Ari Fleischer Tells E&P He Spoke to Gannon/Guckert's Boss

Walt Starr

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Thu Feb-17-05 05:37 PM
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Ari Fleischer Tells E&P He Spoke to Gannon/Guckert's Boss

Ari Fleischer Tells E&P He Spoke to Gannon/Guckert's Boss

By Joe Strupp

Published: February 17, 2005 4:45 PM ET

NEW YORK Former White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer was so concerned about Talon News reporter James Guckert's potential ties to the Republican Party that he stopped calling on him at press briefings for about a week in 2003, Fleischer told E&P today.

"I found out that he worked for a GOP site, and I didn't think it was my place to call on him because he worked for something that was related to the party," Fleischer said in a phone interview. "He had the editor call me and made the case that they were not related to the Republican Party. He said they used the GOP name for marketing purposes only."

He said he resumed calling on Guckert, who used the alias Jeff Gannon, after Bobby Eberle, owner of both GOPUSA and Talon News, "assured me that they were not part of the Republican Party." Eberle is a Texas Republican activist and served as a delegate to the 2000 Republican National Convention.

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http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000807754

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BurtWorm

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Thu Feb-17-05 05:41 PM
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1. Thanks for clearing that up, Ari.

Real credible witness there. :eyes:

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grasswire

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Thu Feb-17-05 05:44 PM
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2. hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

And ha!

Hilarious!

Feeling a little squeezed, there Ari? Hm?

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Lex

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Thu Feb-17-05 05:46 PM
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3. "He said they used the GOP name for marketing purposes only."

Oh, okey-dokey then. No problem.

:wtf:

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Lone_Star_Dem

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Thu Feb-17-05 05:47 PM
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4. Ari's afraid.

He should be. He may not be as deeply involved as McClellan is but he still knew. He won't be able to avoid catching some fallout.

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DulceDecorum

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Thu Feb-17-05 06:11 PM
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10. Doesn't the pass name the news organisation?

I would think it did.
If so, then what did Gannon's pass say?

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Lone_Star_Dem

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Thu Feb-17-05 06:17 PM
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11. A hard pass does

Edited on Thu Feb-17-05 06:18 PM by Lone_Star_Dem

They claim he had a daily pass. However, there's reason to believe that's a lie.

Read this:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3130107

edit: clarity

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IndyPriest

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Thu Feb-17-05 05:48 PM
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5. I called Don Corlione and asked if he was the godfather. He said

no. So I can't understand why people keep asking questions about it!

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DulceDecorum

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Thu Feb-17-05 05:52 PM
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6. What shall we tell the chil -- I mean, Bob Boudelang??

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Neecy

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Thu Feb-17-05 05:53 PM
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7. oh, whoo-hoo

NEW YORK Former White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer was so concerned about Talon News reporter James Guckert's potential ties to the Republican Party that he stopped calling on him at press briefings for about a week in 2003.

"About" a week, eh? Gee, that must have really hurt. And then he went right back to calling on him.

Marketing purposes....unbelievable. Looks like a duck, walks like a duck, quacks like a duck - hey Ari, can you finish the sentence, jackass?

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qanda

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Thu Feb-17-05 05:54 PM
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8. Just get them on record

Then we can begin to dismantle their lies.

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elehhhhna

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Thu Feb-17-05 05:56 PM
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9. "I called his boss and he said they're not GOP" mya$$.

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in_cog_ni_to

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Thu Feb-17-05 06:21 PM
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12. Oh PUHLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZE.

I beloeve every word you said, Ari. :eye:

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Langis

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Thu Feb-17-05 06:26 PM
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13. So who let him in!?!?!?

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