Comments on: Early Media Coverage of Goss’s Resignation Dances Around Cunningham Scandal http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/05/goss-media-coverage/ Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:45:01 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: lpt http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/05/goss-media-coverage/comment-page-2/#comment-542942 lpt Sun, 07 May 2006 18:18:16 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/05/goss-media-coverage/#comment-542942 The only way they(media) would connect the two is if they were chained together on their perp walk. The only way they(media) would connect the two is if they were chained together on their perp walk.

]]> By: Cyra Brown http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/05/goss-media-coverage/comment-page-2/#comment-542462 Cyra Brown Sun, 07 May 2006 13:01:29 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/05/goss-media-coverage/#comment-542462 #66- Clean-up? More like 'clean-out'. After Goss was installed, many high level, career agents left the CIA. Why? They had all worked under several different administrations, of both Republican, and Democratic parties. But it is under BushCo that all the upheaval has occured. Hookers? Puhleeze!! That is the least of all the problems involving BushCo's meddling at the CIA. But whatever it takes to FINALLY get people's attention, I suppose. #66- Clean-up? More like ‘clean-out’. After Goss was installed, many high level, career agents left the CIA. Why? They had all worked under several different administrations, of both Republican, and Democratic parties. But it is under BushCo that all the upheaval has occured. Hookers? Puhleeze!! That is the least of all the problems involving BushCo’s meddling at the CIA. But whatever it takes to FINALLY get people’s attention, I suppose.

]]> By: Jay Randal http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/05/goss-media-coverage/comment-page-2/#comment-542262 Jay Randal Sun, 07 May 2006 02:17:37 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/05/goss-media-coverage/#comment-542262 LOL Seixon you proudly announced on a TP thread a few weeks ago that you live in Norway, but now you try to avoid that claim? Probably because you are NOT in Norway?! You have not trounced anybody on here, but you can imagine it > lol. LOL Seixon you proudly announced on a TP thread a few weeks ago that you live in Norway, but now you try to avoid that claim? Probably because you are NOT in Norway?! You have not trounced anybody on here, but you can imagine it > lol.

]]> By: Seixon http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/05/goss-media-coverage/comment-page-2/#comment-542027 Seixon Sat, 06 May 2006 20:48:00 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/05/goss-media-coverage/#comment-542027 Jay, When did <strong>I</strong> become the topic here? Oh yeah, when you got trounced. If you really want to know about my personal life, please send me an e-mail. I'm sure you are <em>so</em> interested. Jay,

When did I become the topic here? Oh yeah, when you got trounced. If you really want to know about my personal life, please send me an e-mail. I’m sure you are so interested.

]]> By: Cunning Ham http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/05/goss-media-coverage/comment-page-2/#comment-541948 Cunning Ham Sat, 06 May 2006 20:14:55 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/05/goss-media-coverage/#comment-541948 Two Years. Peace Corps Director resigned too. CIA is going to be closed. Biggest layoff in union history. Two Years. Peace Corps Director resigned too.

CIA is going to be closed. Biggest layoff in union history.

]]> By: Marie http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/05/goss-media-coverage/comment-page-2/#comment-541547 Marie Sat, 06 May 2006 16:34:33 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/05/goss-media-coverage/#comment-541547 Bush has a penchant for appointing inept and unqualified people to high places. It's the story of his life. And look at the sorry state of affairs we are in because of it. http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060506/news_1n6foggo.html Check this out on the Cunningham bribery/Goss/Wilkes/Foggo connections. Bush has a penchant for appointing inept and unqualified people to high places. It’s the story of his life. And look at the sorry state of affairs we are in because of it.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060506/news_1n6foggo.html
Check this out on the Cunningham bribery/Goss/Wilkes/Foggo connections.

]]> By: Jay Randal http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/05/goss-media-coverage/comment-page-2/#comment-541496 Jay Randal Sat, 06 May 2006 15:49:05 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/05/goss-media-coverage/#comment-541496 LOL Seixon you still refuse to explain your supposedly living in Norway and helping defend the Bush Regime thugs on TP threads? Nobody in Norway cares anything about helping Dubya Dunce Decider! It must suck to be you, because who would want all the abuse you receive on here daily?! You and Mighty Moron are the most pathetic of Bush loving trolls > lol. LOL Seixon you still refuse to explain your supposedly living in Norway and helping defend the Bush Regime thugs on TP threads? Nobody in Norway cares anything about helping Dubya Dunce Decider! It must suck to be you, because who would want all the abuse you receive on here daily?! You and Mighty Moron are the most pathetic of Bush loving trolls > lol.

