EXCLUSIVE
Secret Service records raise new questions about discredited
conservative reporter
By John Byrne| RAW STORY Editor
Unverified stories have George W. Bush being sent by his family to
participate in "Worthy Creations," an El Paso church group that specializes in
converting homosexual males to functioning heterosexuals. According
to a group of Yale classmates of Bush's,
he was known to be at the least "sexually experimental" during his time at Yale.
One of Bush's alleged former boyfriends,
Anthony Berusca,
told the Dallas Morning News
that Bush was "deeply conflicted about being gay, even somewhat self-hating."
Berusca
is convinced that this conflict led to Bush's drinking problems, but describes
Bush as a "gentle, caring lover." In Kitty Kelley's tell-all biography of the
Bush family, she says that George W. Bush earned the nickname "Lips" in college
for his facility in giving oral sex to other men. In at least two instances, he
has referred to himself as a female: in May 2004, he referred to Senator
Bill Frist's wife Karyn as "a West Texas girl, just like me;" during his tenure
as governor of Texas, he called himself "First Lady." (The openly gay compiler
of these quotes, Roedy Green, says that it is common for gay men to refer to
themselves in the feminine; Green notes that he does not believe Bush is
homosexual, but bisexual.) Karl Rove, Bush's political guru whose sexual
identity has also been the source of speculation, has publicly proclaimed his
admiration for Bush in almost erotic terms: "Huge amounts of charisma, swagger,
cowboy boots, flight jacket, wonderful smile, just charisma -- you know, wow!"
Other instances of homosexuality have been found in Bush's closest political and
social comrades: the lesbian novel Sisters written by Dick Cheney's wife
Lynne; the fact that the chairman of the Republican Party, Ken Mehlman, is gay,
along with the CFO of the Republican Party, Jay Banning, and GOP National Field
Director Daniel Gurley (who solicited gay sex over the Internet); and others,
including the Guckert-White House journalist scandal of 2005 and the 1989
assertions by the Washington Times that the first Bush administration
hosted a male gay escort ring. An Indiana woman, Margie Shoedinger, had a court
case pending that claims both she and her husband were raped by George W.
Bush while she was dating Bush in the 1970s. Shoedinger's lawsuit was halted
when she was found dead, apparently of a self-inflicted bullet wound. Again,
though the quotes and anecdotes are real, the truth of Bush's sexual identity
has not been verified, and much of Green's evidence is speculative at best. (Roedy
Green)
Dubya
"Lips"
Bush
"Why is
Bush
so hostile to the idea of gay marriage? Perhaps because until 1987, George W.
Bush
was gay. According to a group of 29 Yale classmates who comprise Gay Ivy
Leaguers for Truth,
Bush
was "known to be at least sexually experimental throughout his time in college."
One of Bush's
alleged former boyfriends, Anthony Berusca
(class of '70), told The Dallas Morning News that
Bush
was "deeply conflicted about being gay, even somewhat self-hating." Berusca
is convinced that this conflict led to
Bush's
drinking problems, but describes the President as a "gentle, caring lover".
In 1986, the Bush family arranged for George to join Worthy Creations, a church group in El Paso that focuses on converting homosexuals through faith. A year later, Bush claimed to be straight, born again, and engaged to Laura Welch (Kitty Kelly in THE FAMILY wrote that Bush's twin daughters were not his offspring, but from a donor at a fertility clinic). Bush at all-male Phillips Academy in Andover , Massachusetts was "head" cheerleader. Drama club and cheerleading are where the gay boys hang out.
George earned the nickname
Lips Bush
for his skill at giving blow jobs to his fraternity buddies, according to
Kitty
Kelley. Bush
has gay-style excrement nick names for the people he hangs out with: "Turdblossom"
term for Karl Rove Note the classic juxtaposition of the obscene with the
feminine to come up with a nickname for a gay man. For example, the late David
Lewis went under the name Sally
Suckemsilly. "Bulldog" term for
both Victor Ashe and Jeff Gannon
aka Jim Gluckert
"Pooty Poot"
term for Vladimir Putin,
Russian President. "Mr. Big O" term for lispy
treasury secretary Paul O'Neill."
