Senator Andrew Bartlett
Sunday, February 20, 2005
 
You Couldn't Make This Up

If you didn’t read the piece by Alan Ramsey I referred to in my previous post, then you should – so click here now!

Now that you’ve read it, you’ll be aware of the extraordinary bit at the bottom which details the saga of
a phoney journalist, planted by a Republican organisation, used by the White House press secretary to interrupt questioning from the press corps, protected from FBI vetting, disseminating smears about its critics and opponents, some of them gay-baiting, who was unmasked not only as a hireling and fraud but also as a gay prostitute!!

This story seemed so extraordinary, especially in this era of hyper-security (and orchestrated gay bashing by the US Republicans), that I thought it must be some sort of hoax. However, all these details and more seem to be true. Reports from the Guardian article which Ramsey quotes, the Houston Chronicle, the New York Times (politics and arts sections) and The Washington Post, along with statements by the Democrat Whip in the House - all verify it.

In addition to the astonishing nature of this story, an interesting sidelight is that, in much the same way that right-wing bloggers are claiming some scalps of the so-called ‘liberal media’ in the USA, it appears this one has come to light as a result of ‘liberal’ bloggers digging out info on the extremist neo-conservatives.
(I really hate how the Liberal Party in Australia has totally destroyed the true meaning of the word “liberal”. It’s as absurd as having a Green Party that supports clearfelling rainforest)

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