Tuesday, March 08, 2005

politics: Gannert/Guckon really doesn't get it, does he?

Loath though I may be to contribute to his traffic, it seems that the White House Whore has forgotten how little credibility he has anymore and rather than hide in shame, as he really needs to, he's showing himself for the publicity hound he really is.

This is precious: "It (the SCLM) was horrified that the relentless string of hostile and a few downright disrespectful questions had been broken. My greater sin in their eyes, however was that I dared to suggest that two Senate Democratic leaders held an illogical view of the economy’s weakness and the strength of Social Security."

Erm, no. Your greatest sin was being an uncredentialled, unexperienced 'journalist' with completely unjustifiable access to the leader of the free world, wielding a fake name (or several) and a hypocritical past. Then there's the fact that your questions themselves were frequently misleading or outright wrong, and solely designed to provide an excuse for the spewing of the day's talking point.

Ooh, this is even more precious: "After all, I had “no journalistic credentials” despite the fact that I had written over 500 articles for Talon News over a two-year period." Erm, yes, true, I suppose, but that was after they let you in the White House, nimrod!

Oy. It's like shooting fish in a barrel. Especially spicy is his ongoing list of questions he would've asked had he been in the briefing room that day. Today's? "Has the White House had any conversations with or given any directions to United Nations Ambassador-designate John Bolton to demand a full accounting of the Oil-for-food program and an investigation into the sexual misconduct of UN peacekeepers in the Congo and elsewhere?"

Ooh, ooh, call on me, Jeff, you sexy stud you! I can answer! I can answer!

The answer would be no, primarily because the trail of that would lead back to the Bush administration and its corporate allies who most directly benefited from this, and who directly or indirectly approved of the now-suspect transactions.

Oh, and one last thing, from yesterday's entry: "The New York Times is hailing the first blogger to be issued a "day pass" to a White House press briefing. ... According to the 'Gannon Standard', I am expecting to see other bloggers' reports on his sexual and financial history as well as some conspiracy theories about who this guy is." ... Thanks, JD, for finally admitting that you're a blogger and not a journalist. *phew* Glad that's over with. Really, he's merely a curiosity, and while his story may bear further scrutiny as it continues to unfold (I'm hearing some real tinfoil hat stuff out of Democratic Underground, but I'm a bit credulous at this point), he himself clearly does not, particularly because it's what he craves.

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