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If you have ever seen the movie, Midnight Cowboy or seen certain denizens of Times Square late at night decked out in their urban version of what they think are Western clothes, then you have a good idea of the outfit that Pied Piper Pitt is wearing on his trip to Texas in order to grandstand for the cameras in yet another desperate attempt to draw attention to himself. Take a look at the Pitt pic modeling his tush in clothes no real cowboy would be caught dead wearing in this THREAD titled, “So do I look ready for...

NEILLSVILLE, Wis. (AP) — A 63-year-old man is charged with sexual gratification with an animal for allegedly having sex with calves. Harold G. Hart, of Neillsville, allegedly told police that he routinely stopped at a Greenwood farm, usually after bar closing or on trips to strip clubs near Marshfield or Neillsville. A criminal complaint filed in Clark County Circuit Court said the farm's owners installed a motion detector on Jan. 22 after regularly seeing footprints and vehicle tracks on their land. Around 4 a.m. the next morning, a sensor sounded and Hart was caught leaving the barn, but Hart allegedly...

Three members of the D.C. Chapter of Free Republic braved the ice cold winds of the political gulag Friday night to make a public show of support for former Talon News White House Correspondent Jeff Gannon and the rights of reporters to do their jobs without fear of being destroyed by the political establishment.During the course of our hour-long freep outside Monica's Gate in front of where the TV networks do their standups, a hard pass holding member of the White House press corps stopped and spoke with us at length about the situation.The member of the press corps was...

All FReepers and lurkers in good standing are invited to join the D.C. Chapter in our demonstration this evening. Details in the following press release: DEMONSTRATION IN SUPPORT OF JEFF GANNON& THE FIRST AMENDMENT WHEN: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2005, 6 P.M. TO 8 P.M. WHERE: THE SIDEWALK BY MONICA’S GATE, AKA THE NORTHWEST VISITORS ENTRANCE THE WHITE HOUSE, 1600 PENNSYLVANIA AVE., NW, WASHINGTON, D.C. (Washington) The D.C. Chapter of Free Republic, an independent grassroots organization, will be holding a demonstration at the White House this evening in support of former Talon News White House Correspondent Jeff Gannon and the rights...

Former White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer was so concerned about Talon News reporter James Guckert's potential ties to the Republican Party that he stopped calling on him at press briefings for about a week in 2003, Fleischer told E&P today. "I found out that he worked for a GOP site, and I didn't think it was my place to call on him because he worked for something that was related to the party," Fleischer said in a phone interview. "He had the editor call me and made the case that they were not related to the Republican Party. He...

Slaughter to White House - "Stop the Stonewalling!" Washington, DC - During the February 10 White House briefing, Press Secretary Scott McClellan stated that Jeff Gannon, "...like anyone else, showed that he was representing a news organization that published regularly" in order to receive his day pass to press briefings. It has been confirmed that Jeff Gannon was in the White House briefing room, actively participating in these briefings, as early as February 28, 2003 a full month before Talon News even existed. Rep. Louise M. Slaughter (NY-28), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Rules, who has lead the...

Last week, Republican activist Bobby Eberle, the man behind the now infamous conservative Web site Talon News, insisted that before hiring "Jeff Gannon" as his White House correspondent, he never looked into Gannon's background. If true, Eberle probably wishes he had. And the same could be said for the White House officials who bent the rules to make way for Gannon in the press briefing room. There's new evidence that the Talon reporter, who lobbed softball questions at Bush during press conferences on behalf of a dubious news operation, recently worked as a male escort. Gannon, whose real name is...

NEW YORK To the surprise of no one, the saga of former White House correspondent James D. Guckert, also known as Jeff Gannon, took center stage at a briefing conducted by White House spokesman Scott McClellan today. Gannon/Guckert quit his post at an obscure Web site, Talon News, Tuesday night after bloggers exposed the fact that he had been working under an alias and had possible links to sex-oriented Web sites. Questions have emerged about how and why the White House allowed the reporter to attend briefings and even ask President Bush a very friendly question at his recent press...

Well ..I hesitate a bit to put this up, and mods if you need to pull it, go ahead. I usually glance at DU from time to time as I think it is important to see what they are thinking about...(The Democrats must be listening to them as their BS is perculating all over the political landscape.) Last night I wandered into a post about Guckert/Gannon .The DU link is here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3106117 They say a big story about him is about to break. The website that is after him is: AMERICAblog.org, at http://www.americablog.org/ As best I can tell they are...

Well, I know it’s goofy leftist rumor-monging, but it will be a story over the next day or two. It’s funny how being gay is peachy keen unless they think they can destroy your life by insinuating that you’re gay.If you care to “bone up” on the latest round of idiocy, enjoy: Reporter with prostitution links and false name got access to Bush; Questions surface on relationship with White House staff Questions fly on Guckert’s relationship with White House RAW STORY The former White House reporter for the conservative website Talon News, who resigned after his links to military escort...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3068414 ************************* EarlG ADMIN (1000+ posts) Mon Feb-07-05 01:13 PM Original message Jeff Gannon responds to DU Edited on Mon Feb-07-05 01:15 PM by EarlG I'm sure most people here are by now familiar with Jeff Gannon, the "reporter" who lobs biased, softball questions during White House press conferences. Media Matters has previously reported that Gannon works for "Talon News," an organization which is connected to GOPUSA and Free Republic. Gannon was #2 on the Top 10 Conservative Idiots list last week for referring to Hillary Clinton and Harry Reid as "people who seem to have divorced themselves from reality"...

JEFF GANNON, TALON NEWS: Yesterday, the White House criticized the Justice Department for releasing the Gorelick memos. You said the President doesn't believe that there should be finger-pointing. This indicates that you know there is something in those memos that is potentially damaging to Commissioner Gorelick. Why shouldn't this information be made public? MR. McCLELLAN: Jeff, I think that there is work going on by the 9/11 Commission to look at all issues related to the threat from terrorism prior to September 11th. And I said yesterday that it's important for the commission to look at everything that can help...