'Jeff Gannon,' Uninvited to WHCA Dinner, Heads to Bill Maher's HBO Show

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'Jeff Gannon,' Uninvited to WHCA Dinner, Heads to Bill Maher's HBO Show

By Joe Strupp

Published: April 29, 2005 10:40 AM ET

NEW YORK James D. Guckert, aka Jeff Gannon, has proved his critics wrong on at least one count: His 15 minutes of fame just won't expire.
Need more proof? He's set to appear on Bill Maher's live HBO show tonight at 11 p.m. EDT, along with Sen. Charles Schumer, Martin Short, and others. On his Web site today, Gannon announces: "I'll go one on one with . ... We're going to talk about politics, last night's presidential press conference, and probably some other stuff."

The HBO Web site confirms that Gannon is slated to appear.

However, the former White House correspondent, and reputed male escort, did not get the invitation he had expected to the White House Correspondents Association dinner tomorrow night. Gannon, who quit his job with Talon News earlier this year after two years of covering the White House for the GOP-linked site, told the New York Post that he did not get invited to the annual WHCA gathering, slated for Saturday night in Washington.

Gannon had told E&P several months ago that he was sure to get an invite. But, according to the Post, it did not come through. "It seems to me to be odd to exclude the one person who has brought more attention to the White House press corps than anyone else in years," Gannon told the Post. "Probably many who would want to extend such an invitation already assume I will be in attendance."

Gannon's Web site, www.jeffgannon.com, makes no mention of the upcoming dinner.
Don't look for Bill Maher to be too cozy with Gannon. In one show this year, Maher commented on Gannon's past, saying, "Now I know what Bush meant when he said he had a man date."

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[Renew Deal]

1. That's cool.

That should be interesting if he isn't a total fucking tool.

[Walt Starr]

2. Looks like I'm missing another Realt Time show

Maher has completely Millered himself, IMO.

[Roland99]

3. Something tells me he'll softball JimmyJeff

[youspeakmylanguage]

12. I think the opposite is going to happen...

...my money is on JimmyJeff storming off the set.

His 15 minutes won't end because for two reasons:

1) He is a sorry freakshow.
2) The MSM keeps giving him airtime. No doubt anything controversial happening tonight will result in a few more cable news appearances, which is more than likely counting on.

[OldLeftieLawyer]

11. Agreed

The Whore Of HBO sinks deeper into his" Kiss Ratface's Ass" mode every week.

[ernstbass]

23. Yep - just like he goes easy on Ann Coulter

and the rest of the repugs he has on.

[Cooley Hurd]

13. I dunno... I think it might be worth watching...

It'll be the first venue he's been interviewed in, in which the questions can be as graphic as they need to be (to find out more about the escort thing). Who knows? Maybe Guckert will slip and reveal his WH sexual contact?:shrug:

Can you imagine Leslie Blitzer aasking Guckert about his '8" cut' wanker? I'm sure Maher will probably ask him, and it'll be fun watching Guckert squirm when he does.:thumbsup:

[LiberallyInclined]

31. ummm...yeah.....right....

:eyes:

it's amazing that so many people on the left can be so intolerant of the slightest difference with their own all-hallowed opinions...especially when they turn around and berate rethugs and and their apologists as being in 'lockstep'.

as for me- i'm tuning in to bill as i always do...i'm not scared of hearing a thing or two that i don't completely agree with- it usually happens.

[Hosnon]

49. Yea no kidding - a lot of 'liberals' are just as bad as the right. nt

[stepnw1f]

55. Nothing is As Bad As the Right....

nothing.

[Hosnon]

56. Haha ok...ALMOST as bad...

[quispquake]

4. I am SO there tonite...

Should be VERY interesting...Maher doesn't suffer fools gladly...(other than Ann Coulter and even she hasn't been on his show since he told her that she 'just makes shit up').

[oldtime dfl_er]

5. when is it going to be written

that talon news was never a legitimate news agency? Jeff Gannon was a FAKE reporter for a FAKE organization.


www.cafepress.com/showtheworld

[fooj]

6. You never know with Maher!

We'll see...

Peace.

[jojo54]

7. I never miss his show, although he's been pushing the

conservative audience lately (I'm sure by the heads of HBO). This one should be a doozie.

