THE ROBERT W. WHITAKER ARCHIVE

SEE NO EVIL, HEAR NO EVIL, SPEAK NO EVIL | 2005-02-26

Respectable Conservatives are keeping very mum on the breaking scandal in the White House over male prostitute/news reporter, Jeff Gannon. Of course, this shouldn't be a surprise, because that is what Respectable Conservatives always do.

It doesn't seem to strike any of them as odd that someone who runs publicly accessible, X-rated websites selling himself by the hour should be able to get White House credentials under a false name. All this at a time when the Republicans are DEMANDING that we give up what is left of our liberties for the security that ONLY they can provide us.

We have come to expect Respectable Conservatives to cover up and make excuses for liberal failures and Republican duplicity. So of course they will try and make everyone believe that Republicans are the ONLY ones who can provide us "security" from "terror."

But why do they seem to find nothing strange about this male prostitute having easy access to high places in the Republican establishment?

Probably because they can't tell much difference between what he does for a living and what they do.

And to be honest with you, neither can I.