Notice The Difference in Coverage Between Spitzer and Jeff Guckert Gannon?

[Vinnie From Indy]

The hyper focus on sex and the Governor makes one wonder why the mainstream media didn't cover the Jeff Gannon Guckert male prostitute story a few years ago even remotely as intensively as this latest sex story.

[AlCzervik]

1. the same media that helped Bush get his war? that media?

[lifesbeautifulmagic]

2. if the the media and our politicians were truly interested in national

security, the Gannon/Guckert story would defiantly be investigated. I just can't imagine more of an opening for blackmail than a prostitute spending nights at the White House. For the sake of the nation, this really needs vetting.

[RufusTFirefly]

3. Sadly, I think you know the answer to your own question.

But I guess it was rhetorical anyway.

Whatever George W. Corleone's administration does is not subject to the same scrutiny. I'm sure you realize that.


George and Dick in a casual moment

[onenote]

4. Because Spitzer has been a national public figure for nearly a decade

He was the most prominent state attorney general in the country and he is (or was) the governor of the nation's second largest state. His name has been bandied about as a possible national candidate.

Comparing Spitzer and Jeff Gannon may be the silliest thing I've seen posted relating to the Spitzer story here on DU. And that's saying something.

[Celebration]

11. LOL, I agree n/t

[TreasonousBastard]

5. 'Scoose me? Was Gannon the Governor...

of a large state?

Was he the famous zealous prosecutor of whorehouses and corruption before he became Governor?

Did Gannon make powerful enemies on Wall Street with his prosecutions, or in Albany with his questionable attempts to oust Republicans from the state legislature?

If Gannon was forced to quit whatever could be considered his "job" wkould it have been taken over by a relatively unknown person?

And, for extra credit, why is Spitzer worth more coverage than McGreevey, who only had a gay lover?

[Moochy]

6. Umm

Who was Gannon's John?

[alittlelark]

7. A small hint... his 'John' has a FASCINATION w/ bald heads.

:evilgrin:

[RufusTFirefly]

9. Joker! Joker!! And a triple!!!

I truly mean no offense to my gay and lesbian brothers and sisters, but that possibility should not be so quickly dismissed.



By the way, when's the next Splash Day?

[WinkyDink]

13. Gotta love Bush's fabulous right hand there, too.

[MonkeyFunk]

22. Ah, I see...

Bush must be gay, cuz he's evil, right?

I can't believe this shit is still promulgated here, no matter how often such posts get deleted.

[nadinbrzezinski]

8. I wish it was that simple

but it is not.

By the way, guess why folks in the armed services loose clearances over far less than Gannon did?

Again, I wish I could have the same simplisic, no we are not dealign with a political DOJ charged with going after political enemies

But I guess any evidence of this will be dismissed by those who are truly naive of what is really going in the country

By the way, BOTH are crimes in this country still...sex for sale is a crime. I don't care if you are the President or the Governor, and care to lay odds as to what would have been the reaction if that President was ... a Democrat?

[TreasonousBastard]

19. Actually, it is that simple-- the question was...

why didn't Gannon's story get as much press, not whether or not Gannon was a more heinous character.

The simple truth is that nobody aside from left-wing news junkies gave a rat's ass about Gannon. He's one of many a minor sleazebag hanging out with the rich and powerful, and nobody really cares about him hanging out there.

[lifesbeautifulmagic]

10. I do think some questions need to be answered...

Scoose me? Was Gannon the Governor...of a large state?

No, he was spending the night at the residence of the most powerful man in the world, and the man who was responsible for all of our national security. No telling who he was with, unless it is investigated.

Did Gannon make powerful enemies on Wall Street with his prosecutions, or in Albany with his questionable attempts to oust Republicans from the state legislature?

No but he may have been paid to have sex with powerful people on the hill, and certainly those people made enemies, we know the DOJ has been politicized, for example. Are people doing things because they are the right thing to do or because they are afraid of being exposed?

I think a prostitute spending the night at the White House trumps a governor having sex with prostitutes in many many ways, and certainly deserves much more attention then it has received.

[nolabels]

16. Many of the those brain dead earlier posts above are from pre-programed drones

Kind of doesn't matter how much ass you have because really its just how far you put it in front of you :rofl:

[TreasonousBastard]

20. Well, just how many smarmy little shits spend nights...

at the White House? Seems like quite a few, and unless Gannon was hypnotizing, blowing, or otherwise compromising the President-like-object I'm not sure it's all that big a deal.

[WinkyDink]

12. No solid connection to any specific politician.

[sarcasmo]

14. IMHO the Guckert/Gannon story won't be covered until the Dictator has long been out of office.

It would make a great movie.

[The Backlash Cometh]

15. Of course.

I'm getting so steeled about all this, that I wonder why Spitzer should step down if the other Repub pervs don't. If he was still Attorney General, that might be something. But he's Governor and he can make up for his sins by giving the criminal justice dept. the green light to proceed with these investigations without political interference.

[Johonny]

17. ?

One was a crappy writer/part time whore. One governor of NEW YORK! I think that explains the difference in coverage. If there was any proof he banged the president well then I might understand the complaint.

[chimper]

18. Oh so fu*king true.

'The hyper focus on sex and the Governor makes one wonder why the mainstream media didn't cover the Jeff Gannon Guckert male prostitute story a few years ago even remotely as intensively as this latest sex story.'

[Jim Lane]

21. A better comparison is David Vitter, a United States Senator

Senator and Governor are elected offices of roughly comparable importance. A person elected to such an office is found to have patronized prostitutes while married. The Democratic Governor resigns, but the Republican Senator is still in office.

On edit: I discovered that DainBramaged has already started about the Vitter-Spitzer comparison.