Posted on 03/07/2007 8:09:16 AM PST by pissant
Well, this is an interesting development, to say the least. As I noted on Saturday, one of the honorees at CPAC was Matt Sanchez--a corporal in the Marine Corps Reserve and junior at Columbia University who spoke out about anti-war thugs on campus. He received the Jeane Kirkpatrick Academic Freedom Award and a standing ovation from the CPAC crowd at the Ronald Reagan Banquet. He has also posed with Ann Coulter and me, been published in the NYPost, and appeared on Fox News Channel's O'Reilly Factor and Hannity and Colmes. There are now tawdry rumors about Sanchez's past lighting up the left-wing blogs. Cpl. Sanchez says he will respond on his blog.
It's only a matter of time before the MSM goes nuts with the story. Report on the everyday progress in Iraq? Forget it. Sex, homosexuals, and the GOP? Get ready for wall-to-wall coverage a la Foley, Gannon, and Haggard.
Should CPAC organizers be embarrassed if the rumors about his alleged porn star past are true? Well, yes. Next time, they should do more extensive background research before handing out an honor with Jeane Kirkpatrick's name on it.
Does it take away from Sanchez's actions and words in defense of the military at Columbia? Absolutely not.
I guess we'll see who the real bigots--on both sides of the aisle--are now. I have a feeling Ann Coulter isn't the only one who'll be tossing around the f-word as the story develops.
And not just in the "schoolyard," "sophomoric" kind of way.
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@#$%@#&(()!
LOL. Good answer.
I'm confused...it's a story if a homosexual is pro-WOT?
Tempest in a teapot, blown up to Katrina intensity by the MSM!
"[A] good moral character is the first essential in a man... and your conduct here may stamp your character through life. It is therefore highly important that you should endeavor not only to be learned but virtuous." --George Washington
Not sure how they will spin it yet. Most likely to bolster the calls to lift the Don't Ask Don't Tell, along with labeling CPAC as porn supporters
Well, Ann's faggot quip was given more life by the conservative media than even the MSM. I couldn't tell the difference between the two, frankly.
I'm guessing gay porn doesn't fit that description.
Apparently a gay Republican is a "faggot" and a gay Democrat is a "homosexual activist".
Now get with the program. or get in line for rehab.
We should look into his private life? Doesnt sound very liberal.
The funny part is Ann and Michelle posed for a picture with this guy. We will be seeing it all over the blogosphere very soon, I'm sure.
If he's running gay porn, its probably sumthin we'd like to know ahead of time.
If they're gonna parade every photo of Ann posing for photos with homosexuals, we will soon have a gallery of leftist pundits journalists and bloggers. Not to mention political figures and their staffers.
And Malkin is helping to spread the rumors and emulating the tactics of the MSM of using sensationalism to attact an audience. Is Malkin a gossip colunist or a serious journalist?
LOL. So true.
However, one thing disturbs me. Michelle was ALL OVER Ann for making her brilliant little quip. She and other conservatives got the vapors over it. Yet she seems non-chalant over the gay porn rumours, only worried that the left will have a field day with it.
From the tone of the article it looks like she believes it to be true.
"It's only a matter of time before the MSM goes nuts with the story."
I think it's safe to say this is another wrong prognostication on the part of MM.
She a very tin ear for news.
As for it being CPAC's fault for not vetting him, you'd think that some of the people there might have recognized him.
At least their husbands.
"And Malkin is helping to spread the rumors and emulating the tactics of the MSM of using sensationalism to attact an audience. Is Malkin a gossip colunist or a serious journalist?"
Good point.
And good question.
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