Burkman solicits Google to deny sexual solicitation reports.
By on Jul 13th, 2007 at 10:50 am
Burkman solicits Google to deny sexual solicitation reports.
The prominent conservative pundit and lobbyist, Jack Burkman, was outed yesterday when it was revealed that his phone number “appears in the database of phone records of the ‘DC Madam.’” Previously, Wonkette reported allegations that Burkman may have solicited sex from a young woman who later blogged about it on MySpace.
Burkman is running a Google AdWords campaign and website denying allegations that he solicited sex from anyone. “[A]llegations concerning sollicitation [sic] are simply and completely false, driven by a group of left-wing people seeking to intimidate conservatives and independents.” Anyone searching Google for “Jack Burkman” will be shown Burkman’s denial at the top of the page:
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It won’t help him.
July 13th, 2007 at 10:53 amSo he’s paying “the google” to get his message out? Hmm. Is this a case of “Guilty dog – barks first”?
July 13th, 2007 at 10:54 amSo now that we have a Republicans sex scandal, can we put Impeachment back on the table? I mean, it does take sex to make it a crime, right?
July 13th, 2007 at 10:55 amWell, everyone should follow that link! Perhaps 3-4 times. Because for every click – as many of you know – that will cost whatever person or persons cash for every click.
Especially in that featured position on Google. Click away folks!
Of course, this is only to be informed of the left-wing conspiracy and the “truth” of the matter. But still, click a bunch of times.
July 13th, 2007 at 10:55 amIt’s gone already. No sponsored links came up when I search on “the Google.”
July 13th, 2007 at 10:58 amLooks like he wised up. It didn’t show up in my google search.
July 13th, 2007 at 10:58 amI loved the story of him phone-stalking the young woman, especially the fact that she posted the whole thing on the web.
July 13th, 2007 at 11:00 amit’s not there, is he ready to tell the truth?
July 13th, 2007 at 11:01 amIt may not show up everytime. Typically, the amount you pay for those advertisements is directly proportional to the % of times your ad shows up based upon the searches.
Meaning I may pay (making figures up here) $100 for my ad to show up 15% of the time. But I can pay $500 to have it show up 50%.
Also, those ad agreements usually have a hard cap, too. Your ad comes up 15% of the time when a certain word is used up to 1000 ads/day.
July 13th, 2007 at 11:02 am“a group of left-wing people seeking to intimidate conservatives and independents.”
Who are these people, and where do I join?
Seriously…. I wish there were such a group. But sadly, we progressives don’t have the same meanspiritedness as conservatives and can’t muster the same levels of intimidation as can the Rovians and other slime.
Can you just imagine, conservatives shaking in their boots while some little old liberal lady “intimidates” them by calling them on their own hypocrisy?
July 13th, 2007 at 11:05 amThis guy is clearly self-destructive. How much deeper can he did this hole. It will make for great comic relief.
July 13th, 2007 at 11:05 amQuestion for the Google experts. What is the payment structure for that type of Google ad? Is it a set fee? Or is it a seperate charge for each click?
July 13th, 2007 at 11:06 amIf Jack Pervman has to pay for each click, this could get quite expensive, no?
Shouldn’t he have said “driven by a group of fags who want to get married” – ? I mean, according to him, gay marriage is the gravest threat our nation faces, it’s five times graver than al Qaeda and the war in Iraq combined.
July 13th, 2007 at 11:08 amYou can spoof a phone number and a caller ID name with VOIP ya know!!
My cell phone was stolen by a phreaker!!
It was an employee in my office!!
Hackers did it!!
Clinton snuck in my home and used my phone!!
He said he was calling Mcdonalds to see if they had onion rings!!
July 13th, 2007 at 11:09 amShane, all the pundits and GOP jerkoffs would be wildly amusing if it wasn’t for their ongoing attempts to ruin this country. They are all laughable (more in the YOU HAVE TO BE KIDDING sense than the real ha ha sense) but it’s so hard to laugh when they are bringing down this once great country.
July 13th, 2007 at 11:09 amHere’s some info on keyword ad cost for google.
https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal?defaultView=1
Kind of fun to play with.
July 13th, 2007 at 11:09 amWho cares…..So long as he did not victimize anyone, his is sex life is his own business.
July 13th, 2007 at 11:10 amI commend the creative use of the technology, but any redeeming value that may bring is wiped out by the predictable and pathetic “left-wingers hate me” defense. If you’re using the internet, you should use it to support your case with linked facts – not blustering rhetoric… that dog dont hunt.
I’d say his money would be better spent on lawyers right now.
July 13th, 2007 at 11:12 amHe certainly will have to pay for every single click. And every time the ad shows up, but isn’t clicked on, is called an impression – and those ad up too.
