Posted on 02/21/2005 4:25:30 PM PST by w6ai5q37b
WASHINGTON - A conservative ringer who was given a press pass to the White House and lobbed softball questions at President Bush quit yesterday after left-leaning Internet bloggers discovered possible ties to gay prostitution. "The voice goes silent," Jeff Gannon wrote on his Web site. "In consideration of the welfare of me and my family, I have decided to return to private life."
Gannon began covering the White House two years ago for an obscure Republican Web site (Talon-News.com). He was known for his friendly questions, including asking Bush at last month's news conference how he could work with Democrats "who seem to have divorced themselves from reality."
Gannon was also given a classified CIA memo that named agent Valerie Plame, leading to his grilling by the grand jury investigating her outing.
He came under lefty scrutiny after revelations that the administration was paying conservative pundits to talk up Bush's proposals. By examining Internet records, online sleuths at DailyKos.com figured out that his real name was Jim Guckert and he owned various Web sites, including HotMilitaryStud.com, MilitaryEscorts.com and MilitaryEscortsM4M.com.
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Nooo. People kept asking for facts, not rumors spun by leftists.
Actually, he was talking about the Wead tapes, but he still managed to stick Gannon into the conversation.
This article is a propoganda piece. It neither contains factual nor time-line-factual information.
Ah...I see the connection. Let me see: Both are bad for Bush, right?
LOL
"discovered possible ties to gay prostitution..."
Just like they discovered that Bush's commander in the TANG wrote derogatory memos about Bush.
Nope
See:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1345967/posts
As I said though it seemed to die off pretty quick.
You make me laugh as well.
It is that now, after this, a journalists past is fair game!
The carnage will be interesting!
Looking dorward to it.
I suggest anyone engaged in criminal activity, i.e., prostitution, solicitation for sex, is fair game for being exposed. (no pun intended)
Forward might be.
I did not say I supported him heck I was slamming the guy from the get go. I merely pointed out that there was some support at the outset.
The G/G story is a story that justs seems to keep on giving and people, like the person who started this thread, keep it alive.
My biggest fear is that G/G starts blabbing lies to the person with the biggest pockets and the whole thing starts to really explode.
Let's hope they do start blabbing lies, that is what is killing the RAT pary.
Of course, all journalists should be held to the same standard. Rats should be held to the same they deem worthy for pubbies but eschew for themselves.
Hope so
BTW did I say Gannon and Big pockets in the same post, hahaha I've gotta stop posting for the night.
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