It seems ol Fred had another job a few years back lobbying for one of the good guys Jean Bertrand Aristide

Fred Thompson and the Burning 'Necklace'- by Justin Raimondo

/chuckle

ok.

Antiwar.com and Raimondo.

Gotcha.

Look, I sincerely HOPE That this lobbying gig is all the left cna come up with. If so, Fred isn't even going to have to lift a FINGER to win the presidency in 08.

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Are you denying he lobbied for Aristide or do you just not care because of the source?

Like I said, I HOPE that the libs think this is going to hurt Fred Thompson. Newsflash. It isn't even going to be a bump in the road.

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You may be right I just thought it might be somewhat telling of where the guy stands. He was apparently willing to represent anybody as long as the paycheck was right.

Your right. Most regular voters do not pay attention to this sort of thing. I think the problem is that we have a huge disconnect between many on this site and the general public. Most on this site treat politics as Jeopardy in that we look for the smartest person when in reality it is American Idol and people care more about who they like rather than who is the smartest and has the best record. While working for corporate interest rather than public interest in Washington may bother may on this site who pay much more attention than the average citizen most people probably do not even know what a lobbyist is. Most people do not know a damn thing about Fred Thompson other than the fact he was on a prime time network television show which is probably a big benefit. I think that if he gets the nomination (which still isn't something that could happen since right now he has a lot of buzz and still isn't first in the polls) people will watch the debates and he will have to at least show that he has the knowledge of policy and smarts to show that he is also the most capable which I think people will at least be looking for more than usual after this administration.

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Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
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Corruption, bribes, wiretapping, lies, all this junk is boring and such accusations will not have a noticible affect on the electorate. We need bimbos and sex!

ROFL

Unfortunately the past has proven this to be accurate.....this is somewhat true and is very sad.

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Fred Thompson isn't going to be much more than a bump in the road.

He is in first place in the GOP now because he doesn't suck as bad as all the other GOP candidates. But of course, he hasn't opened his mouth yet.

Once he does he'll have to take positions on issues, just about everyone agrees with the positions he's taken so far, (on Law and Order, he always seemed to oppose the bad guys). But whats his position on Iraq? On the Deficit? On Taxes? On Social Security? On National Health?

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Senator Thad Cochran, Mississippi (R)
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“I decided I didn’t want this guy anywhere near a trigger.”
Senator Pete Domenici, New Mexico (R)
on McCain

“My anger did not help my campaign ... People don’t like angry candidates very much.”

McCain on McCain

You mean FDT lobbied for the same Haitian leader Bill Clinton sent US military troops in to restore to power? Now there’s an issue the Dems can really exploit; especially with the other Clinton’s double digit lead for the Dem nomination.

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Fred Thompson is also just another Washington insider claiming to be an outsider. If elected he will become the first federally registered lobbyist to become President; and he's apparently surrounding himself with fellow lobbyists. Yea that's all we need fucking lobbyists running this country out in the open.

He's lobbied against the interests of the public, on several occasions.

Fred Thompson: The Philip Morris Candidate

It's been told how Fred Thompson dislikes Washington Politics, that's a fucking laugh, because Fred Thompson is Washington Politics.

So now we can dispense with the myth that Fred Thompson is a Washington "outsider," and start focusing on what his policies will be.

Frankly I don't see him being much better than Dick Cheney.

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"An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens."

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While we're at it, here's some historical context on Fred Thompson, and where he's stood on the issues:

Fred Thompson on the issues

Based on his past political record, I'd say he's just another status-quo Republican, no different from the current crop of pro-corporation cronies ruining this country.

I'll pass on Fred Thompson.

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"An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens."

-Thomas Jefferson

I love this thread....the dude isnt even a candidate and the liberal spin machine is all ready trying to kill him

doesnt surprise me though their best bet is hillary clinton someone with major neagative polling numbers

Dubya paraded himself around as a Washington outsider seven years ago. It's really the smartest tack a Republican can take because the stereotypical Republican is a rich, old, stuffy white male. And since there's not much any of the Republican candidates can do about being rich, old, white, or male, they all opt to promote themselves as being less stuffy than they actually are. That's why they all seem to show up at farm shows during campaign time wearing brand new jeans and casual dress shirts with the collar unbuttoned and the sleeves rolled up. I'm not sure how this makes them seem less stuffy, though, since they are among the most well-dressed people at events like this. If they really want to dress like the crowd they're trying to woo, they'd wear a NASCAR t-shirt once in a while.

The reason Thompson is likely to get away with his claim of being a Washington outsider is because he left Washington in January 2003, a few months before we invaded Iraq. It doesn't really matter that he voted in favor of using force to invade Iraq. He's been gone long enough that as far as the voters are concerned he's clear of the whole mess. It's actually quite a smart move. When gearing up for a Presidential run, leaving Washington for at least a few years will absolve a candidate of that sticky insider label that is hard to shake. This is a particular problem for Senators, and it's why no sitting Senator with more than eight years of continuous service at the time of the election has ever won the Presidency.

Now why would they form a commitee and have a website dedicated to gathering funds JUST to acquire information on Thompson if he was such a nobody and a Scooter Libby _______________ and a lobbying ____________ and a do-nothing senator?

/chuckle

Like I said earlier. If you take Billary's time in the Senate, Obama Yo Mama's time in the Senate, and Fred's time in the senate...you will find that Fred did more than either.

So THAT is just moot....the lobbying crap will go NOWHERE, his "Trophy wife" is 41 years old, so that is shot to hell for the libs...all the women in his past have been hammered by the left-wing media and they had NOTHING but good to say about him...no scandals anywhere.

The left has no platform against him. So, now they must just begin to claim he is a homosexual racist masochist torturer who does it all for greed and power.

/chuckle

the usual....

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