White House: No Kerry Supporters at IATC Meeting

An anonymous reader writes "Time Magazine is reporting that the Bush Administration is removing U.S. delegates from the Inter-American Telephone Commission because they gave money to John Kerry in last year's election. A Bush spokesman admits it's true: 'We wanted people who would represent the Administration positively, and--call us nutty--it seemed like those who wanted to kick this Administration out of town last November would have some difficulty doing that,' says White House spokesman Trent Duffy. Employees of Qualcomm and Nokia are among those who have been removed from the commission."

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Re:+5 flamebait

[Jeremiah Cornelius]

"Jeff Gannon" is the Bush White House Lewinsky

GannonGuckert accessed the White House approximately 200 times over a twenty-two month period, simply using a day pass. That's twice a week for a two year period. This is fishy as hell. And ON A DAY PASS. If that's isn't regular access, what is?

The real question is WHY was he so freely there and WHO was behind this??



Secret Service Gave "Jeff Gannon" Unparalled Access to White House.

No two ways around it: "Jeff Gannon" is someone's (or multiple persons') Lewinsky.

Nothing else makes sense. The Secret Service cannot be that lax. He was being let in on days when there were no press briefings held and allowed to leave through multiple exits and without signing out (many long, sweaty romps, no doubt).

I'm cranking up the e-Rolodex and will fire this one off to hundreds of thousands, including every newspaper columnist and radio wag extant.

I bet this sick @!#$ is/was stretching Queen George, Rove, Scott McClellan and Ken Mehlman (and mebbe Andrew Card, who reportedly swings that way). No other story is hotter and more damaging to the Bush Admin than "Jeff Gannon."

From Americablog:

Oh, it gets better.

Many times he didn't sign in or out. Perhaps more notable than the frequency of his attendance, however, is several distinct anomalies about his visits.

Guckert made more than three 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 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 thirteen 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.

"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."

All FOIA Docs Here

Full analysis of Secret Service access logs.

Flamebait because I dissagree?

[Timmy D Programmer]

Sombody needs to meta-mod the moderators.

Re:Send in the Clones!

[MrAnnoyanceToYou]

There are quite a few of 'em in Portland. I just drink 'em, I don't catch the label unless it sucks ass. Luckily enough, I can't think of any offhand by name.

Re:Send in the Clones!

[Nethead]

Ah, Grant's is from Yakima and kinda started the microbrew thing. I did work for the Mc M. brothers back in '82ish at the T&P in NW. I think they still call their stout Terminator.

Re:Send in the Clones!

[MrAnnoyanceToYou]

Indeed they do, but they also do a Russian Imperial sometimes. Terminator's a little thinner. They'll often put the Russian on cask and it's quite decent. No longer as high quality as some of the other beers in town, due to their mass-production issues, but certainly a whole lot better than anything brewed nationally. If you're looking for a normal stout, a good one that you can probably get farther north is the Obsidian by Deschutes.... And every year they brew a Jubilale, although this year's was universally considered 'crap' by the people I drink with.

Re:Shock and Bah

[jim_v2000]

I *will* be modded as troll, flaimbait or whatever, but there are other governments that fit this criteria Ha, not on Slashdot for an anti-Bush post.

Hooray for the adults!

[fjm03]

At the annual meeting of a Fortune 500 company in the late 1970s the speaker asked a darkened theater full of company officals "What is wrong with the United States?". The house lights came up and the large screen at the back of the stage contained 3 letters: FDR.

The founding fathers would have taken up arms in the street if they encountered the likes of a John Kerry on our shores.

So, the next time...

[Elias Israel]

So, the next time that a Democrat wins the Presidency and the First Lady has a whole swath of folks fired in the travel office just so she can install her own favorites, I guess y'all will cry out at the terrible injustice of it all.

Didn't think so.

Re:Shock and Bah

[elefantstn]

It's basically the fact that ignorant comments like this get modded up that makes /. not worth visiting anymore.

The children have taken over.

Zzzzz

[Detritus]

Please wake me up when the Kerry Wank-a-thon is over.

You might want to take a moment to remember Billy Dale, his fellow employees, and other innocent victims of Democratic purges.

Re:Send in the Clones!

[dcam]

Dislaimer: I'm not the AC who commented on your sig, although I have commented on it before.

What point are you trying to make by your sig? I am curious to know exactly what/who your God is. Is this some clever reference (eg Thor), or are you making a serious point (eg Jesus was nailed to a tree by representatives of the human race, I worship them ie I am a humanist).

I am curious to know.