More than likely he has set a daily budget and when that’s spent the ad isn’t listed again until the next day. That kind of top of the page, sponsored link is pricey I would guess – probably costs him a few bucks for each click – maybe more.
July 13th, 2007 at 11:14 amYou can run, but you can’t hide…
Next!
July 13th, 2007 at 11:17 amEnforce the laws on the books.
July 13th, 2007 at 11:18 am“a group of left-wing people seeking to intimidate conservatives and independents.â€
Who are these people, and where do I join?
Seriously…. I wish there were such a group. But sadly, we progressives don’t have the same meanspiritedness as conservatives and can’t muster the same levels of intimidation as can the Rovians and other slime.
Comment by SickOfTheGOPLies — July 13, 2007 @ 11:05 am
LOL – so true, so true.
BUT…although I personally agree with you I also feel that we can be feisty and stand our ground. Whenever we hear their lies and mis-characterizations we need to counter them aggressively! We don’t need to be “mean” about it but we can be just as relentless as they are while we expose them.
July 13th, 2007 at 11:20 amBut sadly, we progressives don’t have the same meanspiritedness as conservatives and can’t muster the same levels of intimidation as can the Rovians and other slime.
Comment by SickOfTheGOPLies
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All you folks seem to be able to muster is derangement, lunacy and a heavy dose of misguided rage.
July 13th, 2007 at 11:31 amAnother Think Progress exclusive…nice job ladies and gents!
July 13th, 2007 at 11:36 amWho cares…..So long as he did not victimize anyone, his is sex life is his own business.
Comment by Ringo the Gringo — July 13, 2007 @ 11:10 am
Where was this logic during the Clinton charade? You might want to ask the wives/families about victimization
July 13th, 2007 at 11:36 ambut it’s so hard to laugh when they are bringing down this once great country.
Comment by MsJoanne
Absolutely. But it’s fun to watch the trolls justify all the flip flopping.
July 13th, 2007 at 11:48 amPhew… maybe that moron will keep me out of the headlines for a while.
July 13th, 2007 at 11:48 amAll you folks seem to be able to muster is derangement, lunacy and a heavy dose of misguided rage.
Comment by Ringo the Gringo — July 13, 2007 @ 11:31 am
Terrorists are lurking in your mall, ketchup is a vegetable, Tinky Winky is gay, Soy makes you gay, marijuana makes you insane, undifferentiated cells are humans, brutal right wing dictators are our friends, there is only one true god and it is a white man on a cloud, species do not evolve. Shall we continue with derangement and lunacy. As to misguided rage, just two words: Bill Clinton. Nuff Said
July 13th, 2007 at 11:49 amit’s the hypocrisy thing ringo. going to church on sunday and to whores on monday. just don’t seem right… ya know?
July 13th, 2007 at 11:51 amComment by dbadass — July 13, 2007 @ 11:49 am
I was a neocon until they smeaed Tinky Winky. I had such a crush on him and they went too far that time.
July 13th, 2007 at 11:52 amit’s the hypocrisy thing ringo. going to church on sunday and to whores on monday. maybe if i were a republican i’d approve…
July 13th, 2007 at 11:52 amWho cares…..So long as he did not victimize anyone, his is sex life is his own business.
Comment by Ringo the Gringo — July 13, 2007 @ 11:10 am
I dare ya to tell that to the Rightwing Christians.
July 13th, 2007 at 11:53 amPaying for google, paying for getting laid.
July 13th, 2007 at 11:59 amPraying for this to blow over.
Paying for other things to get blown over.
Poor misunderstood Jack.
The developments of the last few days have not been kind to the so-called “values voters” of the Republican Party. One after another, paragons of conservative virtue have been going down (so to speak). And making matters worse, they are taking down the top GOP presidential campaigns with them.
For the details, see:
July 13th, 2007 at 12:02 pm“Sex and Drugs Rock Republicans.”
Clinton!
July 13th, 2007 at 12:02 pmWho cares…..So long as he did not victimize anyone, his is sex life is his own business.
Comment by Ringo the Gringo
Democrats don’t care for the most part.
But polls show that the right wing voters do care what you do in your private sexual life. Sexually repressed people usually are the ones that want to spy in your bedroom.
Hypocrisy seems to matter across the board with all voters.
I was flipping the news this morning and I think it was msnbc that was showing those polls this morning
July 13th, 2007 at 12:04 pm“Anyone searching Google for “Jack Burkman†will be shown Burkman’s denial at the top of the page …”
Till his Google Adwords campaign runs out of money!
July 13th, 2007 at 12:06 pmNuff Said
Comment by dbadass
Good summary. I’m sure that the trolls will now apologize for their stupidity and scuttle off in the dark.
