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Air America Given White House Press Pass
Tuesday, July 26, 2005 | Kristinn

Posted on 07/26/2005 11:33:42 AM PDT by kristinn

Liberal blogger Eric Brewer, who writes for the blog BTC News, wrote that a 'reporter' for Air America radio has been given a White House press pass.

Brewer says he met the new 'reporter' while going through security to cover yesterday's White House briefing by Scott McClellan.

The Air America reporter is identified as a lawyer from Aptos, California named Paul Sanford. A quick search shows that Mr. Sanford does have a law practice there, but according to his Website he does not have an education in journalism. However, he is a law professor which might explain his erudite debut question to the White House press secretary:

"There has been a lot of speculation concerning the meaning of the underlying statute in the grand jury investigation concerning Mr. Rove. The question is, have the legal counsel to the White House or White House staff reviewed the statute in sufficient specificity to determine whether a violation of that statute would, in effect, constitute treason?"

McLellan responded,"I think that in terms of decisions regarding the investigation, those are matters for those overseeing the investigation to decide."

Sanford is mentioned in a July 15 article in the Monterey Herald here: KOMY will feature six hours of programming from the liberal Air America broadcast network. The new lineup will include Franken, author of "Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them" and "Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations"; commentator Randi Rhodes; Alan Colmes; and Santa Cruz lawyer and Democratic Party activist Paul Sanford, who will be involved with programming 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. every day.

Hmmm....Democratic party activist.....Mr. Sanford will be right at home in the White House press corps.


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To: Spirited

> Do you mean that libs destroyed him for being gay?

I think it was the nekkid pictures and the escort service.

Not the smartest avocation if you're trying to make it in journalism. I mean, isn't that prostitution enough?? :-)


41 posted on 07/26/2005 12:56:10 PM PDT by VictoryGal (Never give up, never surrender!)
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To: Rightwing Conspiratr1
Oh, well, that's okay then ;)

I suppose I should expand a bit and say that I really don't care if Gannon/Guckert/whoever is gay or not - what he does in his bedroom doesn't concern me. But when the guy's got a clear record of soliciting all over the internet...sorry, but it's time to cut him loose. He's damaged goods, and I can't imagine why anyone would want to expend much energy defending him. Insofar as a "defense" is possible, anyway...

42 posted on 07/26/2005 12:56:40 PM PDT by general_re ("Frantic orthodoxy is never rooted in faith, but in doubt." - Reinhold Niebuhr)
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To: kristinn

I was just about to post, that if Air America, gets in, I want Jeff Gannon back.


43 posted on 07/26/2005 12:57:10 PM PDT by Eva
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To: kristinn

I was just about to post, that if Air America, gets in, I want Jeff Gannon back.

By the way, let's make sure that the Air America representative, uses his real name and has no skeletons in his closet.


44 posted on 07/26/2005 12:58:14 PM PDT by Eva
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To: kristinn

I say give them a front and center seat to make asses of themselves.


45 posted on 07/26/2005 12:59:59 PM PDT by Lost Highway (I don't know what the world may need but a V8 engines a good start for me)
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To: You Dirty Rats
So when will Free Republic have a WH press pass?

"Excuse me Mr. President, will you be nuking Mecca in the near future or do you plan to keep appeasing the Islamofascists?"
"Mr. President, how do you feel about lining the Southern U.S. border with landmines and poison gas?"
Be careful what you ask for sometimes...
46 posted on 07/26/2005 1:27:36 PM PDT by Now_is_The_Time (They hate us because we're better.)
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To: kristinn

the reason Gannon was hounded out was he is a gay man. Nobody in the DNC or MSM would allow a gay man to ask questions of a President. /sarcasm off - hat's off to your post.


47 posted on 07/26/2005 1:35:18 PM PDT by q_an_a
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To: kristinn
Jeff Gannon was destroyed by the press corps and liberal bloggers because he was an openly conservative reporter writing for a conservative Internet site. Funny how when the politics are reversed everything's just ducky.

I was just coming here to say that; Jeff Gannon is the first person I thought of when I read this article.

48 posted on 07/26/2005 1:39:07 PM PDT by Peach
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To: Now_is_The_Time

That would be great! I'd buy tickets to watch! "Mr. President! Do you feel that Article IV, Section 4 of the Constitution of the United States is optional?"


49 posted on 07/26/2005 1:39:55 PM PDT by thoughtomator (How many liberties shall we give up to maintain the pretense that we are not at war with Islam?)
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To: Now_is_The_Time

All the WH has to do is check out the threads and give the press pass to a Bushbot Freeper (pick me! pick me!) instead of a Tancredo Freeper and we'll be all set.


50 posted on 07/26/2005 1:56:16 PM PDT by You Dirty Rats (WE WILL WIN WITH W)
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To: You Dirty Rats

heh, I didn't think of it that way...


51 posted on 07/26/2005 2:01:29 PM PDT by Now_is_The_Time (They hate us because we're better.)
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To: kristinn

what the hell for?


52 posted on 07/26/2005 2:27:28 PM PDT by King Prout (and the Clinton Legacy continues: like Herpes, it is a gift that keeps on giving.)
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To: balch3
Whose dumb idea was this? Cutting our own throats...

Actually, in my opinion, I think it is a good idea (have you ever heard the lunacy or airhead america) Let evryone see the liberals for what they are -whacko loonies! Give them a national stage to be idiots on...

53 posted on 07/26/2005 2:39:48 PM PDT by DBeers (†)
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To: You Dirty Rats

"Pick me! Pick me!"

Pretty funny! I'm still laughing.


54 posted on 07/26/2005 2:49:57 PM PDT by GoldwaterChick
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To: kristinn

And they criticized CNS! Sickening!


55 posted on 07/26/2005 3:32:19 PM PDT by MaineVoter2002 (http://jednet207.tripod.com/PoliticalLinks.html)
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To: kristinn
"Destroyed?" I saw him just the other day.

But, if he was "destroyed" by anything, wouldn't you agree that it would have been the exposure of his own inappropriate [and illegal] activities?

56 posted on 07/26/2005 3:35:06 PM PDT by lugsoul ("She talks and she laughs." - Tom DeLay)
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To: q_an_a

Not merely a gay man. A gay prostitute. A gay porn model.


57 posted on 07/26/2005 3:35:49 PM PDT by lugsoul ("She talks and she laughs." - Tom DeLay)
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To: VictoryGal

Aw, getouttahere with your common sense.


58 posted on 07/26/2005 3:36:32 PM PDT by lugsoul ("She talks and she laughs." - Tom DeLay)
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To: Polyxene

sure hope they check them for detonators and wires first...


59 posted on 07/26/2005 5:14:18 PM PDT by Rakkasan1 (If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your thing.)
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To: kristinn
Anyone who has spent even 5 minutes listening to Air America knows it isn't America, nor is it legitimate "news". It is simply an anti American bunch of liars who say things that should not be protected by the 1st amendment.
60 posted on 07/26/2005 7:18:10 PM PDT by ladyinred
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