Bush press pal quits

[Pah]

Bush press pal quits
over gay prostie link

Complete NY Daily News article

BY HELEN KENNEDY
DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU

Jim Guckert, aka Jeff Gannon, on the web

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."

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.

I have mixed feelings about this. Shoud the gay prostitution sites be a factor? Should a family oriented administration favor someone in the prostitution business? Is the administration "vetting" adequate or results overlooked? Should someone be "credentialed" to lob softballs at press conferences?

 

[michel]

This is a hard one to debate. Although the subject matter is not on 'my turf' (so to speak), we (in the UK) have come across 'sleaze' or whatever thatr has called into question the suitability of certain people for public posts.
I personally tend to take the moral high ground, believing that people who are frequently in the media ought to set a good example. My wife and children are of the opinion that, if a person is good at his job, the way in which he runs his personal life should have no bearing on his suitability for the post.
The argument usually presented by the people with whom I disagree is that people in the public eye are as human as the rest of us, and therefore their private lives should not be looked into. I still cannot accept that. Am I on my own in the Forum?

 

[painted wolf]

Whats more important about Gannon, is that isn't his name!

he got into the White House under a fake name! With all the talk about security post 9/11 they didn't eaven bother to check that this man was who he said he was...

NPR reported Wednesday that when Gannon was turned down for Capitol Hill credentials – a move first reported by E&P last week – he had used the name James Guckert. He admitted to NPR that Gannon was not his real name, and left it at that.

check out: http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/21226/

once again the main stream seems to be pointing away from the truely difficult questions about what is going on in the White House in favor of the more 'sensational' side. After all what are more people intrested in, a guy sneaking into the white house under a falce name or gay porn scandals?

wa:do

 

[TranceAm]

>Whats more important about Gannon, is that isn't his name!

>he got into the White House under a fake name! With all the talk about security post 9/11 they didn't eaven bother to check that this man was who he said he was...

The only thing needed to know, was that he wasn't who he said he was. And that his controller made sure he got entrance.
Presscard, Identification papers... Not your average joe's connections supply those on a level that the average joe the security guard would accept those. (I Don't think that the security of the white house is in private hands tho.)
Has he been arrested as a potential terrorist checking out the posibility to do something bad during those conferences? No? I rest that case.

>After all what are more people intrested in, a guy sneaking into the white house under a falce name or gay porn scandals?

Or would they be interested in WHAT he was doing there under a false name (With official agreement.) during those conferences or why it was nessecary that someone had that function there?:
The function of creating the smoke and mirrors that would releave officials of having to answer difficult questions by burning away prescious interview time during those conferences. Or divert with a (Unrelated to current burning political issues.) question the public's attention away from matters that really matter.

So 3 journalists on the payroll, 1 on the payroll for divertions, How many not found yet?