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Angry American · #31 (**permalink**) 07-06-2007

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Originally Posted by CYDdharta

Imagine that, the Boston Globe writer who wrote a “biography” of John Kerry in 2004, found a Democrat investigator who wasn’t satisfied with FDT’s Watergate examination?

By low in the polls, do you mean the GOP frontrunner for the last month that’s tied with the Dem’s frontrunner, although with a much lower unfavorable rating? Don’t worry, he’ll get a ratings boost as soon as he officially enters the race.

Holy crap

Freddie and Chillary are tied?

Well looks like we're in for 100 years of war.

Strider · #32 (**permalink**) 07-06-2007

As I've said elsewhere, this is a guy who left the Senate because it was too much work. He's going to turn out to be a lightweight.

CYDdharta · #33 (**permalink**) 07-06-2007

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Originally Posted by Strider

As I've said elsewhere, this is a guy who left the Senate because it was too much work. He's going to turn out to be a lightweight.

And as I've said elswhere; he left the senate because he was grief-stricken by his daughter’s untimely demise.

Lazarus · #34 (**permalink**) 07-07-2007

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Originally Posted by Angry American

Just another kink in Freddie's pristine armor:

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Not all would put a heroic sheen on Thompson's Watergate role

By Michael Kranish, Globe Staff | July 4, 2007

WASHINGTON -- The day before Senate Watergate Committee minority counsel Fred Thompson made the inquiry that launched him into the national spotlight -- asking an aide to President Nixon whether there was a White House taping system -- he telephoned Nixon's lawyer.

Thompson tipped off the White House that the committee knew about the taping system and would be making the information public. In his all-but-forgotten Watergate memoir, "At That Point in Time," Thompson said he acted with "no authority" in divulging the committee's knowledge of the tapes, which provided the evidence that led to Nixon's resignation. It was one of many Thompson leaks to the Nixon team, according to a former investigator for Democrats on the committee, Scott Armstrong , who remains upset at Thompson's actions.

"Thompson was a mole for the White House," Armstrong said in an interview. "Fred was working hammer and tong to defeat the investigation of finding out what happened to authorize Watergate and find out what the role of the president was."

Asked about the matter this week, Thompson -- who is preparing to run for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination -- responded via e-mail without addressing the specific charge of being a Nixon mole: "I'm glad all of this has finally caused someone to read my Watergate book, even though it's taken them over thirty years."

The view of Thompson as a Nixon mole is strikingly at odds with the former Tennessee senator's longtime image as an independent-minded prosecutor who helped bring down the president he admired. Indeed, the website of Thompson's presidential exploratory committee boasts that he "gained national attention for leading the line of inquiry that revealed the audio-taping system in the White House Oval Office." It is an image that has been solidified by Thompson's portrayal of a tough-talking prosecutor in the television series "Law and Order."

But the story of his role in the Nixon case helps put in perspective Thompson's recent stance as one of the most outspoken proponents of pardoning I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney. Just as Thompson once staunchly defended Nixon, Thompson urged a pardon for Libby, who was convicted in March of obstructing justice in the investigation into who leaked a CIA operative's name.

Thompson declared in a June 6 radio commentary that Libby's conviction was a "shocking injustice . . . created and enabled by federal officials." Bush on Monday commuted Libby's 30-month sentence, stopping short of a pardon.

The intensity of Thompson's remarks about Libby is reminiscent of how he initially felt about Nixon. Few Republicans were stronger believers in Nixon during the early days of Watergate.

-full story-

Again, as more information is brought to light about lilly-white Freddie, we see a man who is more like the current crop of crooks and liars. Good thing Freddie is so low in the polls.

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Originally Posted by CYDdharta

Imagine that, the Boston Globe writer who wrote a “biography” of John Kerry in 2004, found a Democrat investigator who wasn’t satisfied with FDT’s Watergate examination?

So, you are not disputing the facts of this account?
That is quite understandable.

CYDdharta · #35 (**permalink**) 07-08-2007

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So, you are not disputing the facts of this account?
That is quite understandable.

Like most Americans, I really don’t know all the facts of the account; but I can’t see a partisan columnist offering a balanced account.

Lazarus · #36 (**permalink**) 07-08-2007

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Like most Americans, I really don’t know all the facts of the account; but I can’t see a partisan columnist offering a balanced account.

In regards to this article, I am merely interested in the direct quotes.
And the excerpts from the Nixon tapes shed more light on FDT being a surreptitious asshole.

bigTlilODD · #37 (**permalink**) 07-08-2007

You are bringing up crap from over 30 years ago? What happened to the liberal mantra of "that's the past let's move on"? Talk about hypocrits.

ViPER · #38 (**permalink**) 07-31-2007

Fred couldn't even act a good president.

CYDdharta · #39 (**permalink**) 08-01-2007

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Fred couldn't even act a good president.

That's a rather odd position to take. Judging by his landslide election victories, Tennessee voters certainly seem to think FDT acted as a very good senator.