The evolution of a whore, media and otherwise

One would think that everything that can and, unfortunately will, be said about JeffGannonGuckertBulldog has already been said. And then one would be wrong.

Of course, he certainly isn't helping matters by whining in his not-going-to-give-him-any-hits blog and accepting invitations to real journalist/blogger events. If he continues to, ah, milk his 15 minutes, than we should continue to write about it. At least until the MSM and Joe Shmoe understand what the real issues are and what it all says about the state of journalism today. To most people that doesn't seem like a big issue, especially those who like Jeff haven't ever taken a class in journalism or media theory, but it is. I am not even going to get in to the importance of freedom of the press and it's legacy in this country. There are hundreds of people who've said it better.

The only reason I bring him up today, when I could be musing about all the people devastated by the death of a woman they don't know while thousands of people are dying in wars and of AIDS and domestic abuse, etc. etc. etc., is that I came across a link to a journal entry that really looked at the whole JimbobJeffcakes fiasco in a way that I hadn't read before.

Susie Bright makes some excellent points about the evolution of a prostitute and what that probably means about Mr. Guckert. She debunks the ideas that drive the media's insistence on calling his prostitution simply his past, alleged and all the other words the come up with because they can't stand the thought that an actual whore duped them for over two years.

It's not as if he sprung up from the ground a male-for-hot-sex-hire. There certainly has to be a history there. How did he start? How long has he been doing it? What's the connection between his dick and the White House? Still so many questions that go unanswered. She also works in some excellent points about Melhman and the legacy he is leaving as the straightest gay man to ever run the Republican party.

So if you think you've read everything about the story or you've never heard of what the hell I am talking about, head over to Susie's journal and read all about it. I guarantee it will get you thinking.

Props to twistedchick for the heads up!