There's a poll on the HBO website: Should the Pope be held accountable for the church's record in priest abuse scandals? Right now it's 82% yes and 18% no. Here's the link if you want to vote:
http://www.hbo.com/billmaher/. I don't know if B.M. (oh, that doesn't sound good, does it?) will talk about this poll, even tho it's on his page.

[cry baby]

8. Last time Jim/Jeff was interviewed

on Anderson Cooper's show, I felt sorry for him. He doesn't seem to have all his marbles or something.

I want someone to interview the people who let him in and I want to know who he was boinking.

[Xeno of Elia]

65. I don't feel sorry for him

Guckert is a stupid SOB who obviously suffers from delusions. The guy was a two-bit (or $200) hooker whose boyfriend(s) set him up as a phony journalist. Instead of realizing what he is, a whore with fake credentials, Guckert insists on trying to pretend he's legit. He acts like he's a few chromosomes sort of a genome, but that hardly qualifies him for pity.



The cute part about Guckert's delusional whining about not getting invited to the correspondents' dinner is that he still thinks he's one of them. Isn't it sweet that poor l'il Jimmy still feels like a media whore, when all the world knows that he's just a whore, period.

[cry baby]

68. Yeah, I'm definitely in the minority here.

[jayfish]

9. They Wanted His 15 Minutes...

to expire a half-hour ago. Sorry Cons yer not gonna get off that easy.

Jay

[Julius Civitatus]

10. Tell Bill Maher to ask the TOUGH questions that nobody else has

Here:

http://www.safesearching.com/billmaher/fan/

(click on Ask Bill)

Ask Bill Maher to not chicken-out and ask Gannon the serious questions that the MSM (most notoriously Wolf Blitzer) basically avoided asking this shady character.

Tell Bill Maher to get real answers from Gannon about his prostitution links. There's a treasure trove for a comedian in that! No softballs allowed (pun intended)

[Sivafae]

14. I have faith in Bill, He'll ask the hard questions. Pun not intended.;)

[Robbien]

32. Why not ask why Gannon was invited in prior years to this dinner

If it is for WH correspondents and Gannon only gets in on a day pass because he does not qualify, then why did he get invited to prior year's WH correspondents dinners?

[LynneSin]

15. You just KNOW why Bill Maher wants him on the show

Bill Maher is on HBO and they can show all the pictures from Guckert's escort website including the shots of him "standing at attention". Guckert is a dumbass to think Maher has him on there because he (Maher) thinks of Guckert as some sort of equal.

[NVMojo]

16. I hope he nails him ...er, figuratively!!!!

I still like Bill and I am counting on his ascerbic tone tonight. I'm going to write him and ask him to ask "Gannon" about the Plame deal....and then I want him to ask, "So, Jeff, who's yer daddy in the White House!"

Bad girl!!!

:spank:

[LynneSin]

34. If he doesn't, I refuse to watch that show ever again

I'd almost say I'd cancel my HBO but then again I get it for free on my one TV (comcast's mistake - let them figure it out)

[rocktivity]

28. Rip him a new one, Bill!

Um--I mean verbally, of course...


rocknation

[Career Prole]

17. Gannon's blog...3/6/2005...1:18 PM... "Maher's crapfest"

"I watched a clip of Sen. Joe Biden on Bill Maher's HBO crapfest. I wonder why he didn't mention meeting me some years ago. C'mon Joe, think..."

1:18pm

http://www.jeffgannon.com/Gannonblog%20archive/mar2005.htm

I mentioned it at the time...maybe Maher's heard by now? That might fire him up.
:evilgrin:

[sam sarrha]

18. This dispicable degenerate Gay prostacout made a DickTater of our Presiden

[Catherine Vincent]

19. I don't think Maher will be rude or make fun of Guckert.

You don't invite someone to be on your show and do that in return. I am sure an agreement was made beforehand. Maher may just let him have his say and more than likely no questions will be asked.

[OldLeftieLawyer]

25. If that's the case..............

.............then Maher's as guilty as the White House Squatters for giving Gannon even an air of respectability.

The only reason to allow this con man to take up air time would be to whack him as hard as possible about the shit he's pulled. After all, this artful whore - not Maher, Gannon - got paid to misrepresent himself, and to mislead the American people into thinking he was really a journalist.

In some circles, that's called "fraud," and there are places where you really can get punished for it.

[Yavin4]

20. Maher Might As Well Have Him On For The Whole Hour

Escorts will charge the whole hour even if you only use them for 15 minutes or so.

