Why did the AP pull picture of Gay prositute/reporter Gannons Bush rubbing

[papau]

The AP story does not seem to be still available that had the above picture.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/040426/480/pmm10704261651

But does that make the WH into truth tellers when they say that Bush did not know Gannon.

Or does the media start asking Bush if he ever used Gannon's services, and does the media begin a search for "stained" blue jeans with a request to Bush for a DNA sample?

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=2281&ncid=742&e=5&u=/thenation/20050215/cm_thenation/32196

There is something about the fuss over the White House reporter formerly known as Jeff Gannon that makes me uneasy. No, it's not the sexually explicit photos of him that accompany what appears to be ads in which he offers himself as a gay prostitute for clients seeking a military type. (These photographs were discovered by blogger John Aravosis. Click here--but not if you are faint-hearted.) These photos are an issue because the Bush White House granted Gannon--whose real name seems to be James Guckert--entry to press briefings conducted by press secretary Scott McClellan and press conferences with George W. Bush. Gannon/Guckert, who wrote for the conservative Talon News service (which is run by a Republican activist), was awarded such access even though he did not qualify for a congressional press pass--the standard press pass in Washington. It is legitimate to ask why the White House permitted a fellow with a spotty past and questionable credentials to become part of the press corps. Did he get special treatment because he was a conservative? After all, this whole to-do started when Gannon/Guckert at a January 26 press conference aked Bush a softball question in which he characterized Senate Democratic leaders as "people who seem to have divorced themselves from reality."

But let me raise a cautionary note or two.<snip>

[notadmblnd]

1. Is that Gannon/Guckert?

nt

[papau]

5. yes - The GOP has been pulling his picture off the web all weekend - but

the gay porn sites still have his image - althought you see more than anyone should be forced to see of a GOP favored "reporter".

[justiceischeap]

14. I posted this earlier in GD

Then I took one of the porn pics and super-imposed this one over it. To me the ears and the shape of the head are spot-on but I could be wrong. :shrug:

[illini]

17. Im sorry but I dont think the top one is Gannon.

It just doesnt look like him.

[intheflow]

2. No longer a picture in your post.

Down the ol' memory hole...

[papau]

11. here is link to image

[intheflow]

13. OMG! Gannon looks smitten!

Thanks for the link.

[DieboldMustDie]

3. What above picture?

:shrug:

[rodeodance]

6. I see no 'above picture',

[papau]

8. Amazing - ok I have it on my computer - where do I post it so it

shows on DU?

[notadmblnd]

9. I see it in your post

http://photobucket.com/login.php

[papau]

10. I hope this one works

[Blue_State_Elitist]

4. Doesn't look like Gannon to me

:shrug:

[Career Prole]

7. The media will line up a panel of staid conservatives who will attest

to the fact that head-rubbin' is a traditional greeting, that they themselves have rubbed many strangers' heads without benefit of a formal introduction, and that liberal bloggers should get out and rub the heads of the people instead of sniping.

[Old Mouse]

12. He was laying hands

in an attempt to heal him of his gayness

[bloom]

15. LOL

:)

[paineinthearse]

16. Cut * some slack

He has a bald fettish and rubs all bald heads!!!!!