Under the Gaydar (journos feared homophobic label, wouldn't out gay gov)

PHILADELPHIA MAGAZINE ^ | October 2004 issue. | Jason Fagone

[Liz]

BIG CLUE In February 2002, the press found it: Golan Cipel, an Israeli with a résumé heavy on PR. Inexplicably, McGreevey appointed Cipel as his homeland security adviser; then, when that didn't fly, the governor shifted him to a $110,000-a-year sinecure. It didn't pass the smell test. And the Trenton statehouse reporters -- some of the toughest anywhere -- pounced. ..........investigating the rumors by way of investigating Cipel. In compiling a massive Cipel takedown, Gannett had reporters walk to Cipel's office every day for months to ask for an interview. The one time they found him in, Cipel said he couldn't talk; immediately, reporter Sandy McClure got a call from a flack accusing her of "stalking Golan," says Bob Ingle, Gannett's bureau chief. McClure's story ran four months later, in August, and 10 days later, Cipel resigned. Ingle wrote in his weekly column that "Cipel suddenly became uncloseted." It was a curious turn of phrase that echoed the Washington Post's sly treatment of rumored George H.W. Bush paramour Jennifer Fitzgerald, who, according to the Post, "served President-elect George Bush in a variety of positions." Also in August 2002, the Ledger's Josh Margolin published a story that came close to outing McGreevey. It quoted the person who'd sold Cipel his West Windsor townhouse. The seller said McGreevey had done a personal walk-through of the home. "I thought it was highly unusual," the seller told Margolin.

The press failed to do its job initially. They forgot why they are covering state government: as founder Thomas Jefferson wrote "given the option between a free government and a free press, I would choose the latter."

It's easy to for crooked goverments to sweep their corruption under the rug, but a free press is supposed to lie in watch and report the government's wrongdoing.

Stories later surfaced that McGreevey spent hours at Cipels's townhouse having been driven there by his security detail who waited outside while NcG and Cipel completed their (ahem) state business.

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

Why aren't they worried about aduterphobia?

[martin_fierro]

[Liz]

What is so telling about these gay outings, is the self-absorption of the individuals. They have no concern whatoseover for families.

In this case, McG went before the voters as a married man with children........an utter lie.

[little jeremiah]

Homosexual Agenda Ping - haven't read much of this one yet... so no witty commentary.

Although MHO would be that the press didn't "out" him because he is a fellow leftist/liberal/Democrat; one of their own.

Let me and Scripter know if anyone wants on/off this pinglist.

[Liz]

Good question.

[Thebaddog]

Turn your gaydar detector on to Kerry and Edwards. My wife's antennna goes off for both of those dopes.

[F16Fighter]

Steve Adubato and others are reacting as though they're living in fear as reporters in Canada or Europe. .

They forget they are NOT subject to arrest for "hate crimes" with respect to critcizing and challenging gays in the United States. Yet.

[Bearshouse]

Your wife seems pretty bright to me. I feel the same way every time I see them pawing each other.

[Cboldt]

Nevermind McGreevy's sexual preference/perversion - where the heck was the media on the appointment of an incompetent for the top Homeland Security position in the state of New Jersey, when Louis Freeh offered to perform the job without pay?

The media is what is "AWOL."

[Grampa Dave]

The gay activists and gay agenda pushers pretending to be journalists prefer to ignore the real news and make up lies about GW and conservatives.

[don-o]

See, I think I may have coined the term "gaydar" a long time ago, on a thread far away.

But, I cannot prove it.

[Thebaddog]

She's good looking as well.

Not to put too fine a point on it, but I spotted what might be described as a "manservant" in a Discovery Channel docudrama on Kerry's run for the nomination. I think that Kerry has a dork running around serving his every need, if you know what I mean.

[ikka]

Everyone knew, but he was a Democrat and thus, A Worthy Man Just Trying to Do His Best, Deserving of a Pass From The Worthy Media.

[benjaminjjones]

Turn your gaydar detector on to Kerry and Edwards. My wife's antennna goes off for both of those dopes.

You have a rare woman and wife.

My advanced version of GayDar (I had a fag teacher in 5th grade and have been paying attention ever since then) hasn't detected any overt a$$f#ckingness in Kerry/Edwards but it could be wrong. I'm about as accurate as Rush (minus the drugs).

Of all the women, my ex and my sister-in-law are the only women I've ever known who were even honest about, or had accurate FagDar (the highly illegal, non-PC version of GayDar).

The rest of the women I've known lie about it. Why do they dot that?

Haven't figured that one out yet. Maybe they're protecting their hairdressers???

As far as my sister-in-law, it took having the homo agenda screwing her neighborhood (then moving out), to convince her that fags are complete shits and can't be trusted in any situation. She knew they were fags, but assumed she could deal with them like normal human beings. WRONG!

My sister-in-law got a big "I told cha so".

Your wife might have a more advanced version of FagDar than mine, LOL.

[Liz]

[Liz]

Did you do a search of the word? That might uncover when it was first used.

[Liz]

Cipel proved to be a major screwup. He screwed up his sex playmate duties, his $110,000 HomeSec job and his Mossad mission.

OTOH, McGreevey fellated Cipel, his voter base, and his big buck donor list, all at the same time.

[Fledermaus]

Interesting. Check out this thread that treats a Republican totally different (gay group "outs" Rep. Drier of Calif).

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1228894/posts

[Liz]

Yeah, saw that.........kamikaze tactics.