Character Flaw

The New Republic ^ | 4/30/07 | Jonathan Chait

[Xenalyte]

So y'all are saying Chait's characterization below is incorrect? (I really don't know, which is why I'm asking.)

As chairman of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee in 1997, he dramatically claimed to have found evidence that the Chinese government had bribed the Clinton administration. But, over the course of the hearings, Thompson was able to prove nothing of the sort, and the affair proved a total humiliation.

[Politicalmom]

And I may be this time, DRAT IT!!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1826173/posts?page=1

[ellery]

Giuliani knows crime and city policy. He has very little experience (or apparently knowledge) about war and global foreign policy.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/07/us/politics/07rudy.html?ex=1178078400&en=4428e4b0970070ca&ei=5070

Key excerpt: At a house party in New Hampshire, Mr. Giuliani suggested that it was unclear which was farther along, Iran or North Korea, in the development of a nuclear weapons program.

Here’s what Mark Steyn recently had to say: “The one I find actually rather disappointing is Giuliani . . . when you listen to him speak, what worries me is that he has a sort of airport security approach to the war.

And he’s not actually very good when he’s talking about the big foreign policy aspects of it and the big geopolitical thing.

He’s very good if you want to hunker down and have a security checkpoint. He’s the guy who’d be good for manning that checkpoint.”

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1824261/posts

[stephenjohnbanker]

I was referring to the overall scope of the article. To be honest, I am not familiar with this particular piece of Thompson history either. I certainly doubt the “humiliation” part,or other Pro Rudy FReepers would have pounced on it.

[brothers4thID]

Thompson’s most prominent actual legal experience was, in fact, a disaster.

Er, unless you count those piddly, two-bit, no-one has ever heard of them, Watergate hearings and that whole “exposed core corruption in Tennessee government” bit. Yeah.

[papasmurf]

Hey Jonathan Chait...

Up yours, asswipe!

:O)

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Run, FRED, run, and bring J.C. Watts with ya!

[facedown]

John Huang

[dforest]

Anyone who trusts Rooty is a fool. Rooty doesn’t even believe what Rotty...oops Rooty says, and has admitted it.

Why vote for someone who isn’t too sure what he, himself, thinks or says on any given day?

Rooty is terrified of Fred, as well he should be.

[papasmurf]

Worse. The little puke hasn't ever had a real job. He went from college to New Republic.

:O)

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Run, FRED, run, and bring J.C. Watts with ya!

[Uriah_lost]

yeah, Watergate meant nothing.......

[#1CTYankee]

"Of course, I have been wrong once or twice..."

Yeah, don't you hate when that happens?

[#1CTYankee]

"At a house party in New Hampshire, Mr. Giuliani suggested that it was unclear which was farther along, Iran or North Korea, in the development of a nuclear weapons program."

That is very disturbing, his handlers should never have let him out in the public without even the most basic of information. This tells me he is living in a vacuum and with such an uninformed comment he has no business running for president.

[streetpreacher]

Never seen the show either. This liberal’s brain dead... oh wait, that’s redundant.

[stockpirate]

“Rooty is terrified of Fred, as well he should be.”

What’s more important is the Democrats are terrified of Fred, and that is why I am on Fred’s ping list.

[dforest]

What’s more important is the Democrats are terrified of Fred, and that is why I am on Fred’s ping list.

If you know who is in charge of that, ask them to add me! Yeah, I think Fred is the answer for most all Americans.

[KingofZion]

perhaps it is a good thing that Rudy has worked as a real life prosecutor (not as an actor) and has not held office above the municipal level. we can use a leader who understands how cities work and maybe one who won’t bend over every time the saudis dial the white house.

personally i think fred thompson would be an excellent choice based on his experience (in some ways better than reagan’s) and his presence (though nobody will ever match reagan).

but one doesn’t really place to much stock in anything printed in the new republic, now do we?

[iowamark]

It’s not a RINO hit piece. It’s a liberal hit piece. Some people have RINO on the brain.

No kidding! Pretty soon we will have people calling Obama a RINO.

[Aria]

“yeah, Watergate meant nothing.......”

Not sure what you mean by this...