Have They No Shame? No, Actually, They Don't (Who?? The Left, of Course)

Powerline ^ | 20 February 2005 | John Hinderaker

[Lando Lincoln]

Lando

[popdonnelly]

The folks over at DU have been talking about little else than Gannon for days. I guess they think Gannon is payback for Dan Rather.

[OldFriend]

Wonder if Jennings, Holbrooke, and Charlie Rose would like a public airing of their wife swapping escapades.

Not to mention details in Gary Aldrich's book that make this much ado about nothing seem like kindergarten.

[jess35]

Well, they would be stupid enough to think the Gannon story was in any way similar to Rather's screw-up.

Gannon is supposed to be an object lesson in "knowing your place"

[Mr Ramsbotham]

This whole sordid affair goes to underscore two points: first, that homosexuality remains a despicable vice in the public eye, and second, that the left is perfectly willing to use the first as a club to beat down dissent.

[TenaciousZ]

I guess they think Gannon is payback for Dan Rather.

Yup, and Gannon has already resigned anyway. There's not enough traction here.

[gitmo]

Aravosis claims further that Gannon is guilty of “hypocrisy,” an all-purpose charge that generally turns out to mean little or nothing.

Wouldn't anyone who is striving to live a better life than he has in the past qualify as a hypocrite?

[Paloma_55]

--- This whole sordid affair goes to underscore two points: first, that homosexuality remains a despicable vice in the public eye, and second, that the left is perfectly willing to use the first as a club to beat down dissent. ---

It IS a despicable vice.

Now we all can remember why the U.S. military used to forbid it outright. It makes those who practice it subject to blackmail and therefore, a security risk.

This also demonstrates the absolute, utter, hypocricy of the left. They *pretend* not to care about homosexual behavior, yet they use this guy's behavior as grounds for making a public stoning of him.

[JLAGRAYFOX]

Ho-Hum! This is a story with no legs. End of story!!!

[Doctor Raoul]

Gannon is supposed to be an object lesson in "knowing your place"

Liberals get so mad when gays and minorities don't know their place.

[Capt. Tom]

John Aravosis, a gay activist who posted the pictures of Gannon on his Americablog.org, said the issue is not Gannon’s right to be a journalist but his “White House access. . . . The White House wouldn’t let him in the door right now, knowing of his background.”

Does this mean Barney Frank can't get into the white House either? - tom

[Roscoe Karns]

I thought the left hated this sort of thing. Where's Alan Dershowitz? "Sexual McCarthyism!"

I wonder if this Aravosis clown has a list of gay Bush-friendly reporters to wave around?

[jocon307]

"Wonder if Jennings, Holbrooke, and Charlie Rose would like a public airing of their wife swapping escapades."

Who cares whether they like it or not? I've heard some bit of these stories. I say shout it from the rooftops, and make it as sordid and salacious as possible. Please post any nude pictures that are available. What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.

[Cicero]

I first became acquainted with John Hinderaker during the Rather affair. I must say he writes extremely well and has a gift for explaining the despicable behavior of the left.

The left hates a homosexual who doesn't play their games, just as it hates a black who doesn't play their games, or a Hispanic who doesn't play their games. These people leave the plantation at great risk. They tried to do the same thing to Clarence Thomas that they've done to Gannon.

Yes, Gannon. If that's the name he wants to use, why the hell shouldn't he?

[mcg1969]

The folks over at DU have been talking about little else than Gannon for days. I guess they think Gannon is payback for Dan Rather.

And what is more, they saw what kind of power the blogs wielded with regards to Eason Jordan, and they're hoping to wield it here with Jeff Gannon. The problem is, at the risk of sounding tawdry they blew their wad on a tiny little flea (Jeff Gannon).

So now what to do with all this firepower they think they have? Well, find something big (like Karl Rove) to aim at and see if they can hit. Well, it ain't gonna work. We had a REAL STORY to pin on Eason Jordan; they ain't got squat on Karl.

[Chickenhawk Warmonger]

What galls me to no end is that Avarosis is the gay activist who threatened to "out" all the gay members of Congress and their staff if they supported the ban against same sex marriage. He is also the fool that started DearMary.com - a website devoted to harassing Mary Cheney about her Dad's support of the gay marriage ban. So a gay activist is spending his time beating up on someone because of their sex life? I think it is an extension of Avarosis' gay-outing threat. If you are a conservative and a homosexual, you'd better watch your back. Wonder if Mr. Avarosis has any skeletons in his closet that would make good "blog" fodder?

[Plutarch]

If you think about it, it is breathtaking how scandal-free the Bush Administration has been, as evidenced by the lame and weak "scandals" the leftist MSM tries to pin on them.

Harken back to the Clinton Administration. Every day there was a new scandal, real ones, in response to which the MSM attack dogs would lounge on the porch and barely flicker an eyebrow.

[longtermmemmory]

the good old days of bimbo eruptions.

Perhaps Hitlary will carry on the tradition.

[Wild Irish Rogue]

Judging from the fevered hysteria of the gay activists , it seems that their primary objection to Gannon-was that he was gay.

[longtermmemmory]

hmm perhaps that explains Specters looney leftism...