Posted on 02/21/2005 4:25:30 PM PST by w6ai5q37b
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."
Gannon began covering the White House two years ago for an obscure Republican Web site (Talon-News.com). He was known for his friendly questions, including asking Bush at last month's news conference how he could work with Democrats "who seem to have divorced themselves from reality."
Gannon was also given a classified CIA memo that named agent Valerie Plame, leading to his grilling by the grand jury investigating her outing.
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.
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Is this IndyMedia?
I thought we weren't supposed to post from that leftist source.
Feb. 10, 2005?
Why wasn't this mentioned before?
This story is nonsense.
With the sourced website's list of news sources including: ACLU, Democracy Now, Democrats.org, Green Peace, it's a wonder this thread remains ... Here's a partial list of their sources for "news":
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Don't know if it is connected to Indy. It does not have any disclaimers, or much about the source. Just one e-mail addy to the editor.
Ping to the list of their news sources.
I noticed.
The man quit because he and his family were being harrassed and investigated because he dared to ask conservative questions.
Someone is under the impression that you just can't have too many threads on the same subject - over and over and over.
What about the pictures ?
A lefty artist, academic type site. Says what they want to hear.
what pictures?
Helen Thomas. Like Castro, what's holding that old woman up?!
Tomato, tomahto, potato, potahto--you say vicious, meanspirited hatemonger; I say malicious, bile-filled hag.
For someone who doesn't even know the story maybe you shouldn't be giving advice.
\It slants to the left, so why is it here? Why did the O.P. find this particular version worthy of posting on Free Republic?
This version is from a leftist blog so one may wonder why it's here.
Haven't heard about this. I did hear something about a tsunami...
It's like trying to defend Martha Stewart, it's a lost cause.
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