Can you imagine...

what would happen if, during Clinton's presidency, it were discovered that a male prostitute with no valid journalistic credentials was asking Clinton and his Press Secretary softball questions as part of the White House Press Corps (WHPC)? I'm sure it would have been front page news for weeks! Well, if you haven't heard, a fake reporter using the name "Jeff Gannon" magically became a part of the listless WHPC and has been acting as a shill for the administration for the last two years. But it gets better. First off, he isn't Jeff Gannon, but James Guckert. James Guckert is not a credentialed reporter, but he did advertise his services as a male escort (don't click on that one at work...). For more details about Guckert, check out this blog.

Now, with a liberal media, you would think this would be the biggest story on every network but the fair and balanced Fox, but it ain't... Press Secretary Scott McClellan is trying to downplay the issue by acting as if anyone can get into the WHPC and ask questions. We know, of course, that can't be true. Otherwise, the President might actually have to answer a tough question. It is pretty obvious that Gannon/Guckert was ushered in (as legitimate reporters were ushered away) to ask easy (predetermined) questions. Perhaps this site explains this strange phenomenon...

It is bad enough that almost every critical voice in the WHPC has been removed, or at least muted, but now we learn that they have planted non-reporters to keep the heat off of our bumbling leader and to shape the message. Is there a pattern? It was just a few weeks ago that we learned that the administration was paying "reporter" Armstrong Williams to push part of their agenda. And then there was the outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame by crudbucket Robert "the slobberer" Novak. She just happened to be the wife of a dude who pissed off the administration by correctly pointing out that their WMD claims were a bunch of crapola.

Can it get worse? I'm sure it already is. The more we learn about this sleazy administration, most of which will come to light years from now, the more it will become clear that this is the most corrupt group to ever soil the presidency...