[stanwyck]

21. Gannon/Guckert will be lost without

his White House faxed talking points. Or maybe his honey in the House is still sending them to him. He never did write anything for Talon. He cut and pasted the press releases. Don't expect any depth or perspective. He was a plant. Paid for by Texas oil money. (just like the Swiftboat Liars). And, yet, he was so protected that Scotty McClellan's careful vetting after 9-11 never showed how completely fabricated Gannon is. Not a journalist. Not a Marine. Not even his real name. And yet Hannity referred to him as a "distinguished journalist".
This administration has no clothes.

[Blue Belle]

42. Maybe he'll be supplied with the same ear piece...

that they gave Bush during the Debates. That way he can still get the talking points and he doesn't have to get on his knees for Karl to whisper sweet nothings in his ear.

[arikara]

22. I just can't believe all the craziness happening out there

and no one is blinking an eye at it.

Gannon had told E&P several months ago that he was sure to get an invite. But, according to the Post, it did not come through. "It seems to me to be odd to exclude the one person who has brought more attention to the White House press corps than anyone else in years," Gannon told the Post. "Probably many who would want to extend such an invitation already assume I will be in attendance."

Gan/uckert, a gay male prostitute who has a $5 course in "journalism" hangs out with some whores in the WH and thinks that he's a real journalist and should be treated as such.

Perhaps not as crazy as the chimp himself being hustled into the bunker because a cloud was moving towards his command post. Onion? no... Guardian. Of course the $5 journalists in the US aren't reporting that one. Maybe Ganuckert could be considered a true American journalist after all.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=1427391&mesg_id=1432690

[Jr_Samples]

24. Man date shman date

Hmmm...

I think Bill O'Reilly's "man date" is bigger than Bush's "8 inch cut" faux reporter.

[OldLeftieLawyer]

27. I'm laughing so hard right now

That's a great link, Jr. Thank you.............

[NightOwwl]

60. Omigod!!!

That website is hysterical!


:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Tsiyu]

67. Loved that 'O'Dildo Factor,' Jr. Great Site!

:rofl:

P.S. Someone with HBO give us a synopsis of Maher's 'performance,' coudja?

[rocktivity]

26. Your fifteen minutes are up, sir

Unless you're planning to explain the discrepancies in your White House press pass logs!

:headbang:
rocknation

[lies and propaganda]

29. ive been following gannongate so hardcore.....

i pray that Maher gets him on the log in/out shit and just one(or a few) Gosch questions would fucking do it for me.

[Catherine Vincent]

35. Funny that you use the term 'hardcore'.

;-)

[nashville_brook]

41. he can't wimp out on guck!

he can't.

[riverwalker]

30. who was Guckerts escort at last years WHCA dinner?

we know he was there, but no one ever asked who invited him. I thought you had to be a guest of a real journalist to get in. Or did he have his own invite as a "correspondent"?

[sabra]

33. He went with a guest, but won't reveal who....

[Maine-ah]

36. someone is gonna have to give us the "low down"

on the show, I don't have HBO damn-it.

[Daphne08]

48. We don't have it either.

:(

[CoffeeCat]

37. I hope that Mahr treats Guckert fairly...

...because, after all--it's obvious that Guckert had high-level access to the White House and was being USED by an administration that is now sprinting from him--like a pack of weasels.

What a bunch of reptilian, leech-like vermin. These guys will exploit a male prostitute, plant him in the press corp--and then run like hell when the truth is exposed--because they know that America will be so hyperfocused on the "blow-job aspects" of this story.

I see Guckert as someone who is struggling and in pain. NO one prostitutes themselves from a position of strength. He's not healthy. People in power and people with money use him like an object, and now they've relegated him to the trash bin. Remember, Guckert is a man who attended White House parties and made more than 200 visits, some of them overnight, to the White House.

Guckert is responsible for his behavior. He's made poor choices, but he's obviously a former abuse victim or someone who is in deep pain--to objectify himself in the ways that he has.

Now, the very snakes who catalyzed Guckert's notoriety--are running for the hills.

I hope Mahr asks Guckert thoughtful, probative questions. Can't we all agree that the "man date" jokes are a bit old? This story goes way beyond sex. It's about the White House power brokers exploiting a weaker human being; and it's also about the neocons using Christianity--to which NONE of them subscribe--to cull votes from an unsuspecting flock. Furthermore, it's about reckless abuse of power that is totally out of control.

