Does Joe Biden know Jeff Gannon aka James Guckert?

[KoKo]

Did they cross paths on the commute from DC to Delaware? Did Biden know about his back tax problem? What about Gannon's Delaware "Bedrock
Corporation?" Why did "Jimmy/Jeff" make this teasing comment about Biden on his blog? Did "Jimmy/Jeff" know Roger D. Blevins, Biden's campaign staffer who was indicted for stealing Campaign Funds from him?

"I watched a clip of Sen. Joe Biden on Bill Maher's HBO crapfest.  wonder why he didn't mention meeting me some years ago.  C'mon Joe,
think.."

http://www.jeffgannon.com/

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IS THIS THE CONNECTION to JIMMY/JEFF?


Former Biden staffer sentenced to prison for campaign-fund theft

By SEAN O’SULLIVAN / The News Journal
3/10/2005
A former campaign worker for U.S. Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., was sentenced in federal court today to three years and one month in prison for stealing more than $412,000 from the senator.

Roger D. Blevins of Elsmere was accused of raiding Biden’s re-election fund to pay for dates with, and buy lavish presents for, performers on a gay pornographic Web site.

Blevins told U.S. District Judge Kent A. Jordan that his actions were “stupid, ignorant and wrong,” and he apologized for his behavior.
http://www.delawareonline.com/updates/FormerBidenstaf.html

AND:

THE REALITY OF PRISON ENDS ROGER BLEVINS' LIFE OF FANTASY

By Celia Cohen
Grapevine Political Writer

-SNIP-
He was one of those oddballs who nevertheless can find a home in politics simply by being useful and in Blevins' case also by displaying an aptitude for computers. If there was anything noticeable about him, it was his tendency to spin tall tales about himself.

The computer skills and the self-exaggeration apparently caught up with him.

According to Byrd, the federal prosecutor, Blevins sampled a come-hither Internet site and fell for someone auctioning himself off.

"Who was the highest bidder? The defendant. Too bad he didn't use his own money," Byrd said.

Blevins eventually met three individuals separately and became a big shot to them by siphoning off Biden's campaign treasury, buying presents like a Porsche and a $1,500 ring from Tiffany's and frequently taking trips to Florida to see them and indulge in his secret life, Byrd said.

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AND, FROM AMERICA BLOG:
Paul searched the Internet WhoIs director for militarystud.com and saw that the owner was Bedrock Corp of Wilmington, Delaware. “That’s definitely him,” Paul said. (Paul and a second source both recall Jeff paying with a check in the name of Bedrock Corp. The name stuck in their heads at the time because they asked Jeff why “Bedrock”? He replied something about the Flintstones, they recall.) This is relevant because a Bedrock Corp in Wilmington, Delaware also owns former White House reporter Jeff Gannon's personal Web site and a series of Web addresses apparently dealing with military male escorts.

http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:Rz-u6WwKskcJ:americablog.blogspot.com/2005/02/man-called-jeff.html+James+Guckert,+Delaware&hl=en

[DU9598]

1. Interesting

It shall be interesting to see how this all unfolds, if it does unfold.

[Politiclo8]

2. Maybe Biden is a satisfied................

Bulldog customer. LOL!!!!!!!!!

[KoKo]

3. I just added new info...and it might have been the Biden's Campaign

Staffer who is the connection to Jimmy/Jeff:

Former Biden staffer sentenced to prison for campaign-fund theft

By SEAN O’SULLIVAN / The News Journal
3/10/2005
A former campaign worker for U.S. Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., was sentenced in federal court today to three years and one month in prison for stealing more than $412,000 from the senator.

Roger D. Blevins of Elsmere was accused of raiding Biden’s re-election fund to pay for dates with, and buy lavish presents for, performers on a gay pornographic Web site.

Blevins told U.S. District Judge Kent A. Jordan that his actions were “stupid, ignorant and wrong,” and he apologized for his behavior.
http://www.delawareonline.com/updates/FormerBidenstaf.html

[Al-CIAda]

7. Great find KoKoo, thanks!

[KoKo]

8. There's MORE: Blevens.....

(Worth reading this whole article for anyone interested in the connections. This might have been "entrapment" and even more of a connection to "Jimmy/Jeff." It's a sad story but this guy was Biden's Delaware Campaign Manager...who else had a business in Delaware?)
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THE REALITY OF PRISON ENDS ROGER BLEVINS' LIFE OF FANTASY

By Celia Cohen
Grapevine Political Writer

It was a grim ending to a bizarre episode. Blevins had never been more than an unremarkable, if familiar figure in Democratic Party circles, someone who made do with $20,000-a-year political jobs in a bargain-basement life.

He was one of those oddballs who nevertheless can find a home in politics simply by being useful and in Blevins' case also by displaying an aptitude for computers. If there was anything noticeable about him, it was his tendency to spin tall tales about himself.

The computer skills and the self-exaggeration apparently caught up with him.