—Roedy
Green, The Wit and Wisdom of George
Bush
Source
http://allspinzone.blogspot.com/200...ght-fright.html
EXCLUSIVE
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| Updated: Day discovered with two check-ins
but no check outs; Other events found on some days without press briefings
In what is unlikely to stem the controversy surrounding disgraced White House correspondent James Guckert, the Secret Service has furnished logs of the writer’s access to the White House after requests by two Democratic congressmembers. The documents, obtained by Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY) and Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) through a Freedom of Information Act request, reveal Guckert had remarkable access to the White House. Though he wrote under the name Jeff Gannon, the records show that he applied with his real name. Gannon’s ready access to President Bush and his work for a news agency that frequently plagiarized content from other reporters and tailored it to serve a conservative message may raise new questions about the White House’s attempts to seed favorable news coverage. Democrats have sought to paint Guckert in the context of other efforts by the Administration to “plant” positive spin by paying for video news releases and columnists to espouse their views. Guckert made more than 200 appearances at the White House during his two-year tenure with the fledging conservative websites GOPUSA and Talon News, attending 155 of 196 White House press briefings. He had little to no previous journalism experience, previously worked as a male escort, and was refused a congressional press pass. Perhaps more notable than the frequency of his attendance, however, is several distinct anomalies about his visits. Guckert made more than two dozen excursions to the White House when there were no scheduled briefings. On many of these days, the Press Office held press gaggles aboard Air Force One—which raises questions about what Guckert was doing at the White House. On other days, the president held photo opportunities. On at least fourteen occasions, Secret Service records show either the entry or exit time missing. Generally, the existing entry or exit times correlate with press conferences; on most of these days, the records show that Guckert checked in but was never processed out. In March, 2003, Guckert left the White House twice on days he had never checked in with the Secret Service. Over the next 22 months, Guckert failed to check out with the Service on fourteen days. On several of these visits, Guckert either entered or exited by a different entry/exit point than his usual one. On one of these days, no briefing was held; on another, he checked in twice but failed to check out. “I’d be worried if I was the White House and I knew that a reporter with a day pass never left,” one White House reporter told RAW STORY. “I’d wonder, where is he hiding? It seems like a security risk.” Others who have covered the White House say not checking in or out with the Secret Service is unusual, especially in the wake of Sept. 11. The Secret Service declined to comment. “We responded to the FOIA request and can provide no further information,” Service spokesman Jonathan Cherry said. Guckert declined to comment, directing all questions to the Service. The records furnished by the Service are unlikely to finally answer who approved Gannon’s “temporary” day passes into the presidential residence. The Service keeps a record of who approved passes only for the last sixty days; previous records are kept by the White House. Since December 2004, all but one of Gannon’s forty-eight temporary appointments were requested by Lois Cassano, a White House Press Office media assistant. One additional request was made by Peter Watkins, a press assistant who now works as deputy press secretary to First Lady Laura Bush. Guckert sometimes stayed for an extended period of time before and after press conferences, particularly early in his tenure. This was especially common during his first few months, when he might be in the White House for as long as six hours. A White House reporter dismissed this as insignificant, noting that sometimes reporters stay between events. “You could probably find people who stayed there for nine hours,” the reporter said. Occasionally, the former Talon News reporter visited the White House twice on the same day. This was also most common in the early months. The Secret Service furnished the records after a Freedom of Information Act request from Reps. John Conyers (D-MI) and Louise Slaughter (D-NY). Guckert drew fire from liberals after asking a question of President Bush earlier this year in which he misquoted the Democratic Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV). Investigative bloggers at Daily Kos and AmericaBlog.org discovered that Guckert owned male escort sites, and was himself a male prostitute. The now-blogger has also been accused of lifting copy from press releases and other reporters. A Massachusetts editor and reporter have accused Guckert of plagiarism, which RAW STORY reported in March. The watchdog Media Matters for America has also found that many of Guckert’s stories lifted directly from White House press releases. Talon News, which shut down after the fracas over Gannon erupted, was self-avowedly Republican. Bobby Eberle, the site's founder, told the Washington Post, "We make no bones about it: It's a partisan site." In a February letter to President Bush, several Senate Democrats raised concern about Gannon in connection with what they believe is an attempt to “buy” coverage. “The Gannon/Guckert affair is disturbing because of what we have recently learned about apparent efforts by some in your Administration to try to "buy" favorable news coverage,” the Democrats wrote. “These other efforts include paying news personalities … large sums of money to promote your Administration's education and marriage initiatives, and using taxpayer dollars to produce video news releases promoting the new prescription drug benefit for Medicare beneficiaries and other policies the Administration regards as accomplishments.” The Administration has defended such efforts, and has sought to downplay their significance. The first set of times for each date is Guckert's login and logout. The second set is the briefing time. Research conducted by Raw Story researcher Muriel Kane. No briefing does not necessarily mean no briefing took place, only that none was scheduled by the White House press office. We have tried to make note of other briefings held on the dates there was no White House press briefing. *ANALYSIS UPDATED -- 12:24 A.M. Dates without briefings reduced to thirty. 2/25/03 11:46 - 1:25 (briefing 12:26-1:03) 3/3/03 9:51 - 1:32 (unusually long) (briefing 12:21-1:00) 4/4/03 12:18 - 1:31 (12:20-12:59) 5/6/03 11:27 - 12:56 (11:50-12:30) 6/10/03 12:13 - 1:19 (12:33-1:12) 7/1/03 11:25 - 1:42 (12:50-1:26) 8/1/03 12:18 (no exit) (12:24-12:54) 9/2/03 12:37 (A4 HC Entry Lane, no exit) (12:42-1:23) 10/1/03 11:51 - 1:37 (12:44-1:30) 11/6/03 12:09 - 1:09 (12:35-1:04) 12/2/03 2:08 - 3:29 (no briefing) 1/14/04 12:30 - 1:33 (12:41-1:15) 2/2/04 12:32 - 1:35 (12:48-1:28) 3/1/04 12:50 - 2:04 (1:20-2:00) 4/1/04 12:42 - 1:57 (1:25-1:53) 5/5/04 12:02 - 2:25 (1:38-2:16) (arrives unusually early) 6/1/04 9:20 - 12:03 (Condi Rice briefing, 9:45) 7/1/04 12:22 - 1:36 (1:01-1:37) 8/2/04 10:59 - 1:47 (1:02-1:39) (there 2 hours early) 9/10/04 11:19 - 12:55 (no briefing) 11/2/04 1:31 - 2:20 (no briefing) (Election Day) 12/6/04 12:37 - 1:59 (1:03-1:36) 1/18/05 12:05 - 1:36 (12:28-12:57) 2/1/05 12:11 no exit (12:18-12:47) Correction: The first edition of this article incorrectly referred to "presidential briefings," instead of "White House press briefings." As our research continues, we will update the date log listing to reflect additional briefings other than White House press briefings held on dates Guckert visited. Article originally published Apr. 24, 2005. |