Posted on 02/17/2005 9:02:35 AM PST by finnman69
I am very impressed with James Guckert, a k a Jeff Gannon.
How often does an enterprising young man, heralded in press reports as both a reporter and a contributor to such sites as Hotmilitarystud.com, Workingboys.net, Militaryescorts.com, MilitaryescortsM4M.com and Meetlocalmen.com, get to question the president of the United States?
Who knew that a hotmilitarystud wanting to meetlocalmen could so easily get to be face2face with the commander in chief?
It's hard to believe the White House could hit rock bottom on credibility again, but it has, in a bizarre maelstrom that plays like a dark comedy. How does it credential a man with a double life and a secret past?
"Jeff Gannon" was waved into the press room nearly every day for two years as the conservative correspondent for two political Web sites operated by a wealthy Texas Republican. Scott McClellan often called on the pseudoreporter for softball questions.
Howard Kurtz reported in The Washington Post yesterday that although Mr. Guckert had denied launching the provocative Web sites - one described him as " 'military, muscular, masculine and discrete' (sic)" - a Web designer in California said "that he had designed a gay escort site for Gannon and had posted naked pictures of Gannon at the client's request."
And The Wilmington News-Journal in Delaware reported that Mr. Guckert was delinquent in $20,700 in personal income tax from 1991 to 1994.
I'm still mystified by this story. I was rejected for a White House press pass at the start of the Bush administration, but someone with an alias, a tax evasion problem and Internet pictures where he posed like the "Barberini Faun" is credentialed to cover a White House that won a second term by mining homophobia and preaching family values?
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Sounds like Maureen's a "homophobe" as well as a moron.
Did Gannon in fact "contribute" to these sites? If not, is this not libel?
Let the smearing begin. How exactly does this relate to the case? I'm sure every lefty in the White House Press corp is up to date on all their taxes. Give me a break...
Im not going to defend Gannon/Guckert as we would mercilessly go after a reporter on the left if we found out they had a history like Jeff Gannon's.
But Dowd is wailing and moaning in her Bush Bashing article that she was unfairly denied a press pass while a non-partisan reporter was allowed access. Dowd is complaining that the Pentagon and the DOD are guilty of "spinning reality" on news.
Isn't this what Maureen Dowd does on a weekly basis. Oh I forgot, it's ok to do it if you work for the NY Times.
Yeah but you're Maureen Dowd. 'Nough said.
I loved when the did this. It absolutely drives the left NUTZ!
Sheesh. I stop by and skip past the tripe only to find that there are no CZJ photos. How disappointing.
If you can clear your name you should do it ...If you can clear the WH you should do that...
You have broken the rules......
Any mention of Maureen Dowd MUST be accompanied by pictures of Catherine Zeta-Jones.
You have broken the rules......
Any mention of Maureen Dowd MUST be accompanied by pictures of Catherine Zeta-Jones.
I agree
much better
Never mind....
Thanks!!!
That was a good hair day.
Let me just pause to say, once again, just how SMOKIN' HOT this woman is.
I looked for the naked pictures of Gannon,I could'nt find them. However there is one of him bare chested and just in his underdrawers....not bad.
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M.Dowd should have read this part over before she submitted it. :)
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