According to Byrd, the federal prosecutor, Blevins sampled a come-hither Internet site and fell for someone auctioning himself off.

"Who was the highest bidder? The defendant. Too bad he didn't use his own money," Byrd said.

Blevins eventually met three individuals separately and became a big shot to them by siphoning off Biden's campaign treasury, buying presents like a Porsche and a $1,500 ring from Tiffany's and frequently taking trips to Florida to see them and indulge in his secret life, Byrd said.

http://www.delawaregrapevine.com/3-05blevinssentence.asp

[grasswire]

10. is there any evidence...

...that Gannon was ever in Florida?

[KoKo]

18. I don't know. I Googled

I think the Kos folks are still working on Gannongate offsite. Maybe they have info on Gannon Florida connections.

I couldn't find any more info on Blevin's FLA friends that he gave the gifts to. Without their names it would be hard to tie back to Guckert. Maybe the Court Filing is online in Delaware and would list the names. But, they also might be held back because of privacy concerns. :shrug:

[KoKo]

35. I dunno' but "Google" seems to have run dry on this....Think theKossacks

might have the scoop now. :shrug:

[AntiCoup2K4]

4. One whore deserves another, I guess

Biden & JimmyJeff = a match made in HELL

[dddem]

5. I think it's kind of strange

that faux news hasn't jumped all over this. Unless, of course, the republicans don't want to shed any light on this story for reasons of their own? hmmm.

[KoKo]

6. I'm thinking

Gannongate is so big that everyone has some interest in burying it. Just look at the connections to Biden's staffer. What if other Senate/House Members have staffers who were involved with his "enterprise." AND...the backing from the GOP dirty tricksters who ran Gannon.

Maybe even some in the media were involved in his enterprise. Unbelievable...

[Old and In the Way]

12. It's that 'honey pot' theory in play.

Maybe this is the smoking gun that we know exists. It would be fairly easy to entrap lower level Democratic aides/staff whose transgressions could then be used to compromise/blackmail our elected Congresspeople.

I've always thought that was the level GG was playing on. WH fake reporter by day, gay blackmailer by night.

Question is, how pervasive is this problem?

[KoKo]

30. Honey Pot"....Yes! .I think what you say is

what it might have been. A way to entice folks. Not necessarily Biden and the Big Guys ...but their aides and staffers.

Thanks for pointing that out. It may be that our Senators or House Members want to cover for their staff who might be caught up in this.

But, if it goes all the way to the top...we still should have an investigation to clean this "influence peddling" by the GOP run folks like Gurkert. No matter whether its Repugs or Dems we've got to "CLEAN HOUSE," here. Or, what happenes to our fragile system of government that we believed in as a "model for the future." :shrug:

[grasswire]

9. has anyone checked for political donations?

Not that I think Gannon is one for paying out cash. But other names might be interesting.

[Cocoa]

11. you're promoting a Jeff Gannon rumor?

am I right, this is a quote from Gannon's blog.

In other words, this is an insinuation that Gannon has inititated.

The RW prostitute, phony reporter, porn seller, Jeff Gannon.

And we're HELPING Gannon get that rumor going? WTF are we doing?

[Old and In the Way]

13. Not helping, Cocoa...exposing.

If there are Democrats that are being compromised/blackmailed....we need to get this exposed. Frankly, it would explain a lot as to why some of our Democrats are voting against our best interests or not speaking out on issues that they should be. If there is a web of Republican GG's setting 'honey pot traps' for our Senators/Representitives, either directly or indirectly, we need get this out in the open.

[Cocoa]

14. it came from Jeff Gannon

we should assume it's BS, we shouldn't give it further exposure.

Whores (literal and figurative) sometimes make shit up.

[siliconefreak]

15. my, my

Quite a negative view you have of folks who work in adult entertainment. Any particular reason why?

[NYCGirl]

16. They probably met at one of the two WH Christmas parties Gannon said

he was at. And Biden didn't mention it — because he didn't remember him.

[KoKo]

19. I don't think Biden was involved personally with Gan/Gurk

but that he might have known who he was through Bevins. And, that Gan/Gurk may have friend in other Senator's offices either locally or in DC. It's possible the Dems knew about Gan/Gurk a long time but didn't really know his background as a GOP front man. Maybe he was blackmailing some to get influence in Democratic circles. If he enticed Bevins then he probably had other Democrats.

Our Dems probably either don't know or they don't want to know. Or they
know but are compromised by something if one of their aides or staffers was also involved with Gan/Gurk.

This could be why this story is on "Lock Down." What other reason could there be than blackmail?

But, I don't have a definite connection between Blevins and Gan/Gurk..just that "strong circumstantial" evidence. Delaware is a very small state. And, the community that Gan/Gurk was advertising to would also be very "tight knit." :shrug:

[NYCGirl]

23. I don't even think the connection is that close. Gannon is a publicity hog

and will say anything to keep himself in the news.

