"National day of Prayer" .. 600 chairs.. by 1pm, 37 were filled

[SoCalDem]

:rofl:

from Princess Sparkle Pony
http://sparklepony.blogspot.com/2007/05/what-if-jeff-gannon-threw-party-and.html

What if Jeff Gannon Threw a Party and Nobody... Um... Came?



Hilariously cruel reporting from Dana Milbank in this morning's Post:

Let us pray.

Let us pray that, on next year's National Day of Prayer, there is better attendance at the "Bible Reading Marathon" on the West Front of the Capitol.

Organizers put out 600 folding chairs on the lawn -- the spot where presidents are inaugurated -- and set up a huge stage with powerful amplifiers. But at 9:30 a.m. yesterday, not one of the 600 seats was occupied. By 11 a.m., as a woman read a passage from Revelations, attendance had grown -- to four people. Finally, at 1 p.m., 37 of the 600 seats were occupied, though many of those people were tourists eating lunch.

Where was everybody?

"This isn't that kind of event," explained Jeff Gannon, spokesman for the host, the International Bible Reading Association. Gannon, actually a pseudonym for James Guckert, had earned fame in 2005 representing a conservative Web site at White House briefings until it was revealed that he posted nude pictures of himself on the Web to offer his services as a $200-an-hour gay escort.

Let us pray for the power to understand how Gannon made his way from HotMilitaryStud.com to the International Bible Reading Association.



But wait! The unloveable man-whore sneaks into an item later in the column, too:

Let us pray, as well, for the beleaguered practitioners of Christian street theater, for they deserve greater press coverage.

The Rev. Patrick Mahoney of the Christian Defense Coalition scheduled a "National Day of Prayer observance" and news conference for 3 p.m. yesterday in front of the Supreme Court. Gannon, wearing a Marines baseball cap, arrived to help with the press outreach.

But the event attracted only one photographer (from the Washington Times), one reporter (author of the Washington Sketch) and not a single television camera. The participants themselves were late, and only eight showed up.


Hee hee! I don't know what's funnier: Gannon "helping with the press outreach" (Great choice! He's always been so good with the press! And, hey! He got Dana Milbank to pay attention to him!), or Gannon still pretending he was in the Marines (he wasn't).

Posted by Princess Sparkle Pony at Friday, May 04, 2007 0 Comments

[shenmue]

1. This has to be from another dimension

:rofl:

Too much...did Jeff Gannon read the part from Revelations about the "whore of Babylon"?

[sabra]

2. one of the funniest things I've read in awhile. k & r

[No DUplicitous DUpe]

3. I'm shaking my head in dis-belief...bizzarre, yet oh so funny!

[TlalocW]

4. The only reason Gannon showed up

Is because he thought they said help with the "press reach-around" not the "press outreach."

TlalocW

[tanyev]

5. Looks like my prayers are being answered.

O8)

[gratuitous]

6. Bad luck, that

See, all the bestest Christians were gettin' ready for the Mighty Republican Candidates' Debate, and they ain't got time to sit around praying the day away because the liquor cabinet doesn't stock itself for these events, if you know what I mean.

I'm highly surprised that the coverage for this wonderful event was left to the likes of Dana Milbank and Princess Sparkle Pony, though. Surely Fox & Fiends could have sent someone over to cover the goings-on so they could seriously intone about what all this means for the nation, and declaim, "We're not making this up!"

But then, the Onion is so hard to distinguish from reality anymore.

[SoCalDem]

8. The Milbank part is from the WaPo.. (maybe Keith will report it tonight)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/03/AR2007050302170_pf.html

[progressoid]

11. Jeez, I did a quick google...

I couldn't find any other mention of this, so I thought it was satire. But then you posted that link and......I dunno, I feel like I've stepped into bizarro-world.

