Where was Peter King
during the Gannon-Guckert days?
--Following up
yesterday’s post, quickly--Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) has repeatedly
called for congressional scrutiny of the two gate-crashers at the White
House state dinner. King, ranking member of the House ‘Homeland Security’
committee, will hold a hearing on the matter Thursday. Witnesses have not been named.
(King’s most recent twitter feed:
“Back from
Catching a glimpse of
King on MSNBC last night—he also appeared on Fox—I noted that he was heavily
emphasizing the potential danger of such close unauthorized proximity to the
president. The broad point is correct. President Obama was in no danger from
these climbers from
Thus it occurred to
me to wonder whether Rep. King shared any concern back in the days of
‘reporter’ Jeff Gannon/James Guckert.
Gannon-Guckert, in
case anyone has forgotten, was the pro-administration plant repeatedly
credentialed as a journalist with day passes that got him into the White House
from 2003 to 2005. He was nationally televised in a press conference with Bush
in person
So, in short, did
Rep. King call for investigation, congressional or otherwise, into
Gannon-Guckert?
Nopers.
King’s bio emphasizes his intense focus
on terrorism and Middle Easterners. But there is no record, written or
otherwise, that it occurred to King to call for investigation into the porous
Bush White House between 2003 and 2005, when Jeff Gannon was a frequent
visitor.
Apparently some White
House interlopers are more equal than others.
On the other hand, Peter
King did call for investigation into former ambassador Joseph Wilson after
Btw after I started
looking up this Q, I noticed that someone commenting on John Cole’s blog also refers
to Gannon.
Stumble It!