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Jeff Gannon Attends DeLay Tribute

By Judd Legum on May 13th, 2005 at 10:08 am

Jeff Gannon Attends DeLay Tribute

The Note reports on the attendees at yesterday’s DeLay tribute:

Celebrity sightings include…Frank Gaffney and James Guckert, heads together in a serious conversation…

Of course James Guckert is the real name of disgraced fake journalist Jeff Gannon.

You know things are getting pretty bad for DeLay when Gannon is part of his effort to shore up political support.



74 Responses to “Jeff Gannon Attends DeLay Tribute”

  1. portly says:

    That should read: “…Frank Gaffney and James Gukert, heads together in a [b]“serious spit-swaping kiss.”[/b]


  2. NTodd says:

    Guckert/Gannon asked DeLay during a sort Q&A session, “your campaign to clear yourself of all those ethics problems has the momentum of a runaway freight train. Why are you so popular?” He followed up with, “whatcha doin’ aftah?”


  3. Mike says:

    Celebrity sightings include…Frank Gaffney and James Guckert, heads together in a serious conversation…

    …as they tried desperately to untangle their zippers from each other in the men’s room.


  4. Krazny says:

    anyone get a pic of Gannon giving a freebee to Delay?


  5. MeToo says:

    Celebrity???? Heh.. Heh… Too funny.


  6. Avenging Angel says:

    How fitting. One prostitute saluting another.


  7. David Patrick says:

    Ehrenstein — did you mean to say “get De-Laid”?


  8. Che's Lounge says:

    Perfect environment for networking for a profession like his. The mils call it a target-rich environment.


  9. M_Lo says:

    I heard Ken Mehlman was there, too … were they together?


  10. Thom says:

    Throw in a few glock pictures and we’re sinking to the freeper level.

    I agree the topic of homosexuality is relevant to this discussion, but along different–or at least additional lines–to Guckert/Gannon’s previous career as a male escort.

    Try this by way of example. What Eric Alterman had to say about Andrew Sullivan:

    Andrew Sullivan cannot have an easy life. A Catholic gay man who is also HIV positive, his political views have led him to attach himself to a party, a movement and a church that believe him to be practicing an abomination. Influential Republican power-brokers blame America’s sexual tolerance for the attacks of 9/11. The military he reveres is kicking gays out at a rate unseen since the presidency of Ronald Reagan–another Sullivan hero. And his church offers a warmer embrace for pedophile priests than for honest homosexuals.

    Right.

    Now, both Gaffney and Guckert/Gannon celebrating and supporting a man whose core followers and afflilates believe that both Gaffney and Guckert/Gannon are hell-bound abominations.

    Yet DeLay happily takes their money, and none of the parties seem to have any problem with this.

    The real issue here is just apalling hyprocrisy, and a persistent willingness to exploit hatred, fear and misunderstanding for political advantage.

    The Republicans won the Presidental election for many reasons, but the tipping point in Ohio probably was selling homphobia.

    Sadly, given the often erotically-charged nature of homphobia, that’s not as far as one might think from what Guckert/Gannon as a fake marine toy for big boys was offering his clients.

    Now we have the Guckert/Gannon fake journalist, and political consultant eager to get himself placed in a “Christain” re-education camp for sodomites, teaming up to further the DeLay and friends agenda.

    I almost feel sorry for them. Of this Conservative cabal, everybody is using everybody. Unfortunately, we the American citizens have to pay the bills for their corruption and transgressions.

    Let me end with the obvious. These men have no moral principles whatsoever: not even wrong or misguided ones. It’s well past time they stopped telling us what God wants for America.


  11. Thom says:

    My bad. I don’t know Frank Gaffney’s sexual orientation–nor do I care to. Sadly, my point stills applies to all the homosexual supporters of DeLay, LLC.

    & that should be spelled “homophobia,” btw.

    Thanks & sorry for mistakes.


  12. Republic of Palau says:

    Guckert a *celebrity*? Well, I guess so if infamy counts as celebrity.


  13. whit says:

    Repigs dine with a male PROSTITUTE and yet the have the nerve to say the Democrats have no class?

    Give me a f*ckin break!


