E&P: Gannon/Guckert Met Kerry at WH Reporters' Bash, Hopes to Go Again

[sabra]

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Gannon/Guckert Met Kerry at WH Reporters' Bash, Hopes to Go Again

By Joe Strupp

Published: February 22, 2005 12:55 PM ET

NEW YORK At previous galas he says he managed to meet Sen. John Kerry and Al Franken. But will James Guckert's recent notoriety as a partisan White House reporter who used a fake name, among other alleged activities, keep him out of this year's White House Correspondents Dinner?

Guckert, a.k.a. Jeff Gannon, doesn’t think so.

"I have every intention of attending this year's ," Guckert, a guest at the last two dinners, told E&P today. "Don’t you think I could? I'm sure someone is going to ask me or offer me the opportunity to go. It is a great publicity event." This year's dinner will be held on April 30.

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"I got a ticket each year," Guckert said, declining to name those who brought him. "I paid, and I just wanted to be there. I met John Kerry at one of them and the cast of 'The West Wing.' I met Al Franken at the first one after he'd gotten into it with the Fox News table."

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Although Guckert said no one had asked him to be their guest at the 2005 White House Correspondents dinner, scheduled for April 30, he believes his recent fame will make him a potential guest. "There is still time," he said, noting that the dinner had often prompted attention because of some controversial guests in the past, such as Monica Lewinsky. "There is always someone there trying to make news," he added. "Maybe this year it is going to be me."


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[lancdem]

1. I don't remember Monica attending (gross)

but I thought Paula Jones did (ewwwww!).

[sabra]

2. Is it just me, or is Guckert trying hard to get famous from this...

[MidwestTransplant]

4. I will look forward to his tell all book.

[merh]

19. Or is he trying to say in the limelight to stay alive?

:shrug:

[Ninga]

3. Yuck, yuck, yuck.......jeez louise, maybe he can sit at the Faux News

table and play footsie with Sean and the rest of the "guys"..

[BOSSHOG]

7. With ann coulter on his arm - visualize

Who would be the top?

[Hoping4Change]

8. This is totttalllly off topic but jeez louise I have never seen

anyone else use the expression jeez louise. I'm just thrilled. :hi:

[earth mom]

28. Jeez Louise-is one of my favorites too!

:hi:

[tanyev]

5. Still waiting for someone to ask him to the prom?

You might not get to go this year, "Jeff".

[sabra]

6. LOL - but he already bought a dress :-(

[Bethany Rockafella]

9. I thought this cat was returning to private life?

"There are people who are definitely interested in some of my behind-the-scenes work in the press room."

I'll bet they are!

"I still think, despite the bad things being said about me, I am a journalist, I have been one for two years and have written about 500 articles. I paid a big price for the privilege to call myself a journalist."

What bad things? Do you need a dictionary?

[murray hill farm]

11. in bushworld...it all makes sense...

Lets see...we cant have Camilla at the WH...she is divorced...but hey...lets invite this swell fellah...sure...that would be good..hehe!

[Spazito]

10. And he says democrats are 'divorced from reality'????

What bizarre world does this man live in? (Don't answer that, lol)

[KoKo]

12. So "who" are the two members who asked him as a guest? That would be

a link that would be very revealing, I would think....who are these two?

He said he attended the past two White House Correspondents Association dinners, which are limited to WHCA members and their guests. Although he is not a WHCA member, and has never sought membership, he claims he attended the 2003 and 2004 dinners as a guest of two different members.

[No Exit]

14. Yeahhhhh... I'd like to see those members!

Er... I mean, I'd like to see who it was that took him. (Maybe we could ask who he danced with the most?)

[Rose Siding]

13. ROFL- He ONLY mentions the dems he met?

So the repubs had all be warned not to talk to the hooker?

[KoKo]

15. Does anyone else find his statements BIZARRE! Pitiful? Weird?

He gives another interview to "E&P" when he said he would stop giving interviews, he says he's written a diary, and he says,"There are people who are definitely interested in some of my behind-the-scenes work in the press room."

Is he hoping the "Rutherford Institute" will come along and back him like they did Paula Jones? OR, is he hoping a "Liberal" Rutherford will come along and defend him. :shrug:

I'm not sure if this article means he's ready to "turn" or has cards up his sleeve to play us for fools. :crazy:

[sabra]

17. I find it extremely weird!

I am not sure what JG is trying to convey with this interview?

[flyarm]

22. jeff/jim is sending..

a warning to someone...he is saying that he has two reporters he went with before and he has a diary..and this is a warning..and insurance policy on his life ..it sounds like to me!

fly

[earth mom]

29. Wow that makes sense! :) eom

[Al-CIAda]

30. astute observation, flyarm -n/t

[DELUSIONAL]

16. is he hinting he's a "Monica Lewinsky"?

Why brag like this?

What is his motive?

Is he giving a message to someone?

Deconstruct what he is saying -- and add the fact that he sends out bills to people who claim they were just talking to him (earlier post) and link: http://swiftreport.blogs.com/news/2005/02/editor_question.html

He isn't going to be quiet, go away, and become a wall flower, is he?

[sabra]

18. It does seem that way...

[FreedomAngel82]

20. Of course not

You can't trust these people to tell the truth and all that. He's such a flipflopper. :eyes: I also want to know how got to these parties. Maybe he was invited so he can be their stripper and show off that 8+. LOL.

[Bethany Rockafella]

21. That was a joke.

[Toucano]

25. He's clearly putting himself in the same category.

It's very interesting. Too bad he leaves no "marks". LOL!

It sure sounds like he's suggesting he blew the president in the oval office.

I wonder if Bush wears Jim/Jeff's favorite tie?

[LynnTheDem]

27. And was bush his little humidor???

heh. :D

[flyarm]

31. his life depends on him not going away and hiding

if he hides he gets suicided!! and no one knows any different..dont you see it all the people who have left this admin or has come out against them they either have to write a book or make a splash..aka valerie plame, joe wilson,richard clark, paul oneil..anyone who goes quietly either dies in a car crash a plane crash, or is suicided...
gannon better make a splash and make himself a household name if he wants to stay alive!
fly

[Bluebear]

23. Wow, interesting citation of Monica.... what is he telling us?

Is this some kind of Bulldog to President code?

[Stephanie]

24. Publicity??? But what about his PRIVACY?

I thought he was feeling it had been, ahem, violated!

[flyarm]

32. squeaky wheel stays in front of cameras! n/t

[KoKo]

26. Kick...