Read his brief closing remarks.

UPDATE (2/10): Looks like it’s getting some press today.

WASHINGTON — A conservative reporter who asked President Bush a loaded question at a news conference last month resigned Wednesday after liberal bloggers uncovered his real name and raised questions about his background.

Jeff Gannon, who had been writing for the Web sites Talon News and GOPUSA, is actually James Dale Guckert, 47, and has been linked to online domain addresses with sexually provocative names. He has been under scrutiny since he asked Bush how he could work with Senate Democratic leaders “who seem to have divorced themselves from reality.” The information about Gannon was posted on liberal sites including Daily Kos and Atrios.

Under the headline “A Voice of the New Media: The Voice Goes Silent,” Gannon wrote on his personal Web page that because of the attention, “I find it is no longer possible to effectively be a reporter for Talon News,” and that he is quitting “in consideration of the welfare of me and my family.” Gannon added in a brief interview that “my family has been victimized” and he wanted to “put some separation between Talon News and the White House.”

UPDATE 2 (2/10): CNN leads their article with:

WASHINGTON (CNN) — A New York congresswoman asked the White House to explain Wednesday why a man who worked for a news Web site owned by a GOP activist was able to obtain White House press credentials under an assumed name.

Despite the fact that this is the network run by Eason Jordan, it’s still a good question. If it’s true then the possible answers could include “we had no idea it was an assumed name” or “we intentionally overlooked the fact that it was an assumed name because of his relationship with big money” or “there is a good reason and we can’t tell you for security reasons.”

UPDATE (2/10): Kevin Aylward weighs in with some questions for the lefty bloggers.

One wonders whether fascist-obsessed lefty blogger David Neiwert is going be equally critical of the bloggers in this case as he was of Wizbang for exposing Professor Hailey last year. Consistency would demand that he come down hard on his lefty brethren for libel and encourage Guckert to sue the bloggers into oblivion, as he did to us. We’ll keep you posted.