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A Hireling, A Fraud And A Prostitute
The Guardian (UK) ^ | February 17, 2005 | Sidney Blumenthal

Posted on 02/17/2005 10:59:59 PM PST by an amused spectator

The White House press room has often been a cockpit of intrigue, duplicity and truckling. But nothing challenges the most recent scandal there.

The latest incident began with a sequence of questions for President Bush at his January 26 press conference. First, he was asked whether he approved of his administration's payments to conservative commentators. Government contracts had been granted to three pundits, who had tried to keep the funding secret. "There needs to be a nice, independent relationship between the White House and the press," said the president as he called swiftly on his next questioner.

Jeff Gannon, Washington bureau chief of Talon News, rose from his chair to attack Democrats in the Congress. "How are you going to work - you said you're going to reach out to these people - how are you going to work with people who seem to have divorced themselves from reality?"...

(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: frauds; hirelings; prostitutes; squid
Geez, when I first read the title, I thought the article was about the Squid hisownself...
1 posted on 02/17/2005 11:00:00 PM PST by an amused spectator
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To: an amused spectator

This is a door the lefty press doesn't want to open, but they are too stupid and arrogant to realize that. Prostitutes indeed.


2 posted on 02/17/2005 11:01:45 PM PST by atomic conspiracy (This message prepared with MS-CBS Word 72 software)
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To: an amused spectator; Mo1; Howlin

Sidney Blumenthal on Jeff Gannon. I guess he thinks it's SAFE for him to comment since he STARTED the trashing, he thinks we haven't figured that out.


3 posted on 02/17/2005 11:10:16 PM PST by kcvl
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To: an amused spectator
hireling = Sidney Blumenthal

Fraud = Clinton

Prostitute = Monica Lewinsky

4 posted on 02/17/2005 11:14:07 PM PST by ikka
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To: kcvl
Gads. You'd think a guy like the Squid would want to be careful throwing around words like "truckling".

Perhaps Hillary's lap-remoras consider themselves to be in some sort of different, and exalted class...

5 posted on 02/17/2005 11:17:51 PM PST by an amused spectator (Zogbyism is a disease)
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To: an amused spectator

Sidney THINKS he is above getting his hands dirty. He gets others to do the real dirty work. Wait until Hillary doesn't need him any longer and he will be just another piece of used toilet paper.


6 posted on 02/17/2005 11:20:44 PM PST by kcvl
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To: kcvl

There were a lot of guys who were REAL surprised to end up on the wrong side of the bars at the Lubyanka...


7 posted on 02/17/2005 11:23:43 PM PST by an amused spectator (Zogbyism is a disease)
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To: an amused spectator

LOLOL.....talk about the pot......


8 posted on 02/17/2005 11:48:31 PM PST by OldFriend (America's glory is not dominion, but liberty.)
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To: an amused spectator
A Hireling, A Fraud And A Prostitute

"Three Democrats walk into a bar..." :)

9 posted on 02/18/2005 12:14:48 AM PST by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle (I feel more and more like a revolted Charlton Heston, witnessing ape society for the very first time)
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To: kcvl; Howlin; Miss Marple; OXENinFLA; Dog
Sidney Blumenthal on Jeff Gannon. I guess he thinks it's SAFE for him to comment since he STARTED the trashing, he thinks we haven't figured that out.

So was Chrissy Matthews on Hardball last night. I guess it's now confirmed this is the new DNC hit piece.

They thought they could push this story their through Internet via the DKos .. who's owner was being paid by the Dean Campaign and now there are questions of Sid being involved with that site

Dana Milbank with a straight face actually said that he didn't know of anyone in the news that use a name other then their real name

Chrissy was pushing the idea that the Bush Administration is paying off reporters to ask softball questions

Hmmmmm .. Do these fools want us to go back and see what softball questions were asked of Clinton?

Hmmmm .. Do we these fools want us to go and see who rec'd benefits from the Clinton Administration??

Hey OXENinFLA .. Do you remember the title of the thread/article about press people being on the payroll of the UN ???

10 posted on 02/18/2005 1:37:23 AM PST by Mo1 (Question to Liberals .. When did supporting and defending Freedom become a bad thing??)
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To: Mo1

When I see the Guardian attack George Galloway for taking MILLIONS from Saddam Hussein, I will perhaps pay attention to anything they print.


11 posted on 02/18/2005 2:07:04 AM PST by Miss Marple
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To: an amused spectator
Hey, Bloomey,take a look in the mirror.
12 posted on 02/18/2005 2:20:45 AM PST by Malesherbes
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To: an amused spectator
The administration has its own quasi-official state TV network in Fox News; hundreds of rightwing radio shows, conservative newspapers and journals and internet sites coordinate with the Republican apparatus.

What a moronic statement. The DNC perfected the art of the "daily talking points" memo

13 posted on 02/18/2005 2:40:50 AM PST by Popman
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Geez, when I first read the title, I thought the article was about the Squid hisownself...

Cold1

And quick also!

Thought he was listing the Clinton White House staff.

14 posted on 02/18/2005 3:01:17 AM PST by leadhead (Physically mature, mentally some assembly is still required)
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To: leadhead
Does anyone care about this issue? If this is all that the Dems can whine about, then we are in good shape.

BTW, Mrs. Clinton is the biggest political prostitute ever.
15 posted on 02/18/2005 3:49:35 AM PST by Coldwater Creek ('We voted like we prayed")
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To: mariabush

To use a Britishism: Bloomers is the original rent boy.


16 posted on 02/18/2005 3:51:11 AM PST by relictele (so there)
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To: relictele

I don't want to sound stupid, but I am not familiar with British sayings.


17 posted on 02/18/2005 3:55:37 AM PST by Coldwater Creek ('We voted like we prayed")
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To: mariabush

rent boy = young male prostitute


18 posted on 02/18/2005 8:32:36 AM PST by relictele (so there)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
"Three Democrats walk into a bar..." :)

LOL! I bet you get a lot of that out on the Left Coast... ;-)

19 posted on 02/18/2005 8:59:54 AM PST by an amused spectator (Zogbyism is a disease)
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To: an amused spectator
Sidney Blumenthal is a known partisan liar.

Immediately after giving grand jury testimony he stepped outside and lied to reporters about the questions he was asked.

Whenever you see Sidney Blumenthal's name remember this.
20 posted on 02/18/2005 9:05:10 AM PST by RJL
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