Or, maybe not. Maybe they will continue their prattle uninterrupted.
July 13th, 2007 at 12:07 pmWell let’s help him out, everyone click the ad repeatedly. He gets charged for each and every click!
July 13th, 2007 at 12:24 pmDid Burkman change his message to include even more typos? It now reads:
“BURKMAN RESPONDS: Web allegations are simply and completely false, driven by a group of left-wing people seeking to intimidate conservatives and independants.
As my viewers and readers know, I usually do not respond to silliness on the internet. But in this case–given the national and international coverage–I feel I must. The recent allegations concerning sollicitation are false lies. They have been printed and reprinted by websites with a long and intense history of harrassing me and trying to stop my commentary.
None of the sites even so much as contacted me for comment. But I can assure you that they will not succeed. My family and I have been through this before. During impeachment in the 90’s, every form of illegitimate pressure that could be brought to bear was brought to bear in an attempt to silence me. But they failed and seven years later, my commentary continues unabated and unphased. And it always will.
Thank you for watching and reading.”
July 13th, 2007 at 12:29 pmBill Clinton!
July 13th, 2007 at 12:37 pmYeah! I mean, everyone knows that wealthy white conservative men are the most persecuted group in world history!
July 13th, 2007 at 12:49 pmI just love a republicon sex scandal.
Shit has hit the fan.
Living and loving it!
July 13th, 2007 at 12:51 pm:-)
Unphased? What, his commentary is hard to hear because it’s audio waves are canceling each other out?
July 13th, 2007 at 1:33 pmCan’t these people even use spellcheck?
The link has been taken down now that he can no longer refute the charges against him. Oh well, God has forgiven him so there’s no longer a story here.
Move along lookie loos, nothing to see here.
July 13th, 2007 at 1:54 pmWrong. Flynt is after everyone in Washington.
No one is to be spared: Democrats, Republicans, Independents, Lobbyists of all stripes.
Pompous a$$es everywhere, be prepared.
July 13th, 2007 at 1:59 pmI guess this is what happens when all these family values folks teach that women are to be used as breeding stock only.
They can’t get it from their wives so they have to go out and pay for it.
July 13th, 2007 at 2:30 pmWilliam Clinton!!!
July 13th, 2007 at 2:50 pmMy god, three paragraphs and four spelling errors. This sort of thing always accompanies these morons.
Why is it that conservatives can’t spell??? I think it is because they are GOD-DAMNED STUPID.
Aside from the bad spelling, Jack Offerman includes this doozy, which doesn’t mean what he intended:
“None of the sites even so much as contacted me for comment. But I can assure you that they will not succeed.”
Jesus H. Christ, why are conservatives so DUMB??
“Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid, it is true that most stupid people are conservative.”
- John Stuart Mill
July 13th, 2007 at 2:52 pmme:
Thanks for the John Stuart Mill quote; it’s a classic.
P.S. — Burkman’s not a real Republican; he solicited FEmale prostitutes.
July 13th, 2007 at 3:43 pmWho cares…..So long as he did not victimize anyone, his is sex life is his own business.
Comment by Ringo the Gringo
Did you say the same thing about Clinton and Monica, Ringo the Grudge? If not, then STFU.
July 13th, 2007 at 5:01 pmThe funny thing: there’s a grab bag of Republican names pulling “grab bag,” but the only name the bobbleheads can come up with for the Democrats is “B-B-Bill Clinton.”
Psst. I don’t know if you redneck retards know this or not, but Bill Clinton’s no longer president.
July 13th, 2007 at 6:34 pmBurkman and other Christian conservatives have been exposed as hypocrites who say one thing in public and do another. They have a double standard. There is no use denying it, Burkman needs to come clean. He can no longer hide from this. Trying to blame liberals won’t get him anywhere either. He needs to take responsibility for his actions. He clearly broke the law. This is his shame and his alone.
July 13th, 2007 at 8:40 pmconsenting women throw themselves at Bill Clinton. republicans have to buy sex.
July 13th, 2007 at 9:00 pmGoogle AdWords is a pay-per-hit service. Take a moment, or two, or a minute, etc., and click on the Burkman ad. Costs you nothing (but finger energy and whatever you’re paying for internet) and costs him whatever he’s specified as the $$ limit on the adword listing.
July 14th, 2007 at 3:13 amAs others have noted, anyone running an Adwords styled campaign is literally paying by the click in order to have their site appear in a prominent position. I think the proper thing to do is to blogswarm him through google – don’t go directly to his site, click on his sponsored site ad over and over again – and drain his bank account.
Vyan
July 14th, 2007 at 10:47 am