Gannon Lie detector test live thread

I really wonder how this going to pan out...

Many answers might be answered tonight. What is his WH connection? Did the Prez know him? Why did he trow softball questions at the President?

We'll see.

•  so now he's a faith-based

  journalist?

  by guyermo on Tue May 31, 2005 at 05:03:05 PM PDT

•  Unfortunately

  Lie detector tests are limited to YES or NO questions.

  by marchmoon on Tue May 31, 2005 at 05:03:32 PM PDT

•  I thought that being a prostitute

  was against the law?  He answered no.

  by Sunqueen212 on Tue May 31, 2005 at 05:05:11 PM PDT

  •  maybe he registered

    in vegas.

    by guyermo on Tue May 31, 2005 at 05:05:54 PM PDT

    •  Prostitution is illegal in Las Vegas.

      At least that's what they told me at my arraignment.

      by Pyewacket on Tue May 31, 2005 at 05:09:38 PM PDT

      •  Only inside Cook County.

        Helloooo Bunny Ranch.

        by HollywoodOz on Tue May 31, 2005 at 05:41:29 PM PDT

•  Are those the real questions?

  Or will they be softballs:

  • Did Bush hire you to ask softball questions during press conferences?
    
  • Were you paid outrageous sums to have sex in the halls of the White House?
    
  • Have you ever met Scott McClellan?
    
  • Have you been paid to wankerer horses while you were in the pressroom?

  by anonymous coward 8 on Tue May 31, 2005 at 05:06:42 PM PDT

•  Well, that was quick

  by Sunqueen212 on Tue May 31, 2005 at 05:06:44 PM PDT

  •  Just the one?

    Or was there more?

    by silence on Tue May 31, 2005 at 05:09:06 PM PDT

•  he seemed stunned

  that he was found to be honest

  by guyermo on Tue May 31, 2005 at 05:10:03 PM PDT

•  He is telling the truth! Ha!

  This is so funny. So they give the result of one question? He is not a Bush mouthpiece? OMG!

  by Sunqueen212 on Tue May 31, 2005 at 05:10:58 PM PDT

  •  Did you see this?

    In the SFWeekly there is a story about a guy who conned the Lie Detector producers. He got on the show pretending to be on parole and the test declared him truthful.

    by KingOneEye on Tue May 31, 2005 at 05:14:21 PM PDT

  •  That was the one and only question?

    Hmm, depending on what the meaning of 'mouthpiece' is I guess we have only one thing to parse.

    I mean how many possible meanings of 'Guckert Bush mouthpiece' have we ruled out?

    by anonymous coward 8 on Tue May 31, 2005 at 05:18:13 PM PDT

•  You can't trust Polygraph tests

  People CAN beat the polygraph test if they know what the test looks for.

  Aldrich Ames, a CIA Double agent, was able to beat polygraph tests.

  'gannon' is a liar, it's his job, he is NOT telling the truth.

  by ck4829 on Tue May 31, 2005 at 05:16:56 PM PDT

•  Where are you watching this!!!

  asdf

  by Pragmatic Left on Tue May 31, 2005 at 05:20:15 PM PDT

  •  asdf...

    it was on Pax TV

    by Trix on Tue May 31, 2005 at 05:36:40 PM PDT

    •  Yep, they got some publicity for their network

      mission accomplished.

      by Feanor on Tue May 31, 2005 at 05:40:35 PM PDT

    •  Looks like we've thrust PAX...

      ...into the top tier of broadcast networks. All 12 of us. Look out ABC.

      

      by KingOneEye on Tue May 31, 2005 at 05:56:09 PM PDT

    •  Haha!!!

      I watched "Stolen Honor" on PAX.  And a VOOM informercial.

      How appropriate that Gannon would follow.

      by Pragmatic Left on Tue May 31, 2005 at 06:07:10 PM PDT

•  any stats

  on whether pathological liars tend to pass tests?

  by Miss Devore on Tue May 31, 2005 at 05:40:10 PM PDT

  •  No stats

    but Pathological liars believe their lies so they could most likely fool the tests.

    by regis on Tue May 31, 2005 at 06:31:47 PM PDT

•  I missed Gannon but caught....

  ....the swift boat liar passing with flying colors.  How pathetic was that!  Is that all they do?  Ask ONE "relevant" question?  Steve Gardner's was about whether a kid being killed was left off the report by John Kerry.  Well, um, if there was no kid killed that day then it would have been left off of the report.  That question proves nothing.  So, he is declared as being truthful and Rolanda prefaces the reveal to his answering the question truthfully as being proof that the swift boat vets were telling the truth.  A blanket declaration from one strategically posed question.  How pathetic.  Why didn't they just ask him if he was being truthful about John Kerry?  Why didn't they ask if there was a kid killed that day and then asked if John Kerry left it off the report?  No wonder I never watched that crap before.

  by abbysomething on Tue May 31, 2005 at 06:36:05 PM PDT