And the winds howled and the tenders growned as the cupcake army roared into action...Cup of tea, anyone? :)
Posted on 09/11/2007 4:00:15 PM PDT by lesser_satan
From Thompson for President Communications Director Todd Harris.
Statement on Romney's South Carolina Cover-Up
"Fred Thompson entered the race for president just days ago, talking about uniting our country around a core set of conservative beliefs. According to the Washington Post, it is now clear that while Fred Thompson is working to bring our country together, an increasingly desperate Mitt Romney and his campaign are already hard at work to divide us, practicing the lowest kind of politics.
"Today's half-baked cover-up attempt by the Romney campaign does not even pass the laugh test. The Romney campaign has paid Warren Tompkins and his various firms hundreds of thousands of dollars. Wesley Donehue works for Tompkins and is listed on Tompkins' own webpage as an associate of the firm. According to PalmettoScoop.com, Donehue 'runs the daily operations of their political consulting firm, Tompkins, Thompson and Sullivan, including direct mail efforts and a number of Web-based ventures.' [Emphasis added]
"There is no room in our party for this kind of smut. As the top executive of his own campaign, Gov. Romney should take full responsibility for this type of high-tech gutter politics and issue an immediate apology. In addition, Gov. Romney should exercise some of his much-touted executive acumen, take control of his flailing campaign, and immediately terminate anyone and everyone related to this outrage.
"This latest episode only serves to prove what many voters are already figuring out: Mitt Romney will do anything, say anything, smear any opponent and flip flop on any position in order to win. The American people in general and the Republican Party in particular deserve better than this."
I think Fred is fully in the game.
Ping!
As much as I like Fred...I hope these two don’t start flinging the mud...let’s leave that garbage to the moonbats.....
That’s gonna leave a mark...
Oh good grief, who is this screeching hag?
The feigned outrage is classic.
Since when is leading in double digits in Iowa, New Hampshire, Michigan and Nevada “flailing”? Guess the “new promotion” for Communications Director Todd Harris has gotten to his head. Don’t worry, it’s the Thompson campaign. He’ll be out of a job in a month as they reshuffle the deck once more.
I would not change a word—not a dot—of that message. Excellent.
Unlike Romney campaign workers, who resign in disgrace after impersonating cops, soliciting homo-sex in public toilets, getting sued over child abuse allegations at the school they run....
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Thank goodness.
Sorry but the response you gave is typically one of a lib...divert ...deny...divert attention...
Romney should take responsibility for this fiasco. I would venture to guess had someone from Thompsons campaign put up the same kind of website, Romney supporters would be justifiably bothered.
I would have more respect for people if when things are wrong they admit, apologize , correct and move on.
What do you mean?
Even if it was directly ordered by Mitt Romney (which it wasn't), negative campaigning against one individual candidate in the primary election is not "dividing" the country. The accusation is ridiculous and a gross exaggeration.
"Today's half-baked cover-up attempt by the Romney campaign does not even pass the laugh test. The Romney campaign has paid Warren Tompkins and his various firms hundreds of thousands of dollars. Wesley Donehue works for Tompkins and is listed on Tompkins' own webpage as an associate of the firm. According to PalmettoScoop.com, Donehue 'runs the daily operations of their political consulting firm, Tompkins, Thompson and Sullivan, including direct mail efforts and a number of Web-based ventures.' [Emphasis added]
Which does not prove that it was an official part of the Romney campaign. Is the Thompson campaign going to start telling lies and "half-baked" exaggerations like this right off the mark? Not good.
"There is no room in our party for this kind of smut. As the top executive of his own campaign, Gov. Romney should take full responsibility for this type of high-tech gutter politics and issue an immediate apology. In addition, Gov. Romney should exercise some of his much-touted executive acumen, take control of his flailing campaign, and immediately terminate anyone and everyone related to this outrage.
There was no "smut" on the web page I saw. Negative campaigning pointing out Thompson's flaws and faults is not "smut".
Further, Romney's campaign is ANYTHING but "flailing". More distortion from the Thompson campaign...
"This latest episode only serves to prove what many voters are already figuring out: Mitt Romney will do anything, say anything, smear any opponent and flip flop on any position in order to win. The American people in general and the Republican Party in particular deserve better than this."
More exaggerations and lies. I expected more from the Thompson campaign. If they want to fight dirty, then they may just get a dirty fight right back at them. This ridiculous overreaction by the Thompson campaign to a stupid little negative politicking web page in South Carolina does not bode well for the Thompson campaign or the tone of the race in general. Bad form.
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Who was sued?
It WOULD HAVE been a tempest in a teapot had Tompkins been fired immediately, but he’s still there as far as I can tell.
