Tuesday, February 15, 2005


AMERICAblog:A couple more thoughts on Gannon/Guckert
Gannon/Guckert/Talon/GOP USA did this right in front of the White House press corps. Gannon used the media last week to create a sob story...those means bloggers are picking on me. He had no compunction about appearing with Wolf Blitzer and denying anything sordid. He thought there were no ramifications. And Howie Kurtz...could he have had any more misplaced sanctimony?

This guy played the media -- including Wolf and Howie -- for fools. And they let him.

Which brings up the question- WHY isn't the mainstream media all over this? Can you imagine if this was going on in the Clinton WH what the response would be? A prostitute in the WH press corps feeding leading questions to Bill? Think about it!

A guy named Digby put it best-


"But, I do know that if this were 1998, we'd be knee deep in congressional investigations into the gay hooker ring in the White House. Every news crew in the DC area would be camped out on JimJeff's front lawn. A wild-eyed Victoria Toensing and panting Kelly Ann Fitzpatrick would be crawling up on the Hardball desk rending their silk teddies and speaking in tongues while Matthews' exploding head spun around on his shoulders."

And where the HELL is Mark Morford when I need him anyway? Back to the story-

Finally, for all the hand wringing about whether this is fair game, let's be honest: the White House and the right wing (of which Gannon/Guckert was a proud member) have made sex an issue. George Bush devotes a lot of time worrying about other people's sex lives. The whole abstinence thing is one of top examples. (I still want to know if the abstinence policy applies to the White House staff and family, too.) The Bushies and the right wingers are obsessed with the relationships of gay people. They have a sex filled agenda. They have made sex an issue. Of course, once again, no one in the mainstream media ever asks if the Bush family and Bush staff practice what they preach. Clearly, some of their biggest supporters don't.

Which brings me again to- Why aren't they covering this? This is what sells, kids! You peddle it all the time. How come we don't have Inside Edition screaming about "shocking new revelations" and FOX News going 24/7 on this story? You can be damn sure if it were a Democrat they would be all over it.

So far the only response has been to attack the bloggers. I just don't get it. A story like this would send ratings through the roof. Big money to be made. I'm not saying that that is the right thing to do, but it's what they usually do.

As a matter of fact, at this very moment the bigs are covering the Michael Jackson story. All three of them. Titillating sex is the name of the game.

So, why the silence for the WH? Are they afraid of something or someone?