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montana500 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-05 03:58 PM
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Gannon and Washington - THE story of the year
THIS is what we use. REPEATEDLY. DO NOT GIVE UP ON THIS.

Keep this in the forefront until the next elections. This story has LEGS.
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gWbush is Mabus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-05 03:58 PM
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1. need some links...what is going on?
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montana500 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-05 04:00 PM
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2. fake reporter planted by the white house
that's what seems to be the cas. He was Bush's darling during press conferences. Turns out he was using fake name. Talon has removed ALL his articles.

GUYS this is the one thing we need to get the MEDIA off the nuts of the GOP.

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Goldmund Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-05 04:03 PM
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4. Don't forget that he's a gay pimp
or something
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-05 04:00 PM
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3. Here's a great thread to start with.
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RaleighNCDUer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-05 04:08 PM
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5. Lets not forget that Gannon is not the target --
he is the wedge to be pounded on. This can't just stop with his being forced out and shut down.

What are his connections?

Who got him in there?

Was there a direct connection to the administration to him, or was it through his handler?

Who funds Talon News?

What's this about a Valerie Plame connection?
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calimary Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-05 04:10 PM
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6. And how many more are there at home like him?
Edited on Wed Feb-09-05 04:11 PM by calimary
He CAN'T be the only one. AND he probably won't be the last one. Now that he's been outed, they'll need a replacement.

Or some sort of permutation of this. Maybe they'll try a sucker of a different flavor.

STAY ON YOUR TOES, GUYS.
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LSparkle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-05 04:11 PM
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8. Apparently he was subpoenaed in the Plame case
Wonder if he's the friggin leak!!!!!
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LSparkle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-05 04:11 PM
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7. I agree
This reveals without a doubt that the WH is putting out PROPAGANDA. And they don't want any challenge to THEIR VERSION of reality (RNC is threatening networks with license revocation if they play the MoveOn.org Social Security ad). Any reporter who went to journalism school and has worked hard to get ahead in the profession should be absolutely OUTRAGED by this.
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Generator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-05 04:14 PM
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9. Hey search away guys!
All I can find is his REAL name is supposed to be Guckert-maybe James D. It hasn't been confirmed.

Go get the Guckert and find where it leads.

Facts make me happy. Lies make me nuclear.

http://atrios.blogspot.com/2005_02_06_atrios_archive.html#110797983793858659
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lukasahero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-05 04:15 PM
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10. I must be missing something
In the last couple of weeks at least 3 reporters have been identified as having received money by the administration to support their agenda. Those stories have dropped by the wayside. What is it that makes anyone think this story is any different? (I'm serious - am I missing something about?)
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Generator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-05 04:18 PM
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11. Oh be a wet blanket already
Even though you are proabably right.

Sex scandal with pictures might get it on the news for more than a soundbite though. All they care about is sex you know.
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lukasahero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-05 04:29 PM
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13. I'm really not trying to rain on anyone's parade
Honest to goddess, I'd love nothing more than to see something take this f*cker down, I've just given up hope that anyone really cares what he does any more except us. I was kind of hoping you guys could give me hope that there really is a reason to believe this time it might work.

True enough about the sex scandal part, but I've seen sex scandal after sex scandal come out this year for the repugs and it hasn't made a dent there either.

Sorry, I really was looking for some hope. :-(

(Pathetic - I just used the word hope three times in one post - how desperate for such am I?)
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calimary Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-05 05:05 PM
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16. No worries. We do INDEED have to keep repeating this.
Edited on Wed Feb-09-05 05:08 PM by calimary
Spread it everywhere. Ask questions. Write/phone/fax/email your reps www.congress.org for a good directory of EVERYTHING/EVERYBODY locally and nationally, AND the media.

If this makes enough noise, it's the "buckhead effect" working FOR us, and not against us. Judging from my viewing of folks like Keith Olbermann and Jon Stewart, there are people on staff who keep their noses to the net, and if there's a tidal wave about something, they'll see it and possibly also move on it. That's what we need. And of course, there are always those who might want to send stuff like this to Olbermann. Why not? It has EVERYTHING. Sex. Politics. Sneaky back-room stuff. Oh and did I mention Sex? Maybe even... LYING ABOUT SEX????? Remember how a tidal wave of freepers, dittoheads, and in particular, an assassin who goes by the name of "buckhead" (capital B, but I don't like to lend ANY air of giving respect to it as a proper noun or title) piled on Dan Rather, and what they accomplished?

Well, here we go.

And we MUST be watchful, too, that the Bad Guys don't try something else slippery, another wolf in another type of sheep's clothing, in maybe another pasture where they think we're not watching closely. As with Armstrong Williams - he's just the cockroach we KNOW about. If we know he exists, we can bet that there are lots more like him lurking in the shadows and behind the wall and in the woodwork.

And YEAH, I know what you mean about just looking for some hope. Any hope will do. This is a good one. And it's got a fun little skid mark to it, too.

BTW: Keep this in mind, too. It's about targeting Brit Hume. But who says we stop there? Mr. Tough-guy "'Talon' News" is just the latest piece of raw meat on which to whet our appetites.

From another DU thread:
You want to start a writing campaign to oust Britt Hume?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=1580284#1580768

Remember the scene in, I think, "Jurassic Park 2" in which one of the big blustery guys was in the woods, and one of those little bitty "yapping dog"-type dinosaurs came up to him. He sneered at it and kicked it out of the way. But it came back. He sneered and scared it off again. But then, it came back with a buddy. He still sneered, but you could tell he didn't care for this terribly much. He scared them off - but not very far off. Then they came back. With more buddies. Now he's not sneering anymore. He's backing away. They advance. More of their buddies suddenly appear, and they advance, too. He REALLY doesn't like this now, and backs away until he trips and falls. All of a sudden, they're on him like sharks on a piece of raw meat. And suddenly, he's a goner.

Think about it. That's what the "buckhead" types did to Dan Rather. Who the hell is Brit Hume that he's entitled to be immune?

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montana500 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-05 04:23 PM
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12. we have to keep repeating it, even if we get tired of it.
nm
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Walt Starr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-05 04:43 PM
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14. This guy was a pimp for homosexual escort services
:evilgrin:

Sex sells.
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calimary Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-05 04:58 PM
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15. More of them thar Good Ol' Red-White-and-Blue republi-CON Family Values
on parade. With their G-strings showing, apparently...

The GOP: Haven of Hypocrites.
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