I had hoped that Fred would build his support by going after Rudy first, Mitt only has about 15% of Republicans, and those folks are pretty hard-core for him. I see Rudy as being softer, but perhaps the strategy is to knock out Mitt first, then go after the big kahuna.
And Fred’s slogan is “Unity”? What so unifying about that statement? Looks like we got another Brownback/McCain in the campaign.
How pathetic Fred, you ain’t got no class. Presidents are supposed to take it on the chin and not go nuclear.
The FR backlash against Thompson’s campaign, for standing up to Romney’s dirty tricks like this, could make the FR support for Romney jump to as high as 6%, but maybe not.
they are? glad that Bush didnt take it on the chin on 9-11
I am respecting Mitt more and more. If he didn’t do anything wrong then don’t apologize. I am sick of our guys just caving in and apologizing like we did with Alberto Gonzalez and Rummy. Stay the course Mitt and don’t cave in because it is popular!
give me a few minutes, I’ll try and find it.
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Would you be as supportive of Romney if he wasn't a Mormon?
How stupid! Are comparing Mitt Romney to terrorists? What the hell are smoking because I want some.
Of course you go after those who kill innocents victims. So to tell you but this is not the same thing. It is just a fact based website and Freddie got his feelings hurt. WahWahWah! Cry me a river Fred! If you can’t handle the truth with Republicans then just wait when Hillary comes after you.
Do all those cupcakes carry special secret security badges from the Romney campaign? If I misbehave, will they send me to Mittmo?
“I had hoped that Fred would build his support by going after Rudy first, Mitt only has about 15% of Republicans, “
I think that to maintain the appearance of strength, the Fred campaign had to have a firm response, they couldn’t just let the coverage be about the web site’s attack, with no answer from the conservative camp.
Willard's boys decided to fight that one preemptively.
Of course. For instance, I support Bush when he fights back.
I also don’t like cry babies. Give me a break. One freaking website. Mitt has about a hundred of them funded by the other campaigns on his tail and Fred can’t handle just one?!?!?! How is Fred going to handle Al Queda?
Since when is leading in double digits in Iowa, New Hampshire, Michigan and Nevada “flailing”?
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Romney has at best embarrassed himself with his campaign associates. How do you think he would handle Al Queda?
I am deeply amused by the same 3 or 4 Romney folks on every Fred thread, pissing and moaning.
(not you)
This is getting good...
Romney is losing it and Fred hit hard, now they cry...
Aw....
oh lawd...one of my favorite kind of people on here. those that have to go after the poster with immature quips and language.
now hear this ..that is not at all what I said or inferred. And as for handling the truth? Geesh people like you make me not want to support Mitt.
Mitt would have done himself a big respectable service to come out publicly and disavow the tactic that was used. It should be beneath someone who should be president as well.
Thats just a fact for me. And no Mitt should not take that on the chin either....Nor should Fred who shouldnt be afraid to speak up although I think his spokeperson took his rant a little too far and stooped to the same levels of the offending website.
I want a president who isnt afraid to show indignation at times ....I sure dont want them to sit back and let things slide....to me that was one of the problems in the Bush admin....they didnt respond to things until it was too late.
As soon as Fred appears on the first nationally
televised debate, he will be finito. Fred looks
real old and ugly on TV. And even his smile makes
him look even worse if that is possible.
Hate to break it to you novice political junkies,
but presidents get elected based on likeability,
charm, looks, and charisma. Policy wonks seldom
win presidency. Kerry is a prime example. JFK is
another. JFK won entirely on charisma and I was
there to observe it in 1960.
He's known around here by the name pissant.
Fine. You want a President who will respond to each and every website. I don’t. Mitt has shown that he can ignore the hit websites on him and he has shown he can timely punch back. Can Fred?
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He just did. Did you miss it? You must've been ducking.
when you want to have an intelligent conversation that sticks to what I have said ...let me know...
twice you have taken things and skewed them to fit your agenda. AGAIN....I did not say that or infer it.
you are not helping your candidate at all...
good thing I dont rely on people like you for my information in making a decision of how I will cast my vote. Now I am getting back to reality...
Press two for spanish if you did not understand.
If the site was just a little innocent barb that Fred should just ignore, why was it removed?
Interesting if it is all just fair play...
Not a great strategy, if you ask me. Fred needs to get his own message out and prove he can walk and chew gum. All this does is drive traffic to the website. However, it tells me that his supporters are not just mindless groupies but they are mean, too.
Um, ok...
Thanks?
There is no longer a Romney or Hunter or Paul or Huckabee campaign. They are all merely observers.
Rudy and Fred are the only real campaigns.
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