Former prostitute says: "I knew Scott better than any other WH correspondent or Washington reporter"

[kpete]

Thursday, May 29, 2008
Former prostitute says: "I knew Scott better than any other WH correspondent or Washington reporter."
by John Aravosis (DC) · 5/29/2008 11:56:00 AM ET ·


We have a policy of not caring very much what former male hooker and GOP White House "reporter" Jeff Gannon (aka James Guckert) says about anything. His time has past, and he's not a terribly credible source. But when a former male hooker (read our story here, but FYI this link is not safe for work), who suddenly appeared in the White House a month before we invaded Iraq, and used to get called on by name by McClellan and George Bush, starts talking about how he knew the White House press secretary "better than everyone else," it still raises some questions that deserve an answer. Gannon/Guckert just wrote this on his Web site:

What I hear about the book does not sound like the Scott McClellan I knew for two years. I can say without fear of contradiction, that I knew Scott better than any other White House correspondent or Washington reporter.

Then again, if Gannon/Guckert wants anyone to listen to him about this or any other issue, he should explain just how and why he knew McClellan so well and stop playing games. Otherwise we're just going to ignore him for another year.

http://www.americablog.com/2008/05/former-prostitute-says-i-knew-scott.html

[Virginia Dare]

1. FORMER?....n/t

[Bucky]

Yes. He quit being a hooker and became a reporter instead.

What are you laughing at. I see no irony in what I said.

[SpiralHawk]

16. same difference

under the reign of the republicon-owned corporate media...

[liberal N proud]

2. Are they going to try to use Gannon to smear Scotty now?

Just wondering why this comes up all of a sudden.

[Junkdrawer]

4. Preemptive move...

Who said these guys are dumb?

[mcctatas]

6. Remember the old "mclellan is a closet case" rumors....

Raw Story, which has outed other anti-gay Republicans, said its source "reserved comment on whether McClellan was actually gay, but said he was frequently seen at gay clubs." It says that another source confirmed McClellan was a regular at gay clubs. McClellan is an Austin native.

"He was often seen in gay clubs in Austin, Texas and was comfortable being there," the source told Raw Story. "He's been seen in places that normal people who are looking for heterosexual relationships are not seen alone." <...>

Raw story also says there is a link between McClellan and the man who posed as a journalist and had been accredited by the White House. It reports that it has found the man claiming to be Jeff Gannon had sent McClellan a wedding card when the Bush aide married."



http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/2/14/232751/105

[havocmom]

7. Well, somebody know something about the in & outs of Jeff's WH log enteries

But it seems late in the game for blackmail threats. Horse and book are outta the barn. Trying to lock door now seems silly.

Edited to add: oooooo, are they trying to make a case for Scotty being despondent before they suicide him?

[King Coal]

8. My first question is: Did McClellan mention Gannon in his book?

If not, he is fair game, in Cheney's point of view. If they will out a CIA agent, they will Shirley out a gay press secretary who turned on them. :popcorn:

[JackBeck]

9. I believe that is entirely within the realm of possibilities.

[Doctor_J]

14. a hooker who wandered around the WH at will for a year

:eyes:

[eShirl]

3. so that's what Fox & Friends meant by skeletons in Scotty's closet

[havocmom]

5. cheney using Jimmy/Jeff to send threat to Scotty?

Sucks to be dick, book is already out. Any potential rattling of skeletons is sorta silly at this point.

Seems like the battle is really on between bush*s people and cheney's minions. Hope some prosecutors are taking lots of notes.

[King Coal]

10. Cheney might get outed too. I heard he was gay, didn't you?

[havocmom]

11. Who cares? It's his war crimes that bug me?

I don't care much about any info about Scotty's personal life, save if the junta is trying to set him up to look like he is depressed.

[King Coal]

15. You're not the one they are targeting Mom.

Know what I mean?

[havocmom]

19. Yes, I do. And I don't make light of privacy for others, just that cheney has dome so much evil

And I do not consider gay as evil. What is done in private is private. What damages others needs to be addressed. Nobody, NOBODY has done as much damage to others in the past decade as Dick Cheney.

[cayuga]

12. We know how they think.

It's obvious that the White House is pulling it's favorite prostitute (he is not a 'former' prostitute) out of the closet to insinuate that Gannon/Guckert had sex with McClellan.

It would be so easy to explain Gannon's numerous, lengthy and sometimes overnight visits to the White House if they could get us to believe it was McClellan he was visiting.

But we know how they think and we know how they operate and we know who Gannon was really visiting in the White House.

There is no doubt that the President of the United States was and probably still is doing the dirty with a male prostitute.

[SpiralHawk]

17. But male prostitute Gannon had several overnights at the George AWOL Bush White House...

according to the official Secret Service logs.

Scottie did not live at the White House.

George AWOL & Laura Bush did, and do.

What does that tell us?

[Doctor_J]

13. "Does not sound like the Scott McClellan I knew"

that's at least 10 different WH stooges that have used that exact phrase over the lsat 36 hours. Why can't thee people think for themselves?

[King Coal]

18. Gannon only knew him from the top on down.