  14. LizDexic says:

    Well, Republicans don’t seem to care about JimmyJeff being a gay prostitute, nor do they care about Bolton forcing his ex-wife into group sex.
    They might as well welcome Bernard Kerik and Jack Ryan back into the fold. (Gee, why don’t they focus on THEIR families??)


  15. LizDexic says:

    Well, Republicans don’t seem to care about JimmyJeff being a gay prostitute, nor do they care about Bolton forcing his ex-wife into group sex.
    They might as well welcome Bernard Kerik and Jack Ryan back into the fold. (Gee, why don’t they focus on THEIR families??)


  16. Judy says:

    At $250/plate, one can only wonder who paid for it…according to JG, he does not have another job and, most recently he was attempting to sell his porn websites…no word from anyone yet re: whether or not someone has purchased them.


  17. Mark H says:

    maybe they took the charge for his dinner in “trade”


  18. robert lockwood mills says:

    What name did he attend the dinner under? Did he pay the $2,000, or did he get a “freebie?” If he didn’t pay, who invited him? Since he’s no longer a reporter, and says he’s no longer a hooker, how does he support himself so that he can attend $2,000/plate dinners?


  19. Victoria says:

    DeLay says “Democrats have no class…”

    http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050513/ap_on_go_co/delay_dinner_9
    ================

    DeLay talking about class??? Oh. My. God… I’ve been laughing so hard that people in my office are starting to stare…


  20. HJKotin says:

    paul weyrich gave a speech that mirrored a portion of the Jewish Seder. I just through up in my mouth


  21. Zookeeper says:

  22. eatyergarbage says:

    The blatant contradictions vex the mind.


  23. Jake says:

    How long before cameras at Wizards games start picking JimmyJeff out as a courtside “celebrity,” like Ludacris and Tim Russert?


  24. David Black-Downes says:

    What does it say about christian values when Guckert is one of the attendees?


  25. Charles L. Cron says:

    If that was just during dinner, can you IMAGINE the cabaret that followed!


  26. crusader bunnypants says:

    El President Bush is a fag


  27. Ken Jackson says:

    Perhaps that Bug Killin’ Bastard Needed Roto Rooter after a plate of freedom fried maggots usually will plug up the old drain…


  28. Diane says:

    The insider trading is laid out in Michael Ruppert’s CROSSING THE RUBICON and a couple of other books. The problem is that this book is 600+ pages long, small print. People don’t read books this long anymore. They prefer magazines like PEOPLE and crap like that. Also, many people like to paint Ruppert as a conspiracy nut. I wish, frankly, he’d do a condensed versionof the book because I think more people would read it. Anyhow, after I read mine copy, I bought copies for two relatives, because I think others need to read what he has to say.


  29. nikelaus says:

    I think guys like sullivan and jimmyjeff are sucking up to the party so they can run the camps when we are all shipped off to be turned straight.


  30. Mikey says:

    We must stop calling Guckert a “gay prostitute”. He’s not gay (not even a closeted gay) but a MALE PROSTITUTE and an out-of-the-closet, self-loathing homosexual.


  31. rick says:

    wow …gettting james (jimmie boy) guckert to show up for your party is a sure way to gain support of gay … wow just what was I thinking tommie does want gay support he’s having to much bashing us to wants us for anything else!

    ric


  32. Pake Beer says:

    This is a flagrant example to show you what kind of scum we are dealing with. We all realized already that politicians are the real scum of this world but unfortunately they have the power which they prostitute for their pimps the corporates. To add to insult to injury they wipe their butt with public opinion and voters demands.
    Unfortunately democracy seems to have turned into a generally accepted public brainwash.
    Wake up !!
    Pake Beer


  33. Pake Beer says:

    This is funny too: http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/events/pl/031605tomdelay/im:/050513/ids_photos_ts/r2610384904.jpg
    Don’t they know that God has left the building?
    He doesn’t want to have anything to do with these self-serving brown-nosers.
    Pake Beer


  34. J Wink says:

    As a hard left gay Democrat, the Gannon thing is about his own personal hypocricy. He wrote many editorials condemning Gay Marriage and civil rights while he was working as a gay escort. Also real jourrnalists who have held permanant press passes with many predidents arre having problems getting security clearence under Dubya. But someone with dubious press credentials who is openly running an illegal prostitution business get’s a pass without any problems? Also Gannon has been seen at the same gay bars that married Scott McClellen has gone to on his owm and Gannon has entered the while house on many occasions when there was no press event happening.

