So if you're a hate filled Christian homophobic bigot and you get
caught with a gay hooker, it's a non-story that doesn't require any
investigation into how a fake was granted special access by an old
lover of the White House Press Secretary.
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From The Sun-Herald
http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/local/11155624.htm
Probe of faux reporter voted down
Conservative activist's access to press corps remains an issue
By ELANA SCHOR
THE SUN HERALD WASHINGTON BUREAU
WASHINGTON -
Thompson's attempt to begin an investigation into how an online writer
was allowed to join the White House press corps is defeated.
A party-line vote Wednesday defeated Rep. Bennie Thompson's (D-2nd
District) push to investigate the Bush administration's approval of a
press pass for a conservative activist who became a daily fixture at
White House press briefings.
Thompson, the House's top-ranked Democrat for homeland security,
joined other leading Democrats to call for an inquiry into how James
D. Guckert, an online writer with ties to pornographic Web sites,
joined the exclusive White House press corps and gained access to an
internal government intelligence memo.
"It's unfortunate that the House Judiciary Committee has chosen to
politicize the issue of a proper vetting of the White House press
corps," Thompson said through his spokesman, Lanier Avant.
"Any time a substantive issue is put forth and Republicans first
choose to protect the president instead of the American people, there
is just cause for concern."
Every committee Republican voted against Thompson's resolution of
inquiry, and every Democrat present voted in favor.
While the Web sites Guckert was associated with, using the pseudonym
Jeff Gannon, including www.talonnews.com and www.hotmilitarystuds.com,
have shut down since his identity became public, his case has sparked
debate over the legitimacy of Web journal writers, or "bloggers."
The first blogger was admitted to the White House press room last
week.
Avant said Thompson would not abandon his concern over the Guckert
controversy, and that other regulatory agencies could be employed for
an investigation if congressional Republicans continued to dissent.
Thompson's fellow Democrats concurred.
"This is no less serious than what my (Republican) colleagues thought
the proceedings of the Clinton impeachment were for them," said Rep.
Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas).
"I don't believe it can be answered through (White House)
self-investigation."
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