Dems Attack Thompson
June 25th, 2007 by
Senior Editor: Jeff
Demonstrating that Thompson is a real contender for the White House, Democrats have launched a new anti-Fred campaign. One of the main points is that Thompson is “just another corrupt Republican:”
“Remember the Republican culture of corruption?” the letter asks. “The revolving door of Republican politicians moving in and out of top political offices and Washington, D.C., lobbying firms? That’s Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson. For years, acting wasn’t the ‘Law & Order’ star’s profession — it was a hobby. In the real world, Thompson has made a fortune in a decades-long career as a Washington lobbyist. And just this month, as part of his role as the ultimate Washington insider, Thompson offered to host yet another fundraising event for Scooter Libby’s legal defense fund. Thompson has been vocal in his support of Libby, saying that he would ‘absolutely’ pardon him. As he runs for president, he’ll try his hardest to hide the truth from the American people. And we need to stop him. Support our efforts to get the truth out about Fred Thompson.”
First of all, I don’t the public at large cared nearly as much about the Plame/Libby event as the media and the politicians did. A politician lied, big woop. Second, the Thompson camp will have an easy time responding to this as Thompson was intimately involved in the Watergate investigations (asked about recordings of the Oval Office, etc.) into a Republican president, and worked to expose a cash for clemency scheme by the then-governor of Tennessee (a Democrat). Here you go: “While Edwards was chasing ambulances, Thompson was exposing corruption.”
