Away From the Cameras

Newsweek ^ | June 18, 2007 | Holly Bailey

[perfect_rovian_storm]

June 25, 2007 issue - Fred Thompson has a gift for knowing just what to say to anyone, in any situation. In 1998, when Thompson was a Republican senator and a single man about town, New York socialite Georgette Mosbacher invited him to accompany her on an overseas trip. Thompson couldn't go, and summoned the full measure of his Tennessee charm in letting her down. "I am sitting here with a long face and broken heart as I contemplate sunsets on the Mediterranean, which I will not see," he wrote to Mosbacher on his official Senate stationery. "We must remember the unspoken vow that all United States senators take upon entering the Senate: I shall have no money, and I shall have no fun. I, of course regarding myself as an unconquerable soul, am still determined to break the second part of that vow."

[pillut48]

Woot!

In before the Fred ping!

[perfect_rovian_storm]

Newsweek Fear of Fred ping

[capt. norm]

As if any normal conservative is going to believe something from "Newsweak".

Dream on, libs.

[capt. norm]

On second thought, seeing as how Newsweek is read by an almost exclusively liberal subscriber base, they may be actually helping him in the long run.

To Newsweek's liberal readership, they're making him sound good. He could end up picking up support from the other side...reminiscent of the "Reagan Democrats".

Demonizing doesn't always work.

[jazusamo]

(And he declined to be interviewed by NEWSWEEK.)

Holly Bailey and Newsweak are deeply saddened and couldn't wait to get this hit piece out. Only proves the left is very nervous about Thompson.

[Politicalmom]

PING!!

Fredipedia: The Definitive Fred Thompson Reference

WARNING: If you want to join, be aware that this ping list is EXTREMELY active.

[SuperGater]

I believe these types of articles while obviously seen for their bias in conservative circles only help Thompson come general election time.

A first impression is something that cannot be bought. To many independents and moderate democrats who’ve never heard of Fred Thompson and read this in their doctor’s waiting room or in passing at their hair salon could see him as acceptable.

[RatsDawg]

I wonder if Newsweek would ever run an article critical of Edwards, Hillary, Obama, Richardson, Dodd, Biden or Gravel?

[MarkeyD]

[Donald Rumsfeld Fan]

"I love the smell of Fred Fear in the morning"

DRAFT THOMPSON"

[b9]

Nothin they could say
Can tear us away from our guy
Nothin they could write
Could make us stop the fight for our guy

We’re stickin to our Fred
Like a stamp on a letter
Like birds of a feather
FredHeads stick together ~
Whatever libs try to start
We can’t be torn apart
From our guy

As a matter of opinion we think he’s tops
In our opinion he’s the cream of the crop
As a matter of GRIT to be exact
He’s loaded with IT as a matter of fact

No muscle brained lib
Could ever spin a fib ‘bout our guy
No handsome face
Could ever take the place of our guy
He may have been a movie star
But his word is good as gold and, so far,
There’s not a slam today
That could sway us away from our guy

[do the dhue]

OR

[SunkenCiv]

“Facts that will derail Thompson’s campaign” (coming up on KFI radio now)
KFI AM radio Los Angeles | 6/17/07 | Armstrong and Getty?
Posted on 06/17/2007 8:31:13 PM EDT by Yaelle
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1851863/posts

Brody File Exclusive: Fred Thompson Abortion Questionnaire
CBN News | June 14, 2007 | David Brody
Posted on 06/18/2007 12:14:40 AM EDT by monomaniac
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1851935/posts