# White House caught planting a stooge in the press corps **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 9, 2005, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-caught-planting-a-stooge-in-the-press-corps/289296 "2005-02-09T23:26:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![minty\_green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@minty\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minty_green)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-caught-planting-a-stooge-in-the-press-corps/289296/41 "2005-02-10T04:24:24Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > No, I doubt I could [get that close to Beloved Leader]. If I was that willing to tongue-wash Bush’s balls, I absolutely guarantee you that I too could be setting up tee-balls for El Presidente and Son of Serial Divorcee. It probably helps that I’ve got a few personal connections with the bastards who run this clown act, but then again, I’m not a prostitute so the standards can’t be _that_ high. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-caught-planting-a-stooge-in-the-press-corps/289296/42 "2005-02-10T04:32:24Z")
> [@Keapon Laffin](#): > > Wow. > > Everyone’s so cynical nowadays. Its not even surprising, I think most people here expect it. “A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.” – Thomas Paine Paine was ahead of his time. Americans get what they deserve because they don’t seem to have the balls to fight for truth, justice, and the American Way. Ah, on second thought, scratch the American Way because the American Way is all about whimping out now. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-caught-planting-a-stooge-in-the-press-corps/289296/43 "2005-02-10T04:40:48Z")
Keith Olbermann covered this on _Countdown_ on MSNBC tonight, but it hasn’t shown up on the website yet. I think it will take a day or two, but it is starting to develop legs. Taken together with Armstrong Williams and the rest, a pattern is developing, one that becomes harder and harder for the White House to dismiss. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_fun_ball/32/17664_2.png) [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-caught-planting-a-stooge-in-the-press-corps/289296/44 "2005-02-10T04:52:20Z")
You know, I am always interested to see our more conservative brethren (and sistrens?) respond in threads like this. Listening to their arguments, or in the case they have none, their dismissals, is always educational to me. So how bout it? Why is this OK for this to happen with this Administration? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-caught-planting-a-stooge-in-the-press-corps/289296/45 "2005-02-10T05:03:49Z")
Howzabout “patriotic conservative blogger hounded from public view by homophobic liberal slander-mongers!” ---
**Author:** ![fiztig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f19dbf/32.png) [@fiztig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiztig)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-caught-planting-a-stooge-in-the-press-corps/289296/46 "2005-02-10T06:20:10Z")
I know it sounds glib, but you guys _really_ need to sort out your Congress so that some serious investigation of the Bush Admin can occur. Mind you, we’re in for similar fun and games after July when our Upper House joins the Lower House in coming under the control of the federal Liberal government. It’s never good for the citizenry of a country to have one political party control all aspects of government, regardless of your political stripes. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-caught-planting-a-stooge-in-the-press-corps/289296/47 "2005-02-10T06:40:39Z")
> [@andros](#): > > Dude, I demanded nothing. I responded to his post. He’s a big boy, I bet he can figure out that I don’t expect him to jump out of bed. > > But thanks for looking out for him. I think you’re misunderstanding **Terrifel**. Any segment of bandwidth that doesn’t have a **duffer** post in it can’t be ALL bad… ---
**Author:** ![Brutus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Brutus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brutus)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-caught-planting-a-stooge-in-the-press-corps/289296/48 "2005-02-10T06:42:58Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > I think the whole thing is outrageous and reprehensible, but since I’m apparently one of those retarded liberals who hates America, I must not be correct in thinking so. Truer words have never graced this noble forum. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-caught-planting-a-stooge-in-the-press-corps/289296/49 "2005-02-10T06:48:22Z")
:smack: I stand corrected. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-caught-planting-a-stooge-in-the-press-corps/289296/50 "2005-02-10T07:00:03Z")
Brevity is the soul of twit. ---
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-caught-planting-a-stooge-in-the-press-corps/289296/51 "2005-02-10T08:24:52Z")
Disgusting. I’m waiting to see how Bricker spins this one. Where are you, Bricker? We’re waiting for some Bush toadying. ---
**Author:** ![Apos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@Apos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apos)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-caught-planting-a-stooge-in-the-press-corps/289296/52 "2005-02-10T08:30:42Z")
Bricker condemned the journalist payola, didn’t he? Why wouldn’t he condemn this almost insane scheme too? I still don’t see that we’ve got Bush nailed directly in this one: even if his people are involved, they are very very good at denying direct knowledge or responsibility: in part probably because Bush’s people operate on personal loyalty leadership scheme which doesn’t make direct orders as necessary to go to crazy extremes. I mean: militaryprostitutesm4m? Is that really something Rove would let his guy get ANYWHERE near? ---
**Author:** ![GomiBoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@GomiBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GomiBoy)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-caught-planting-a-stooge-in-the-press-corps/289296/53 "2005-02-10T08:37:42Z")
wow… just wow… I can only imagine what the Conservatives would have made of this happening during Clinton’s terms. Of course, he didn’t need the help. He had a vast Liberal Media covering for him. Right? ---
**Author:** ![Andros\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@Andros\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andros_X)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-caught-planting-a-stooge-in-the-press-corps/289296/54 "2005-02-10T09:07:34Z")
> [@Eyer8](#): > > You know, I am always interested to see our more conservative brethren (and sistrens?) respond in threads like this. Listening to their arguments, or in the case they have none, their dismissals, is always educational to me. > > So how bout it? Why is this OK for this to happen with this Administration? IOKIYAR, duh. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-caught-planting-a-stooge-in-the-press-corps/289296/55 "2005-02-10T09:26:16Z")
> [@Brutus](#): > > Truer words have never graced this noble forum. Do you ever have _anything_ to add to political threads? Why don’t you take Bush’s cock out of your mouth for a second and post something that’s actually relevant to the OP? Goddamn, you come off as a stupid motherfucker. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-caught-planting-a-stooge-in-the-press-corps/289296/56 "2005-02-10T10:28:08Z")
> [@woodstockbirdybird](#): > > Do you ever have _anything_ to add to political threads? Why don’t you take Bush’s cock out of your mouth for a second and post something that’s actually relevant to the OP? Goddamn, you come off as a stupid motherfucker. Truer words have never graced this noble forum. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-caught-planting-a-stooge-in-the-press-corps/289296/57 "2005-02-10T11:19:42Z")
> [@LouisB](#): > > Truer words have never graced this noble forum. See, _that_ was funny. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-caught-planting-a-stooge-in-the-press-corps/289296/58 "2005-02-10T11:52:24Z")
The gay-pimping allegations (of military personnel yet), if true, will be _very_ tough to spin in Peoria. (“Dammit, these men f\*\*\*\*\* for their country!”) We’ll know there’s something to the claims if the White House calls for a constitutional amendment declaring prostitution as an act between a man and a woman. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-caught-planting-a-stooge-in-the-press-corps/289296/59 "2005-02-10T11:53:25Z")
What I want to know is whether he the stooge wore brown shirts to the press conferences. ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-caught-planting-a-stooge-in-the-press-corps/289296/60 "2005-02-10T11:59:09Z")
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