I second that!
Posted on 10/15/2007 6:04:47 AM PDT by Spiff
Thank you, Democrat, for your opinion.
“The plan had a goal: to buy access and influence in furtherance of Chinese government interests. . . . The committee believes that . . . Chinese government officials crafted a plan to increase China’s influence over the U.S. political process. . . . Although most discussions of the plan [focus] on Congress, our investigation suggests it affected the 1996 presidential race and state elections as well.”...I believe this investigatory premise is still under scrutiny. It ain’t over yet.
Go back to your drinks and dinner with Valerie and her pimp!
Why not just post all of Hillary’s press releases?
Basically. it is not only an opinion it is a fact! Fred Thompson was my senator for eight years.
The libs in general are scared $hitless of Fred...the more they smear, the more afraid they are...and they should be very afraid
He's married to another sleaze-bag in the profession, Hillary Clinton's media consultant Mandy Grunwald. Mandy is a sure bet to be the replacement for Helen Thomas in the looks department upon Thomas' long-anticipated but never-fulfilled retirement from left-wing journalism.
Matthew Cooper is no Adonis himself. They all deserve each other both physically and ideologically....i.e.....the pits.
Leni
And that's on top of his involvement in the Plame issue.
Obviously Hillary does indeed fear the Fred if they are striking out this early.
Thank you Spiff for pointing this out to us, I knew you would come around and back a Conservative...
Jellybean, this deserves a DailyFred thread link...
I don’t nessesarily agree 100 percent with Thompson’s views, but if he wins the primary I will support and vote for him. Which I cannot say for Rudy. Having said that, Hunter is still my first pick Tancredo my second.
These leftists are scared to death of Fred Thompson.
Matthew Cooper??
UGH!
All I had to do is read the byline, and I knew that I would NOT be reading it. Thanks anyway.
People just attack the messenger and refuse to consider the message. The fact of the matter is that Thompson's executive experience is so minimal that you have to dig to find it. And what you do find is not good.
Along the same lines, and often corresponding with executive experience, is leadership experience. This is what I recently had to say about Thompson's leadership qualifications:
Let's talk about Fred's leadership experience. Yes, he does have some. He was one of the leaders of the effort to push through the unconstitutional McCain-Feingold-Thompson CFR legislation. I guess that counts. But where did his leadership actually lead and what was the outcome? I'm pretty sure you're not going to be seeing any Thompson TV ads touting this leadership success.You know, FReepers were gung-ho to bring the Clinton administration down for their campaign fundraising crimes. We had a string of convicted donors and fundraisers. We had proof of Chinese corruption. We had Clinton renting out the Lincoln bedroom, etc. Then arose Thompson as our champion to run the Senate investigation and help bring the administration down or at least do terrible damage to the Democrat Party. He failed. He demonstrated that he didn't have the guts to do what he needed to do, the leadership to keep the investigations pointed in the right direction, or the backbone to really take it to the Democrats. It was one of Free Republic's greatest disappointments as we were all over the issue, watching the hearings unfold, and hoping and praying that we'd see the Democrats and the Clinton Administration brought to justice. Heck, Fred Thompson couldn't even bring himself to join the Republicans in voting to convict Bill Clinton on the impeachment perjury charge.Then there's his leadership of the Senate Committee on Government Affairs. His greatest leadership accomplishment there was to turn an investigation of Chinese influence and corruption in the Democrat Party into an investigation against Republicans because he was so stymied by Democrat stonewalling and he wanted to make it look like he actually did something.
Fred knew he didn't have what it took to run for or be President. A bunch of people convinced him otherwise and he put his name in. Then some of us realized that electing someone who would rather take a nap than be a leader is not someone we're too interested in supporting. And putting someone into the highest leadership position in the United States - even the free world - who is almost completely untested as a leader (except maybe for the two colossal blunders I mentioned above) is irresponsible. Fred isn't District Attorney Arthur Branch. He only plays him on TV. And the threats and challenges that the United States faces aren't played by Hollywood actors or just a part of some TV show plot. They're very real.
Then there was McCain-Feingold-Thompson CFR legislation. Free Republic was a hotbed of activity opposing the unconstitutional mess. We knew what kinds of restrictions on our political speech enforcement of the proposed laws would cause. We talked of civil disobedience even as activism against the laws if passed. We joined the NRA and the National Right to Life Committee along with just about every other social and religious conservative organization in opposing the legislation. Yet it was Fred Thompson who was one of the architects of the legislation and was McCain's right-hand man in pushing it through the Senate. How soon Free Republic forgets.
I second that!
You and I are in complete agreement on this.
I have no idea who Matthew Cooper is. Thanks for the info. But that is beside the point. Can no one dispute a single point of his article or is it sufficient to just discard it because it was written by someone you don't like.
Please, someone find examples of Fred Thompson's executive and leadership qualifications. Defend the guy, for Pete's sake.
Well said. But, even knowing all of Fred’s failure’s I will vote for him if push comes to shove.
His failures in that Senate investigation are very real, and make my very hesitant to throw my support to Fred. I want him to prove during this run up to the primaries that he has the guts and leadership to run the Federal government. I would love to support him ,but I want to see something from him. His radio monologues are fantastic. He may have it in him, but he did not demonstrate in the Senate.
Plus, I think one of the great criticisms of Hillary (and especially Obama) is their utter lack of experience. A true executive (former governor, mayor or business leader) has run organizations effectively. Many believe that type of experience is necessary and that can hurt HRC in the general election if the GOP candidate has that experience. Fred has about the same amount of Senate experience HRC has, and she can actually play the experience card over Fred because she also was ‘co-president’ for eight years. Experience would actually a strike against Fred that should be a positive vs. any of the Dem candidates.
But Kennedy showed his mettle in other ways—the grit he displayed with the sinking of PT-109, for instance.
Adm Halsey (IIRC) wanted to court martial the bonehead but daddy Joe schmoozed FDR into giving him a stinking medal.
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