Why assume the prostitutes were women? Take a look at the

[BR_Parkway]

path that everything has been going:

We've always had Gannon/Guckert in the mix, front and center in the WH press room, and many unexplained overnight stays - but Wednesday night(May 3rd), he publically confirmed he was gay and supports Outing gays who hide in the closet and vote against gay friendly policies:

http://www.rawprint.com/rawstory/Gannon_comes_out_Former_escort_conservative_0505.html
Yet perhaps the most stunning of Gannon's comments was his assertion that he supports "outing" gays who live one life and vote another. Gannon – who himself was "outed" as a former sex worker without his consent – said that he supported the outing of erstwhile Virginia Congressman Ed Schrock (R-VA), who resigned in disgrace after Rogers posted tapes of him soliciting gay sex on the Internet.

Duke gets busted, starts squealing on the rest of the crowd - and it's been rumored that he's gay forever:

http://www.washblade.com/2005/12-2/view/editorial/cunningham.cfm

What you won’t read about in these mainstream press accounts is the other double life led by the closet case, Duke, the anti-gay conservative.

Cunningham, who is married with grown children, has admitted to romantic, loving relationships with men, both during his Vietnam military service and as a civilian. That was the remarkable story that this publication reported two years ago, when Elizabeth Birch, the former Human Rights Campaign leader, inadvertently outed Cunningham at a gay rights forum.

Then

As the scandal starts getting closer to Goss, check out the phrasology of the denial:

Anyway, Chris Baker was clearly Wilkes' go-to guy for the 'hospitality suites' notwithstanding the fact that Baker's lawyer told the San Diego Union-Tribune that Baker was "never in attendance in any party where any women were being used for prostitution purposes." And, as we discussed late Tuesday, there's something pretty fishy about the mega-contracts Baker's company managed to land from the Department of Homeland Security.

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/008350.php

Obviously, gays and prostitutes and other unexplained happenings in DC have been reported before. Everyone remember this one?



and in looking back, there may have been more to this statement than it first appeared:

http://dukecunningham.org/quotes.html

* In 1996, during a meeting about immigration, where Republicans were steamrolling Democrats from commeting, Barney Frank, an openly gay congressman, started to speak. Duke Cunningham cut him off and said "Well, would you like to talk about prostitutes and basements?" Marcus Stern (who broke the story on the Cunningham scandal in June 2005) recalled: "The room just fell silent." {San Diego CityBEAT, 12/7/2005 http://www.sdcitybeat.com/article.php?id=3834}

It remains to be seen, but it certainly has some interesting twists and turns.

[uppityperson]

1. sex is fine, homosexual sex is fine, lying and cheating is not

that is the problem.

[The Backlash Cometh]

2. Hmm...so, this may be a backlash from gays who are pissed at

the Republican gay bashing agenda?

What's that saying? Wrath hath no fury like a gay man scorned?

[rodeodance]

5. that would be lovely. as once more, hypocracy would shine.

[madaboutharry]

3. It is going to get interesting.

Especially if someone out there decides to spill the beans. Especially if there are photos or videos. You have to wonder how far within Washington this all reaches.

[BR_Parkway]

6. According to the Harpers article, there were photographs that

the investigators are trying to find

http://www.harpers.org/sb-red-lights-on-capitol-hill.html

As to the festivities themselves, I hear that party nights began early with poker games (see Clarification, below) and degenerated into what the source described as a "frat party" scene—real bacchanals. Apparently photographs were taken, and investigators are anxiously procuring copies. My heart beats faster in fevered anticipation.

[ToolTex]

4. Just go down to DuPont Circle any night and ask around in the clubs

what is going on, and in an hour you will have the full story.

[glitch]

7. Oh my. That particular parsing is very telling.

"never in attendance in any party where any women were being used for prostitution purposes"

It's as if he's daring someone to ask.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

8. Like saying "I've never had sex with a female prostitute."

It kind of begs the question, "Well, what about MALE prostitutes?"

"No comment."

[wakeme2008]

9. Forget gay hookers.... IMHO it will be the AGES of the hookers that

blows up big time... Just my opinion.

[BR_Parkway]

11. For "Duke" to plead guilty to bribery of $2.4M - you really have to wonder

what else they could have charged him with. And get him talking, naming names - didn't he wear a wire for a few months?

[Mythsaje]

10. This could explode their base...

But how seriously will the corporate press be about getting to the bottom of it? That's the real question.