Gonzo Gone, Rather Going, Watergate Still Here (Free Regt required)

"What's missing from News is the news."

Frank Rich of the NY Times nails this one and relates to Hunter S. Thompson. We seemed to have lost touch with the news these days. Facts have become a blurred state of mind between "Gannontainment" and talking heads spouting off one inconsistency after another. And it gets worse... Rich goes on to comment, "As a blogger, Mr. Gannon's new tactic is to encourage fellow right-wing bloggers to portray him as the victim of a homophobic left-wing witch hunt that destroyed his privacy." It's true. Search those sites, Powerline, Just One Minute. EtherHouse... They assume this ridiculous stance that the Left is homophobic. Now that's news!

All this nonsense attached to The Gannon Excuse is despicable. Let's not forget, and Rich alludes to it, that Guckert or Gannon is attached to the outing of Valerie Plame, CIA agent. This is a treasonous offense, of which not one person has been indicted (including Bob Novak of Crossfire on CNN). It is a shame - homosexuality has nothing to do with it. The fact the Gannon could be let into the WH Press Corp with a fake name is... These deflective tactics of right-wing blog Drudgery is just that. Let's hope the rest of the "press" steps up to squash this. Rich is less optimistic: "But we've now entered a new twilight zone: in 1972, at least, the press may have been stacked with jokers but not with counterfeit newsmen...Don't expect news organizations dedicated to easy-listening news to get to the bottom of it."

Ah, to understand HST in his madness is to see what is before us now. The BushCo machine and its crew destroy people like Dan Rather, while the fake Gannon becomes a "victim" of fictitious attacks. These are truly fictitious times.