]]> By: Seixon http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/05/goss-media-coverage/comment-page-2/#comment-541478 Seixon Sat, 06 May 2006 15:20:44 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/05/goss-media-coverage/#comment-541478 <em>Goss is a politician first, a CIA director second. He was unqualified from the start, he admitted so. His demeanor is abrasive, and the recent scapegoating of a soon-to-retire agent did not help the already low morale at the CIA.</em> I'd say that's a fair assessment, even though Goss is a CIA-veteran and was obviously put in place to clean up the place for those 2 short years. It seems like the whole thing with Negroponte and this Cunningham flap is what has him walking out. Not that he is "implicated" like DailyKos, Think Progress, and the rest of the drooling goons were shouting. Goss is a politician first, a CIA director second. He was unqualified from the start, he admitted so. His demeanor is abrasive, and the recent scapegoating of a soon-to-retire agent did not help the already low morale at the CIA.

I’d say that’s a fair assessment, even though Goss is a CIA-veteran and was obviously put in place to clean up the place for those 2 short years. It seems like the whole thing with Negroponte and this Cunningham flap is what has him walking out. Not that he is “implicated” like DailyKos, Think Progress, and the rest of the drooling goons were shouting.

]]> By: unbelievable http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/05/goss-media-coverage/comment-page-2/#comment-541473 unbelievable Sat, 06 May 2006 15:15:38 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/05/goss-media-coverage/#comment-541473 <em>MA’s stupid comment in #58 is making me laugh. The self-righteous Repubs engage in behavior that they loudly condemn, and MA says they do it to garner favor with the Dems! Comment by Marie — May 6, 2006 @ 10:41 am</em> I guess when you're motivated by emotion and ego, you don't bother with logic or intelligence. MA contradicts himself so often that it's become entertainment to watch Ryan unravel his hypocritical rants. MA's been demoted to whack-a-troll. And yet he continues to hang around. If that's not the definition of loser, I really don't know what is. MA’s stupid comment in #58 is making me laugh. The self-righteous Repubs engage in behavior that they loudly condemn, and MA says they do it to garner favor with the Dems!

Comment by Marie — May 6, 2006 @ 10:41 am

I guess when you’re motivated by emotion and ego, you don’t bother with logic or intelligence. MA contradicts himself so often that it’s become entertainment to watch Ryan unravel his hypocritical rants.

MA’s been demoted to whack-a-troll. And yet he continues to hang around. If that’s not the definition of loser, I really don’t know what is.

]]> By: Marie http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/05/goss-media-coverage/comment-page-2/#comment-541452 Marie Sat, 06 May 2006 14:41:59 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/05/goss-media-coverage/#comment-541452 Johnson is a straight-shooter from what I can tell -- he doesn't accuse Goss of participation, but Goss did put guys in place who did, so it looks bad for the CIA. Goss is also pissed because of his Negroponte conflict. (Also, go back to Iran-Contra and see who was involved deeply in that, and where they are today.) Goss is a politician first, a CIA director second. He was unqualified from the start, he admitted so. His demeanor is abrasive, and the recent scapegoating of a soon-to-retire agent did not help the already low morale at the CIA. (Remember that a CIA agent was betrayed by her own ogvernment.) His meeting with Negroponte was likely pretty heated and if Hayden replaces him, we will know so. Hayden is Negroponte's man, and an enforcer of NSA domestic spying. MA's stupid comment in #58 is making me laugh. The self-righteous Repubs engage in behavior that they loudly condemn, and MA says they do it to garner favor with the Dems! Johnson is a straight-shooter from what I can tell — he doesn’t accuse Goss of participation, but Goss did put guys in place who did, so it looks bad for the CIA. Goss is also pissed because of his Negroponte conflict.
(Also, go back to Iran-Contra and see who was involved deeply in that, and where they are today.)
Goss is a politician first, a CIA director second. He was unqualified from the start, he admitted so. His demeanor is abrasive, and the recent scapegoating of a soon-to-retire agent did not help the already low morale at the CIA. (Remember that a CIA agent was betrayed by her own ogvernment.) His meeting with Negroponte was likely pretty heated and if Hayden replaces him, we will know so. Hayden is Negroponte’s man, and an enforcer of NSA domestic spying.
MA’s stupid comment in #58 is making me laugh. The self-righteous Repubs engage in behavior that they loudly condemn, and MA says they do it to garner favor with the Dems!

