These are questions that have been asked and ANSWERED repeatedly on just about every thread. They are a laundry list of the things people are trying to bash Thompson with.
If this doesn't seem completely ingenuous to you, then I think you are far too trusting.
Also, I just don't see those questions as "bashing." I don't.
There's nothing in the original post that seemed devious to me. They were a list of questions.
Please, read them again. A list of questions. That's what I see.
I'd hate to think that I have to treat folks on Free Republic like a bunch of liberals -- closed to honest discussion, each carrying their own agenda.
Conservatives should generally be able to trust other conservatives, shouldn't they?