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The US Senate is considering the nomination of Brett McGurk as the next US Ambassador to Iraq. Yesterday, emails exchanged between McGurk -- then a member of the National Security Council staff -- and a Wall Street Journal reporter covering Iraq, were released. "The emails raise questions about whether the administration official traded access to sensitive information for sexual favors and his fitness for the ambassadorship.".
This post was deleted for the following reason: I feel like if this is worth posting about (maybe give it a couple days and see if something more substantial develops, for that matter) it needs to be done a little differently, maybe skipping the axe-grindy site as one of the primary links. -- cortex
Even though it's spelled differently, I can't hear that name without picturing Coach McGuirk.
posted by troika at 12:00 PM on June 7, 2012 [4 favorites]
posted by troika at 12:00 PM on June 7, 2012 [4 favorites]
And 6 billion keyboards google gina chon simultaneously
posted by spicynuts at 12:01 PM on June 7, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by spicynuts at 12:01 PM on June 7, 2012 [2 favorites]
McGurk pontificates about his “blue balls,” a term that refers to sexual frustration.
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“I can insert a rider into the [Status of Forces Agreement] exempting prosecution of our consumption of alcohol at the Rasheed [hotel] on Sunday night,” McGurk responds.
It is unclear if his offer to alter official arrangements between the U.S. and Iraq for personal gain was a joke.
I'm so fucking sick of this shit. The world is going up in flames and the Washington beat reporters still can't get their fill of panty-sniffing.
I guess this is what we'll have to hear about between now and November, isn't it?
posted by R. Schlock at 12:02 PM on June 7, 2012 [4 favorites]
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“I can insert a rider into the [Status of Forces Agreement] exempting prosecution of our consumption of alcohol at the Rasheed [hotel] on Sunday night,” McGurk responds.
It is unclear if his offer to alter official arrangements between the U.S. and Iraq for personal gain was a joke.
I'm so fucking sick of this shit. The world is going up in flames and the Washington beat reporters still can't get their fill of panty-sniffing.
I guess this is what we'll have to hear about between now and November, isn't it?
posted by R. Schlock at 12:02 PM on June 7, 2012 [4 favorites]
The last sentence raises questions about whether the writer is aware of the importance of parallel construction and his understanding of the rules of grammar.
posted by Horace Rumpole at 12:03 PM on June 7, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by Horace Rumpole at 12:03 PM on June 7, 2012 [1 favorite]
Greeeat. Just greeeat.
posted by ReeMonster at 12:06 PM on June 7, 2012
posted by ReeMonster at 12:06 PM on June 7, 2012
I find it pretty funny the tags for the post include "Obama", but not "McGurk" or "Chon"
posted by edgeways at 12:07 PM on June 7, 2012 [9 favorites]
posted by edgeways at 12:07 PM on June 7, 2012 [9 favorites]
The Free Beacon is the absolute worst source for any of this, and their idiotic surmises are not really worth taking seriously at all. "Altering official arrangements between the U.S. and Iraq" so you can have a few beers does not constitute some massive breach of trust or of justice. This is completely ridiculous.
posted by koeselitz at 12:09 PM on June 7, 2012
posted by koeselitz at 12:09 PM on June 7, 2012
The Beacon article is just a bs diatribe. That site is a 4 month old online rag that is less interested in honest reporting and far more concerned with playing the I-Hate-You-Because-You-Dont-Think-Like-Me-Political-Game that happens on both sides of the political spectrum.
Did you see the article directly below the AP article? GOP opposition to Obama's pick for Iraq ambassador fails to materialize at hearing.
So much for outrage.
posted by lampshade at 12:10 PM on June 7, 2012
Did you see the article directly below the AP article? GOP opposition to Obama's pick for Iraq ambassador fails to materialize at hearing.
So much for outrage.
posted by lampshade at 12:10 PM on June 7, 2012
Let's not forget another Democrat darling LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa banging Telemundo reporter Mirthala Salinas while he was married. Then giving her station the scoop on his break-up, effectively making her the lead-in to the announcement.
posted by phaedon at 12:10 PM on June 7, 2012
posted by phaedon at 12:10 PM on June 7, 2012
noting that my observation is fixed now, so cheers
posted by edgeways at 12:11 PM on June 7, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by edgeways at 12:11 PM on June 7, 2012 [1 favorite]
Not very professional, but the release of the emails is actually part of a deep cover marketing operation by Burger King.
posted by demiurge at 12:11 PM on June 7, 2012 [3 favorites]
posted by demiurge at 12:11 PM on June 7, 2012 [3 favorites]
"puddy in my hands"?
posted by potsmokinghippieoverlord at 12:11 PM on June 7, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by potsmokinghippieoverlord at 12:11 PM on June 7, 2012 [1 favorite]
I find it pretty funny the tags for the post include "Obama", but not "McGurk" or "Chon"
Added.
posted by BobbyVan at 12:11 PM on June 7, 2012
Added.
posted by BobbyVan at 12:11 PM on June 7, 2012
I just never get why a guy would ever reference having blue balls to a woman he was courting. Painful horny teenager testicles just does not strike me as very sexy.
posted by nathancaswell at 12:13 PM on June 7, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by nathancaswell at 12:13 PM on June 7, 2012 [2 favorites]
Seems like it worked - let's not be sexist and assume that only men can be immature graceless morons when it comes to flirting
posted by spicynuts at 12:16 PM on June 7, 2012 [3 favorites]
posted by spicynuts at 12:16 PM on June 7, 2012 [3 favorites]
Seems like it worked - posted by spicynuts
eponysterical
posted by nathancaswell at 12:17 PM on June 7, 2012 [5 favorites]
eponysterical
posted by nathancaswell at 12:17 PM on June 7, 2012 [5 favorites]
From The Washington Free Beacon's About Us page
posted by benito.strauss at 12:17 PM on June 7, 2012
The Washington Free Beacon, a project of the 501(c)4 Center for American Freedom, is a nonprofit online newspaper that began publication on February 7, 2012. Dedicated to uncovering the stories that the professional left hopes will never see the light of day,At least they're more or less up front about their biases and agenda. Can you find a better source, BobbyVan?
posted by benito.strauss at 12:17 PM on June 7, 2012
The world is going up in flames and the Washington beat reporters still can't get their fill of panty-sniffing.
What beat reporters? "The Washington Free Beacon" is the newly-minted product of the Center for American Freedom, a right-wing advocacy group, whose self-described purpose is "combat journalism." A cursory Google News search reveals precisely zero coverage of this manufactured story by actual journalists.
posted by RogerB at 12:19 PM on June 7, 2012
What beat reporters? "The Washington Free Beacon" is the newly-minted product of the Center for American Freedom, a right-wing advocacy group, whose self-described purpose is "combat journalism." A cursory Google News search reveals precisely zero coverage of this manufactured story by actual journalists.
posted by RogerB at 12:19 PM on June 7, 2012
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has scheduled a confirmation hearing on Wednesday, with members of the panel saying they saw no obstacles to McGurk winning their approval to the posting to one of the United States' largest diplomatic missions in the world.
Am I missing something? This isn't a story, as much as someone might want it to be.
posted by incessant at 12:20 PM on June 7, 2012
Am I missing something? This isn't a story, as much as someone might want it to be.
posted by incessant at 12:20 PM on June 7, 2012
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