[KoKo]

31. You don't think Gannon/Guckert connects to anything but Himself?

Are you serious? Could you give a little more about your reasoning on this? :eyes:

[NYCGirl]

33. He connects to someone in the WH press office. More than that, it's all

utter speculation. I think Gannon's dumb-ass shout out to Biden was nothing more than bravado; he's disappointed no one wants to talk to him anymore.

[Carolab]

17. What does "The Flintstones" have to do with it? n/t

[ZootSuitGringo]

20. Because like Gannon,

The Flinstone knew how to enjoy a Yaba-daba-doo good time!

[Still_Loves_John]

21. I'll bet its not that complicated

I'll bet Guckert went to some press conference and asked what he thought was a totally brilliant question that rendered Biden speechless or something, and assumes that Biden would never forget the day that his career was taken down by some intrepid reporter.

[KoKo]

22. "Nasua Advocate" has new news story up about Gannongate...

posted by News Editor at 3/12/2005 04:27:00 PM |

Jeff Gannon Continues to Hint at the Involvement, in Gannongate, of the Ranking Minority Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Joe Biden
By ADVOCATE STAFF

On February 19th, 2005, The Advocate reported that the Ranking Minority Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Joe Biden (D-DE), had said, on Bill Maher's cable television show "Real Talk,"

The bottom line is that, why isn't every major network in the country investigating a security breach ?

Forget anything else. How could the F.B.I....seventeen years I was Chairman of the Judiciary Committee and the Ranking Member, I read more F.B.I. reports than I ever wanted to know. How could that happen and no one have any idea who this guy was?

Forget everything else, assume he went in there and he was a saint. How could that be? We should know that.
-SNIP-
(More of the article asking WHY did Biden not follow through and investigate? ....with some speculation as to why...which was what I was asking in my original post.)

More at...........http://nashuaadvocate.blogspot.com/

[John_H]

24. Since there's about 36 people in delaware politcs, it doesn't

seem surprising to me. It's even less surprising to see a few DU ers grooving on the rumor about the evil Biden, rather than recognizing the significance of Jeffie's "threat" which is an admission of his previous profession.

[KoKo]

29. See Post #28 for some background on this.... n/t

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

25. Could someone perhaps pull the court file in the Blevins case?

I assume that in the criminal case against Blevins that the prosecution proved up where the $412,000 went. Did they call any of the alleged gay escorts to the witness stand? Did they prove up to whom gifts of Biden's campaign money, or the gifts purchased with it had been made? There might be some record in the official court file.

[KoKo]

26. Most States have a site for this.........I don't have time..but

Delaware.Gov. or Google on Delaware Judicial might come up with something. I found Ellen Mariani's Lawsuit against Bush on the Pennsylvania Gov. website..and read the whole thing. But, I've not tried it for anything else. :shrug:

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

27. Does something seem odd to you here?

http://www.delawaregrapevine.com/jan04stories/2-04%20blevins.htm

The Blevins case was heard in the US District Court, Delaware. Apparently, there was no trial, therefore no evidence introduced, and very few facts presented. Blevins appeared before the Judge in a rather summary proceeding where HE PLEADED GUILTY to the charges and did not contest it. He did not require the prosecution to present the case and prove the charges against him. Apparently, he admitted the crime in such a low voice that the Judge asked him to repeat his statement of facts regarding his deeds. Also, it is interesting to note that, apart from buying gifts for the alleged escorts, in all other aspects of his lifestyle, Blevins lived like a virtual pauper (i.e. he spent none of the money on himself).

A suspicious, evil, muckraking person might wonder whether Biden is the one who paid the escorts and got Blevins to admit to the charge (perhaps in return for part of the funds). Or perhaps he used Blevins as an intermediary to cover himself. However, I am merely posing the question, not promoting this theory. At any rate, pulling the court file will probably shed no light on the facts surrounding this case.

[KoKo]

28. I still think that it was his "aides and staffers." BUT>>>>>>

Joe Biden goes back to the "Clarence Thomas Anita Hill Hearings" where Biden kept the STAR witness against Thomas waiting until almost 2:00 a.m. in the morning and then cut the hearing short so that the MOST CREDIBLE witness supporting Anita Hill was left out while Biden led the vote to confirm Thomas to the Supreme Court.

I NEVER trusted Biden after that...

So, I won't discount what you say...but Biden also can say he has two great sons and a daughter who are "wonderful."

Both Beau and Hunter Biden are a tribute to their parents...and their daughter Ashley (?) is the product of a "second marriage" since Biden's first wife was killed in car crash in '72 and both his young toddler sons were injured badly.

Biden may be protecting his "SONS" political future by NOT Investigating Gannongate.!

Still..with Biden the smear on him is the "Thomas/Hill Hearings." He caved and gave us Thomas who gave us the "Selection of BUSH II."

:shrug:

[kohodog]

32. Biden's proper name is: Joe Biden, MBNA

Please don't forget the initials.

[cry baby]

34. BS...do any of you believe anything JimJeff has to say?

It is a trap, don't fall for it.