[SoCalDem]

12. I think Keith will cover this tonight

:evilgrin:

[progressoid]

13. Hope so. We don't get MSNBC any more (budget cuts in our house)

But I'll try to catch it at my RW, ubber-pious mother-in-law's house tonight! :)

[BurtWorm]

7. The last seven years are solid proof that prayer does not work.

:patriot:

[IChing]

10. Also why atheism has grown

[Ishoutandscream2]

21. No question

these folks have ruined the message of Christianity, and got someone like me "off the fence" so to speak.

[xchrom]

9. ya gotta love republick party humour.

:rofl:

[earth mom]

14. Karma.

:rofl:

[EFerrari]

15. Jeff knows he can't get freeps out of the basement with a crowbar.

I'm surprised at him, really.

[Norquist Nemesis]

16. They should have invited Brother Jed and Sister Cindy!

That would have received some media attention :rofl:

[SoCalDem]

17. or Phelps

:rofl:

[Norquist Nemesis]

18. Sounds like a trio! Fred, Jed, and Cindy

:rofl:

[blogslut]

19. Deja Vu

James Guckert hosted a Bible reading Marathon in 2004 - before the great reveal. Nobody showed up then either:



link: http://ancapistan.typepad.com/photos/becoming_gannon_photos/gannon_reading_bible_and_hall.html

[Marrah_G]

20. National day of prayer??????????????????

I would like to send a big "Fuck you" to these assholes. I'd like for my faith to have a Holy Day not completely corrupted by these jerks.

This really pisses me off.

This asshat of a President insults my religion, claims it isn't legitimate and then creates a "Day of Prayer" on one of it's 4 major Holy Days.

[mod mom]

22. I say it's time to investigate this:

Guckert made more than two dozen excursions to the White House when there were no scheduled briefings. On many of these days, the Press Office held press gaggles aboard Air Force One--which raises questions about what Guckert was doing at the White House. On other days, the president held photo opportunities.

On at least fourteen occasions, Secret Service records show either the entry or exit time missing. Generally, the existing entry or exit times correlate with press conferences; on most of these days, the records show that Guckert checked in but was never processed out.

In March, 2003, Guckert left the White House twice on days he had never checked in with the Secret Service. Over the next 22 months, Guckert failed to check out with the Service on fourteen days. On several of these visits, Guckert either entered or exited by a different entry/exit point than his usual one. On one of these days, no briefing was held; on another, he checked in twice but failed to check out.

-snip

Guckert sometimes stayed for an extended period of time before and after press conferences, particularly early in his tenure. This was especially common during his first few months, when he might be in the White House for as long as six hours.

-snip
http://rawstory.com/exclusives/byrne/secret_service_gannon_424.htm

[AnneD]

23. As long as Bush remains in office...

every day is a national day of pray. Bush is single handedly responsible for me praying to God every night. I pray for the troops, and then I reserve my 'special' prayers for he and his friends.

[Synnical]

24. Wonkette: In DC, Only Fat Gay Hookers Read Holy Bible

http://wonkette.com/politics/dept%27-of-unsolved-mysteries/in-dc-only-fat-gay-hookers-read-holy-bible-257837.php

05 4 2007
dept. of unsolved mysteries
In DC, Only Fat Gay Hookers Read Holy Bible



Cum-dumpster ... but for whom?! - Wonkette

There’s a great new (or old?) association in town, and it’s very unpopular. The International Bible Reading Association held a big event at the Capitol yesterday, if by “big event” you mean “600 chairs were set up, and a total of 37 people sat down, and most of those were tourists eating their lunch, and Jeff Gannon is the spokesman.”

Gannon’s back! The bald, portly gay hooker who spent so many nights in the White House having gay sex with a still-unrevealed Top Administration Official has managed to find a job less prestigious than “Talon News reporter.” When asked by Dana Milbank why there were 563 empty chairs at the 600-seat bible-reading stunt, Gannon replied: “This isn’t that kind of event.”

That is our new catch phrase. When asked why anything is a total dismal ignored failure, we will just smile and say, “This isn’t that kind of event.”

Dozens of Heads Were Bowed (Washington Post)

[SoCalDem]

25. Kick for the afternooners

:)