. I recognize this distinction might be hard to draw. But he has been hounded for being a gay male hooker.
Should we even care if a reporter is moonlighting on the side in this fashion? I don't--let Helen Thomas be a professional dominatrix in her free time--unless that reporter explicitly claims to be a person of family values or publicly decries homosexuality or prostitution. I have not seen evidence that Gannon/Guckert struck such a stance.
David Corn must have some very strange dreams
some great Helen Thomas quotes:
http://polipundit.com/index.php?p=6584
Now John Hawkins http://www.rightwingnews.com/archives/week_2005_02_20.PHP#003501 completes the task by listing some priceless Helen Thomas questions that seem to be a tad biased against the Bush administration.
Helen Thomas: “My follow-up is, why does (George Bush) want to drop bombs on innocent Iraqis?” – January 6, 2003
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Helen Thomas: “Is this (war) revenge, 11 years of revenge?” – January 6, 2003
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Helen Thomas: “Why are we killing people in Iraq? There are many men, women and children being killed there. I mean, what is the reason we are there, killing people, continuing. It’s outrageous.” – Nov. 29, 2004. As reported by Unknown News
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Helen Thomas: “Has the President given any orders to stop the ongoing brutalization of Iraqi prisoners?” – Dec. 8, 2004. As reported by Unknown News
It is too bad that most of the current liberal bloggers so concerned about the Gannon softballs that they believe a congressional investigation is in order were not around during the Clinton years. I am sure they would have been just as upset about the softballs Bill Clinton got pitched. But wait, most of those bloggers were around during at least the most recent of those Helen Thomas questions quoted above. I wonder how many complained about the evident bias in favor of the opposition to the administration. I am sure a search would find at least a few. Unless, of course, this really is all about digging into Gannon’s sex life. And they said Ken Starr was sex obsessed.