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Thursday, February 24, 2005

Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble
Posted by Jill | 5:47 AM
Americablog is a Festival o'Gannonguckert right now...I won't reprint here, just go read it. The story seems to be gaining some critical mass in the mainstream press.

Two things are interesting, however. First, it seems that Talon News has shut down its web site for a "redesign" and a "top-to-bottom review of staff and volunteer contributors". And that restaurant on the corner is opening soon "under new management", too. Yah. Right. Uh-huh. Whatever you say, boss. As Crusader John Aravosis says, "For a 'real' news outfit, the loss of one single reporter seems to have shut them down." Does seem odd, doesn't it?

And second, it seems that Fox News and Ann Coulter are now championing the rights of prostitutes.

Coulter says:

Now the media is hot on the trail of a gay escort service that Gannon may have run some years ago.


Gee, if Ann were the kind of intrepid reporter she likes to think she is, she'd know that the "escort service" Gannon "may have run some years ago" was in fact selling his own services, and was still up and running as recently as last Monday (as the REAL intrepid reporter, Mr. Aravosis, reported on Americablog). And of course we all know Ann's real name is Anthony Clatterbox. (Sorry...couldnt' resist.)

And Fox News says:

"Likewise, many of the same leftist blogs that castigate the religious right for intolerance didn't hesitate to reveal the sexual peculiarities of White House correspondent/sympathizer James Guckert, aka Jeff Gannon."


You know, it's getting harder and harder to keep track of what constitutes "moral values" on the right without a scorecard. They used to hate all kinds of sex outside of procreative sex within marriage...especially prostitution. Heidi Fleiss went to jail. I think the "Mayflower Madam" did too. Then they put in a loophole for rich white Republicans, especially those holding public office. (see also: Gingrich, N., Hyde, H., Giuliani, R., et. al. ad nauseum.) But then last time I looked, which was yesterday, a Republican-affiliated money-laundering slush fund for campaign money was using gay marriage -- a longing for commitment within exclusive, loving relationships for gay people -- as a weapon against the AARP. That's a BAD thing, according to the right. But now, if you're gay, being a hooker is simply a "sexual peculiarity", according to the wingnuts.

I'm so confused....keeping track of the swaying and ever-changing moral values on the right has given me a headache. I'm going to go lie down now.
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