]]> By: Seixon http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/05/goss-media-coverage/comment-page-2/#comment-541323 Seixon Sat, 06 May 2006 13:03:27 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/05/goss-media-coverage/#comment-541323 Jay and Ryan, It must suck to be you guys. I get Larry Johnson, Bush Hater Prime, saying the same thing as me and you.... continue to call me a Bushbot. LOL. You guys are hopeless. You didn't even address Johnson, but talked about FOX News and the White House. LOL. Instead, you turn it into an interrogation session on asking me about my personal life. How about coming back to the fact that I was right, and all of you were hopelessly wrong about Goss? Yes, the top echelons of the CIA are involved in the hooker scandal - such as the #3 guy at the CIA. As Johnson writes, Goss stepped down merely because he would be tainted by the scandal, even though he has no real part in it. Keep spinning away guys. Hopeless, hopeless, hopeless. Jay and Ryan,

It must suck to be you guys. I get Larry Johnson, Bush Hater Prime, saying the same thing as me and you…. continue to call me a Bushbot. LOL. You guys are hopeless. You didn’t even address Johnson, but talked about FOX News and the White House. LOL.

Instead, you turn it into an interrogation session on asking me about my personal life. How about coming back to the fact that I was right, and all of you were hopelessly wrong about Goss?

Yes, the top echelons of the CIA are involved in the hooker scandal – such as the #3 guy at the CIA. As Johnson writes, Goss stepped down merely because he would be tainted by the scandal, even though he has no real part in it.

Keep spinning away guys. Hopeless, hopeless, hopeless.

]]> By: quadropheniac http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/05/goss-media-coverage/comment-page-2/#comment-541090 quadropheniac Sat, 06 May 2006 06:26:39 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/05/goss-media-coverage/#comment-541090 <blockquote>“There could have been some concern — there very well there could have been a level of dissatisfaction on the part of CIA chief Goss that perhaps his role had been diminished.” [CNN] </blockquote><blockquote> His role had been diminished? No! It's almost as though the White House doesn't value strategical intelligence anymore...</blockquote>

“There could have been some concern — there very well there could have been a level of dissatisfaction on the part of CIA chief Goss that perhaps his role had been diminished.” [CNN]

His role had been diminished? No! It’s almost as though the White House doesn’t value strategical intelligence anymore…

]]> By: Jay Randal http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/05/goss-media-coverage/comment-page-2/#comment-541047 Jay Randal Sat, 06 May 2006 05:10:35 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/05/goss-media-coverage/#comment-541047 Lol post Seixon > you are a glutton for punishment on here! Have you ever answered the question of why supposedly you are living in Norway, but somehow addicted to defending Bush Regime thugs like Porter Goss on TP threads? Nobody knows all the facts yet on why Goss resigned so suddenly! Nobody believes the story being put out by the White House, nor does anyone believe FOX/CNN talking heads opinions! Former Rep. Bob Barr, of Georgia, who is a friend of Goss claims that the top echelon of the CIA were involved in the Cunningham prostitution ring in the Watergate hotel, so go yell at him! Lol post Seixon > you are a glutton for punishment on here! Have you ever answered the question of why supposedly you are living in Norway, but somehow addicted to defending Bush Regime thugs like Porter Goss on TP threads?

Nobody knows all the facts yet on why Goss resigned so suddenly! Nobody believes the story being put out by the White House, nor does anyone believe FOX/CNN talking heads opinions!
Former Rep. Bob Barr, of Georgia, who is a friend of Goss claims that the top echelon of the CIA were involved in the Cunningham prostitution ring in the Watergate hotel, so go yell at him!

]]> By: mighty aphrodite http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/05/goss-media-coverage/comment-page-2/#comment-541044 mighty aphrodite Sat, 06 May 2006 05:08:35 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/05/goss-media-coverage/#comment-541044 #52 - "Prostitutes and sex, booze and gambling — might this be the “scandal” that finally brings down Bush&Co? Are the prostitutes male or female? Both? Who is present at these soirees?" - thoughtful comment by Marie ******Marie, any immoral Republican engaged in prostitution, booze and gambling are stupidly trying to appeal to the "base" instincts of Dens and progressives. (They thought your love of the Kennedy's, Clinton, and the symbolic slogan of you over-the-hill hippies, "make love, not war' would appeal to you subjective types on the Left. #45 - Krazy - Your vulgarity today rivals FAT DAddy's...what would your Mother think?...Very tacky!! #52 – “Prostitutes and sex, booze and gambling — might this be the “scandal” that finally brings down Bush&Co? Are the prostitutes male or female? Both? Who is present at these soirees?” – thoughtful comment by Marie

******Marie, any immoral Republican engaged in prostitution, booze and gambling are stupidly trying to appeal to the “base” instincts of Dens and progressives. (They thought your love of the Kennedy’s, Clinton, and the symbolic slogan of you over-the-hill hippies, “make love, not war’ would appeal to you subjective types on the Left.

#45 – Krazy – Your vulgarity today rivals FAT DAddy’s…what would your Mother think?…Very tacky!!

