An observation: Studio 54 and Jeff Gannon - GOP SOPs

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I made what I think is an interesting observation last night. VH1 Classic had several shows on last night about the late Studio 54, Disco To The Rich and Famous.

As those of you who have worked in the food and beverage business are well aware, getting a liquor license is no easy thing. Not a few places have had to go back to the well over and over, with different representation lineups, until the coveted license is won. Just how did Studio 54, a den of iniquity by just about any standard save Caligulan, manage to keep pouring the main profit-maker, since it's likely that no one in the lineup would have been able to get a permanent liquor license for a place where drugs and sex were public activities?

It turns out that instead of applying to the NYS Liquor Authority for a permanent license, the Studio 54 guys applied, on a daily basis, for a "cabaret license" which allowed pouring on the day of application ONLY. They did this over and over again, night after night.

I laughed and made a comment to the SO: "Hey, that's the same principle Gannon, and whoever his WH mole-toy was, used to get Jeffie Boy into the WH press conferences over and over again without a permanent WH press pass!"

The Studio 54 story goes on to say that at some point, the Liquor Authority wised up to this scam, and refused to grant any more cabaret licenses to Stevie and Ian. In gallops McCarthy henchman and closeted GOP gay Roy Cohn, to put the smack down on the NYS Liquor Authority! Roy-boy has enough NY judges in his pocket-pool pool to get the court order overturned, and Stevie and Ian get to keep their daily pass gig going!

Of course Roy-boy is no match for the IRS in later months, and the game is over. But the parallels to today's GOP were worth noting! Closeted gays... McCarthy... day passes for a highly scrutinized activity which no one else could have gotten away with... drugs and sex galore for the connected... Repukes Above The Law.

Interesting. At least I thought so.

[CrazyOrangeCat]

1. That is truly bizarre . . .

. . . and indeed, an interesting comparison. The repuke's cynicism and hubris is only matched by their evil machinations.

I dream of visiting them all in Alcatraz . . .

[SpiralHawk]

2. Male prostitute Jeff Gannon "visited" the Bush White House

about 200 times, according to the official Secret Service Records. Many of those visits were on weekends, or other times when there were no "press activities" scheduled.

The Corporate Media is on its knees with this story, as with so many other, and with its nose stuck firmly up the NeoCon Butt.

Why are male prostitutes hanging out at the Bush White House?

How does Jeff Gannon relate/compare to Monica Lewinsky?

Prying perverts want to know !!! And so should all US voters.