    In context the gay issues are relevent. I personally get frustrated when other Democratsa go on and on about the gay stuff out of context, cause then it sounds somewhat homophobic.

    Gannon is a persona non grata at the White House now. Delay certainly doesn’t want to be seen with him. Gannon though is milking his 15 minutes for everything it’s worth. I’m sure he can afford the $250 a plate ticket. If you buy the ticket you get in. Very different than being an invited guest.

    If we want to make the relevent charges about Gannon sticxk then we need to discuss them in an adult and non-salacious manner. In the post 9/11 world why did a prostituew have an easier time getting a pass than Maureen Dowd? Why did Secret Service allow him to come and go in the White House press confrence or not. Is Gannon and Talon related to the Armstrong Williams policy of buying journalists and creating fake news/proaganda. Also that a loud critic of gay rights pays his rent by selling gay sex.


  35. Gene Campbell says:

    To hear Congress “It”.. Turd Defly.. talk about Senator Reid not having any “class”..is beyond contempt…this tiny little coward said “minorities and others” wanted to take it’s place during the VietNam era…defined the Democrats as the party of “Liberals..tree huggers..and Queer Nation”".. these are loyal Americans…and serving this country with courage and honoring their duty( even though some of them think the Iraqi War is iwrong… and yeah..gays are there too… doing their duty quietly) in two wars..these kinds of comments from a liar… hypocrite…coward..war profiteer..and shill for it’s K street/Wall Street money friends who are just as tiny as it is..(and it’s not human..just pretents to be one of us ..it lost it’s humanity when it sold it’s soul for greed and a lust for power) Then you had Gover Norquist there ..and Jimmy Guckert as well .. telling it how “great ” it is…..Norquist is the arragont little prick who wants to shrink the government to the point where “he” could “drown it in a bathtub” in other words shrink “big government” so it can’t regulate “big business” then the “hooray for us and f–k the rest of you” boys can really go to town..and he want’s to “fix” the Democratic Party….to castrate it so they know their place…what a guy..!! You got Guckert there…the “pay to play with my wang” guy…here’s what I would do if I could pay him…they all go back to Turd Defly’s outhouse….pay good ol’ Jimmy to “fix” Norguest..to “put him in his place”.pay Jimmy to deliver his brand of “pleasure favors” for them..( being the hyprocrites they are they’d go for it…look at the “Honorable Mayor” of Spokane WA.).. these guys..and IT are so small already…who knows…maybe they’ll drown in the putrid water of Turd Defly’s “residence”…I can only dream… I’m a regrestered non-partisan……where are the “Real Republicans” ?? How did this gang hyjack the party..? Gene


  36. big dave says:

    Who is Jeff Gannon Guckert’s Lover at the White House?

    Scotty McClellan has been the #1 suspect and Karl Rove #2. But maybe we’re wrong. Perhaps George W Bush (who probably hasn’t done it with Laura the Log for over a decade) is Gannon/Guckert’s boy. Why else is Bush always out bicycling or not in the WH?


  37. Maezeppa says:

    #23 You mayhaps forgot “fake Marine background”?


  38. David says:

    George is not doing with Jeffery. He and Condi have it going on. Can you see Condi coming in wearing boots and and a riding crop. George is on all fours with a leash on and she is calling him Buddy. No, Jeffery is probably doing the Texas Two Step with Scotty and Karl


  39. Wicked Bastid says:

    I think JeffJim is keeping a high profile to keep from “disapearing” in the Argentina sense. Many of his public appearances on news shows seem to feature veiled threats of having information on important DC people.

    I think some closeted Republican homosexuals don’t want homosexuality accepted in the wider society. It offers avenues of power through blackmail that would otherwise be unavailable to them.



  40. Grace DeLorenzo-Vyborny says:

    It’s questions, not comments: If Gannon/Gluckert did not have a “normal” press pass, who wrote the authorization for him to be allowed into the White House press conferences? Is it true that he had authorization from the Secret Service? Is he being questioned by anyone in the media?

    I reside outside of the United States and would really like to know what’s going on.















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