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loro mi dicevano Donating Member (265 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 12:01 PM
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Jeff Gannon remains a mystery (would go back to WH press corps)
"After a member of the White House press corps who asked the president unchallenging questions was unmasked as a scribe for a conservative GOP group, Americans were bound to be curious. But when nude photos of the writer were identified online with possible ties to gay sex sites, the drama became even harder to ignore.

The mystery man is Jeff Gannon, whose real name is James Dale Guckert. The scandal began when bloggers hunting for clues about his journalistic experience said they found nude photos of him in online profiles that advertised his services as a male escort. The flap embarrassed the White House and raised questions about the conservative reporter's credentials, among other details. Gannon resigned in the wake of the revelations, and the Web site for his employer, Talon News, went silent."

...

" What are your plans for getting back into the White House press corps?

If I am hired by another news agency to cover the White House, there is not a single reason why I should not return. I don't know if that is where my career is headed.

Read the whole interview: http://www.planetout.com/news/feature.html?sernum=1124

Also: "Like many journalists, television personalities, actors, models and musicians, I use a pseudonym purely as a commercial consideration. Larry King is Larry Ziegler, Mike Wallace is Myron Wallace, Michael Savage is Michael Weiner and Jon Stewart is Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz. No one is asking the same questions of them that they do of me."

... Jon Stewart is a comedian. You, Gannon/whatever-you're-called, were reporting for a right-wing propaganda outlet with a fake name, no credentials, and a history as a male hooker. Do you see a problem here?

(Sorry if this is a dupe - I just found it, and hadn't seen it on here yet)
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dave123williams Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 12:05 PM
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1. To my knowledge, none of the guys he mentioned are gay prostitutes...
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loro mi dicevano Donating Member (265 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 12:06 PM
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2. Well, I JUST DON'T KNOW about Larry King.
:evilgrin: Okay, okay, REALLY bad joke, I know!
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andyhappy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 12:08 PM
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3. prostitute? yes!
Gay? No!
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Bethany Rockafella Donating Member (916 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 12:14 PM
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5. Actually it wouldn't be a joke if it depends on which Larry King you're
speaking of.
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Montauk6 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 12:23 PM
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7. Would that be the one whose rendition of the Star Spangled Banner...
can keep you up shivering in a cold sweat at nights?
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Bethany Rockafella Donating Member (916 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 12:53 PM
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8. Yes, that's the one.
This guy is out of prison now. I wonder if he has an ankle bracelet like Martha Stewart?
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 12:09 PM
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4. Fine, bring him back
Edited on Wed Apr-06-05 12:09 PM by tridim
and let him ask lots of leading, softball questions with the rest of the Bushbot whores in the WH press corps. Anything to make the passive American masses realize they're being bent over and fucked by the BFEE every day.
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Montauk6 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 12:20 PM
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6. "Mystery" my donkey!!!! (trying to keep it clean)
Edited on Wed Apr-06-05 12:21 PM by Montauk6
In the vernacular of my 70s youth, "he a baldhead lie!"

<SARDONICISM>Oh, and didn't you just LUH-HUH-HUVE those probing follow-up questions? </SARDONICISM>

HEY JEFF GOT ANY INSTANCES WHERE REPORTERS WERE PAID OFF UNDER THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION?

Oh yeah, how stupid of me, David Brock, by his own admission, was paid a lot by the Scaifiosi thugs for his Zippergate stuff in the Amerikkkan Spooktator. That happened under the Clinton Administration.

OK, I take it back, Jeff tells the truth (not).
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DELUSIONAL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 01:06 PM
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9. Mystery??
Edited on Wed Apr-06-05 01:07 PM by DELUSIONAL
Full frontal nude photos (posted on the Internet) and the guy is a mystery??? Rave reviews from his "clients" and he is a mystery??
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Bethany Rockafella Donating Member (916 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-06-05 01:58 PM
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10. Instead of "Mystery of the MInds" it's "Mystery of the Genitals"
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