]]> By: Seixon http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/05/goss-media-coverage/comment-page-2/#comment-540999 Seixon Sat, 06 May 2006 04:18:06 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/05/goss-media-coverage/#comment-540999 Oh, and no, Jay, I do not think Goss is resigning to spend more time with the family. I never said so, and neither did Goss. So how would you like your crow prepared? Rare or well done? I can't wait for you guys to smear Larry Johnson like you did me, even though I said the same thing that he has just come up with. Goss isn't implicated in the hooker scandal. Oh, and did I mention.... BUUUUUUUUUUURN! Oh, and no, Jay, I do not think Goss is resigning to spend more time with the family. I never said so, and neither did Goss. So how would you like your crow prepared? Rare or well done?

I can’t wait for you guys to smear Larry Johnson like you did me, even though I said the same thing that he has just come up with. Goss isn’t implicated in the hooker scandal.

Oh, and did I mention…. BUUUUUUUUUUURN!

]]> By: Seixon http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/05/goss-media-coverage/comment-page-2/#comment-540995 Seixon Sat, 06 May 2006 04:08:44 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/05/goss-media-coverage/#comment-540995 Ouch. Looks like you all struck out again. <a href="http://www.tpmcafe.com/node/29574" rel="nofollow">Read it and weep</a>, boys and girls. Is Larry Johnson swallowing Republican cock too? Yeah, ouch. BURN! Ouch. Looks like you all struck out again.

Read it and weep, boys and girls.

Is Larry Johnson swallowing Republican cock too?

Yeah, ouch. BURN!

]]> By: Nick Caine http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/05/goss-media-coverage/comment-page-2/#comment-540821 Nick Caine Sat, 06 May 2006 01:43:15 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/05/goss-media-coverage/#comment-540821 Oh! the irony of it all. Tricky Dickie Nixon, George. W. Bush and the Watergate Hotel. Is Condi the deep-throat of Bush’s cabinet? Oh! the irony of it all. Tricky Dickie Nixon, George. W. Bush and the Watergate Hotel.

Is Condi the deep-throat of Bush’s cabinet?

]]> By: katy http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/05/goss-media-coverage/comment-page-2/#comment-540737 katy Sat, 06 May 2006 00:42:20 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/05/goss-media-coverage/#comment-540737 this and cunningham related “hookergate” story … lots of info at <a href="http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/000497.php" rel="nofollow">TPMmuckracker.com</a> this and cunningham related “hookergate” story … lots of info at TPMmuckracker.com

]]> By: Emboldened » Blog Archive » Ongoing failure: Goss & governance http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/05/goss-media-coverage/comment-page-1/#comment-540731 Emboldened » Blog Archive » Ongoing failure: Goss & governance Sat, 06 May 2006 00:39:09 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/05/goss-media-coverage/#comment-540731 [...] As the truth comes to light and investigators delve deeper into the sex for contracts scandal, we will probably learn that Goss was intimately tied to Wilkes (pun intended). This wasn’t a scheduled resignation and it isn’t business as usual. Yet another Bush appointee has been forced to leave his job before his time is due because of connections to corruption, crime, and scandal. The media may catch on to this, or they may not, but either way we see that the Republican Party simply cannot be trusted with our government. They were corrupt before they had a majority in every branch of government and they’re irresponsible now that they’ve attained that majority. [...] [...] As the truth comes to light and investigators delve deeper into the sex for contracts scandal, we will probably learn that Goss was intimately tied to Wilkes (pun intended). This wasn’t a scheduled resignation and it isn’t business as usual. Yet another Bush appointee has been forced to leave his job before his time is due because of connections to corruption, crime, and scandal. The media may catch on to this, or they may not, but either way we see that the Republican Party simply cannot be trusted with our government. They were corrupt before they had a majority in every branch of government and they’re irresponsible now that they’ve attained that majority. [...]

]]> By: Marie http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/05/goss-media-coverage/comment-page-1/#comment-540679 Marie Fri, 05 May 2006 23:46:37 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/05/goss-media-coverage/#comment-540679 Prostitutes and sex, booze and gambling -- might this be the "scandal" that finally brings down Bush&Co? Are the prostitutes male or female? Both? Who is present at these soirees? There was rumor of a personnel change supposed to come from the WHite House today, but the Goss surprise overtook it. Who is/was the one to be announced, but didn't happen? Prostitutes and sex, booze and gambling — might this be the “scandal” that finally brings down Bush&Co? Are the prostitutes male or female? Both? Who is present at these soirees?
There was rumor of a personnel change supposed to come from the WHite House today, but the Goss surprise overtook it. Who is/was the one to be announced, but didn’t happen?

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