Someone needs to start asking the important questions, instead of hee hee-ing and ha-ha-ing over anal sex.

I hope Mahr doesn't waste this opportunity.

[sabra]

38. Excellent post!

and I hope Maher approaches it this way...

[stanwyck]

46. He does need to be asked about lying

about being a Marine. My son is a Marine...so I'm a little angry that Gannon/Guckert falsely represented himself as a soldier. I loathe the chickenhawks. Loathe them. So when one of these guys goes all macho "I'm a Warrior!" and it turns out he's just a swaggering poser...well, it's irritating as hell. If you're so in love with the idea of being a soldier (like Dubya strutting in his flight suit), then enlist. Go to Iraq. Otherwise, shut up with the "bring it on" talk. Shut up.

[Mizmoon]

57. I agree

:applause:

[Catherine Vincent]

62. That is an excellent straight up post Sparks.

:thumbsup:

[earth mom]

70. Good post & I hope that someone posts a Quicktime of the show!

Please! I want to see it!

[mitchum]

39. Well, Maher does like protitutes

[nashville_brook]

40. damn! and we just got rid of cable!

if only i had known.
:(

[sabra]

43. CrooksandLiars.com will have it online later tonight

so no worries...

[KansDem]

44. "Hell hath no fury like a President scorned," GiGi!

Maybe it was the picture of Bush with that Saudi guy holding hands and smooching!

[rocktivity]

45. I hate headlines like this

I realize that most reporters don't write their own headlines. I realize that a headline's main purpose is to get someone to read the reporter's story. But I don't see why it's asking so much to write headlines that have an actual RELATIONSHIP to the story. The "Gannon Uninvited" headline is NOT "paid off" by the report--in order to be "un-invited," you have to be "invited" to begin with.

Gannon may have been "sure" he was getting an invite based on his bringing "more attention to the White House press corps than anyone else in years." But wondering if no one as sent him an invite because they "assume" that somebody else sent him one, then he is now struggling to be someone's guest, not an invitee!

:headbang:
rocknation

[K8-EEE]

47. BILL PLEASE ASK: Who's Your Boyfriend With The WH Connections?

YEAH!!! The one thing everyone wants to know is the one thing nobody asks. Hell I know he won't answer, he wants to LIVE after all I just want to see it asked. Shit!! If it was a FEMALE whore, wouldn't that be the obvious question?

[MontageOfFreedom]

50. I can't wait to see how this goes...

I wonder if someone will ask him why Guckert was allowed into the white house, every other night when people weren't even on duty? Hmmm...

[specimenfred1984]

51. GOOD, Keep Propagandists In the Public's Eye

Not to mention it'll be hilarious!

[Jane Austin]

52. I think it's great for him to get more exposure.

That way it will become clear that his is not very literate, and probably didn't write his own pieces on Talon and/or FreeRepublic.

[Alpharetta]

53. I'd start it slow. nice and rhythmical

ask him sweet nothing questions about current events. let Gannon pretend to be a journalist.

then give him the whack on the back of the head: put up images from Gannon's escort pics as he's talking.

It's kind of like what Hollywood did to Paris Hilton. She was at a showbiz party acting all mighty and the host started running her porn tape on all the widescreens.

[brettdale]

54. It Wont be |hard hitting

I dont think it will be hardhitting, they will joke around making light of the whole thing.

[Joey Liberal]

58. Maher better destroy Gannon

If Maher goes easy on the White House Hooker, then it will prove that he's just another Dennis "Zell" Miller.

[sellitman]

59. I wouldn't watch Guckert with your TV set.

:puke:

[Roland99]

61. Anyone care to offer up a play-by-play for those of us sans cable/sat.?

[tinfoilinfor2005]

63. He wants to talk sooooo badly....please let him taaaaaalk....

please Bill, gannon/guckert was shut out last night on the most important night of his life, as the BIGGEST person in our government...So, PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEASE, just let him tell his story! I think we just might hear his story if someone will just let him tell it...

[yellowcanine]

64. "Probably many who would want to extend such an invitation already assume

I will be in attendance." Heh. Sounds like a classic case of rationalization to me.

[ThoughtCriminal]

66. Seduce him into telling the truth

Forget the silly porn stuff.

Who the heck was he meeting at the White House and what did they talk about 193 times?

[Andrushka]

69. Let's hope

He spills the beans.

(figuratively, not literally...)