Dr. Gina Loudon, who is one of the leading members of the STL Teabagger Hate Cabal (along with Jim Hoft, Dana Loesch, Bill Hennessy, and Adam Sharp, etc...) and hosts The Dr. Gina Show on TruthTalk 630AM in St. Louis, is in the spotlight for lying about the Vanity Fair article about Sarah Palin by Michael Joseph Gross. Ms. Loudon has had a long history of distorting the truth for her own gain.
Gina Loudon... Busted
To review, Michael Joseph Gross wrote a scathing story for Vanity Fair about former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. In that story, Gross mentioned Sarah Palin handing off her son Trig prior to a speech in Independence, Missouri. However, as St. Louis tea party leader Gina Loudon (who was involved in the event in Independence) correctly noted, the child was not actually Trig but rather Loudon's adopted son Samuel Loudon. Gross noted that he made a mistake, and it should have been a very minor case of mistaken identity, since the identity of the child had nothing to do with the rest of the story. However, Loudon pushed it further, accusing Gross of being deliberately dishonest, by telling the Post-Dispatch that she had told Gross at the event that the child was actually Samuel Loudon and that Gross had ignored her. Here is how Gross responded to that charge:
Let me state this as unequivocally as possible: Loudon’s accounts have no basis in reality. I do not mean simply that the facts are wrong—I mean that the episode did not occur. I have never met Gina Loudon. I have never spoken to Gina Loudon in person or by phone. I have never exchanged e-mail or snail mail with Gina Loudon. I did not even know Gina Loudon’s name until it began cropping up in connection with the accounts quoted above. Furthermore, I could not have spoken to her in Independence, because I was not allowed backstage on the floor of the arena, where Loudon was; that was a restricted space, and, as far as I am aware, all reporters were barred from the area. (I was sitting several rows up, in a place where I was able to observe what was happening both in front of and behind the curtain.)
It could be that Loudon spoke to another reporter that day, and that this is a case of mistaken identity. The other possibility is that Loudon has simply made everything up, inventing and publicizing a complete fabrication for her own purposes. It is either the one thing or the other.
Today, Gina Loudon wrote another response where she continued to accuse Gross of lying, and she said on Twitter that she had "proof." In fact, she presented proof that she is being completely dishonest.
Gina Loudon caught lying about Trig Palin being at the Independence, MO event, when in fact it was Samuel Loudon, Gina's adopted son.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A writer for Vanity Fair has acknowledged a case of mistaken identity in an unflattering article about Sarah Palin in the magazine's October issue.
Reporter Michael Joseph Gross describes Palin's youngest son, Trig, being pushed in a stroller by his older sister, Piper, before a rally in May in the Kansas City suburb of Independence.
The problem, which was first reported by the website Politico, was that the boy the reporter described was another child with Down syndrome.
Vanity Fair's Sarah Palin Profiler Admits Error
Vanity Fair: Michael Joseph Gross responds to criticism of his article on Sarah Palin - Gina Loudon never met Michael Gross, her claims are false
Michael Gross published an excellent response in Vanity Fair to the criticism directed at his al
Michael Gross published an excellent response in Vanity Fair to the criticism directed at his already historic investigative article "Sarah Palin: The Sound and the Fury."
Of particular interest are his remarks about Dr. Gina Loudon, the newly discovered hero of the Palinbots. Following the admitted case of mistaken identity (Gross mistook Loudon's son Samuel for Trig), Gina Loudon dished out on Breitbart's wingnut website "Big Journalism":
"I have read a lot of MSM slime over the years, but never, ever have I felt subjected to a more jealous, petty, sophomoric, disturbed piece of ragslime than I do after reading this latest on Sarah Palin."
Palingates had this article that says Gina Loudon had lied
Even Conservative Kevin Jackson calls out Loudon
I wrote previously about how Kevin Jackson called St. Louis Tea Party leaders John and Gina Loudon, "the biggest two crooks in St. Louis." Jackson was a frequent speaker at Tea Party events, and was the emcee at last year's tea party rally on April 15 in Kiener Plaza. I've tracked down some additional comments from Jackson about the Loudons and his thoughts on the Ensuring Liberty Political Action Committee at the heart of the controversy.
Loudons called out by a Black Conservative
Whaa? A Gina Loudon Dating Site?
Palingates has been collecting a ton of information about Gina Loudon. And guess what? Gina Loudon operated a dating site! Except that it totally wasn't a dating site because it was all scientific and stuff:
Our clients can range from successful politicians, doctors, lawyers, models, business leaders, professional athletes, actors, and producers, but you do not need to be famous to enlist our help. We cater exclusively to commitment-minded single people around the world. Our program is based on solid research, and our proven selection process anticipates unvetted problems that can occur by other means of introduction. Often, only one or two meetings are necessary prior to actual success and fulfillment!
And, fascinatingly, Loudon has deleted the links since palingates started writing about them. But one of the readers of palingates had already grabbed screenshots of the site, and it sure looks like a dating site to me!
https://privacybox.de/...
Gina Loudon ran a dating site, just like Sean HandTitty does
Gina Loudon Says She "Could Have Speculated" Reporter Was Gay Because He Has Psychological Profile of Person Who Attacks Children-Updated
Earlier in the year, Gina Loudon compared gay marriage to people marrying animals. She later compared people who wanted to build an Islamic Community Center in New York City to Nazis. Amazingly, her bigotry managed to reach a new low in this past week, as she claimed on the Stage Right Show that she could have "speculated" that Vanity Fair reporter Michael Joseph Gross was gay because he has a "psychological profile" of someone who "attacks children." Here's the video:
From Fired Up! Missouri's Youtube
Larry O'Connor: Just for the record it's not a secret...Michael Joseph Gross is actually an out-of-the-closet gay man, so I don't think he has any children that I'm aware of...
Loudon: Oh! See and that...I mean I'm sorry I did not know that Larry, I honestly didn't, and I could have speculated as much just by several little pieces I had picked up in looking at the sort of psychological profile of someone who behaves like this...attacks someone's children. And then you just don't even want to consider the whole hidden-on-the-deck-next-door-thing.
"Dr." Gina Loudon's homophobia bites her back in the butt
Gina Loudon Compares Gay Marriage to Marrying Animals
FiredUp Missouri catches some obnoxious behavior from John and Gina Loudon. First, check out former State Senator John Loudon telling someone to move to Iowa if he doesn't like the law:
If you want gay marriage, keep the federal government out of it. Move to a State of your choosing, and live happily gayly married ever after. This crap of you leftists getting one judge to make laws really irritates the heck out of people who believe in the rule of law. It is disgusting that you people cannot learn from the past. Live by the sword, die by the sword. You leave no choice but a US Constitutional Amendment.
But Gina Loudon's blog post is even more obnoxious, in my opinion.
Memo to Gina Loudon: Same-Sex Marriage does NOT = marrying animals
I got blocked by Gina Loudon on Twitter. So that's something to be proud of.
My tweet to describe Loudon:
Teabagger Dr. Gina Loudon (@drginaloudon) caught stealing 3rd by Adam Shriver for being dishonest.
10:26 PM Sep 9th via web from Pontoon Beach, IL
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Happy Second Birthday (or the show's third season) to The Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC earlier this past week.