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Fred Thompson Defends Campaign Adviser With Criminal Record
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Posted on 11/04/2007 8:05:20 AM PST by Sub-Driver
Fred Thompson Defends Campaign Adviser With Criminal Record
Sunday , November 04, 2007
Fred Thompson said Sunday that he wishes he had known earlier that one of his key presidential campaign advisers pleaded guilty to drug charges but he still thinks Phil Martin is "a good man."
Martin, a businessman who has lent Thompson his Cessna to fly around the country, is one of four campaign co-chairman for the '08 Republican candidate. The Washington Post reports Sunday that Martin also posted a guilty plea in 1979 for selling 11 pounds of marijuana and a no contest plea in 1983 for cocaine trafficking and conspiracy.
Judgment was withheld on the first plea while Martin served out probation. The 1983 charges, along with a felony bookmaking charge, came while he was still serving that probation. Martin's probation was extended and he served no jail time.
Thompson, who's not the first candidate this year to be linked to a donor with a criminal past, seemed to brush off the news.
"You are talking about something that happened in his life, I guess, 25 years ago ... when he was in his 20s," Thompson said. "I wish I had known about it a little bit earlier. Phil, I am sure, knows that he should have told me about this. That he thought (it) was over and done with and forgotten about I am sure. But of course nothing is ever over and done with and forgotten about in this business."
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: fredthompson; phillipmartin; philmartin
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To: trisham
Scary. I could have written every word that you just did and mean’t them as well.....
Great minds and all that.
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posted on
11/04/2007 8:57:26 AM PST
by
Grunthor
(Just askin’: Is the problem in the Middle East too much George Bush, and not enough George Patton?)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Hunter is a good man, and I have no doubts about him at all.
Fred is a good man who can win. It's no criticism of Hunter, whom I admire.
42
posted on
11/04/2007 8:57:43 AM PST
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: Grunthor
43
posted on
11/04/2007 8:58:12 AM PST
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: Grunthor
Yer a real piece of garbage. Since you're new here, perhaps you missed this on the home page of FreeRepublic...
"Please enjoy our forum, but also please remember to use common courtesy when posting and refrain from posting personal attacks,...
44
posted on
11/04/2007 8:59:24 AM PST
by
airborne
(Proud to be a conservative! Proud to support Duncan Hunter for President!)
To: Grunthor
It’s just a joke. You CAN take a joke, right?
45
posted on
11/04/2007 9:01:11 AM PST
by
Abcdefg
To: misterrob
Cue up the Duncan Hunter crew and let them once again tell us all how their guy is the only true conservative guy with 100% sterling credentials.
Fact: In 1998, Duncan Hunter was 100 percent behind the impeachment of one William Jefferson Clinton.
Fact: In 1998, Fred Thompson thought it better to throw obstacles in the path of the impeachment managers and try to cut Bubba some slack.
Fact: Duncan Hunter did NOT support McCain-Foolsgold 'Campaign Finance Reform'.
Fact: Fred Thompson did.
So much for Fred's "sterling credentials".
Be careful what you ask for Friend, you will generally get what you ask for.
46
posted on
11/04/2007 9:01:18 AM PST
by
mkjessup
To: airborne; Grunthor
The post Grunthor was responding to was a despicable attempt to imply something completely unfounded. Imho, it should be pulled.
47
posted on
11/04/2007 9:02:07 AM PST
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: trisham
Fred for President and Hunter for Vice-president?
48
posted on
11/04/2007 9:02:31 AM PST
by
Vanders9
To: Abcdefg
It wasn’t a joke, and it wasn’t funny.
49
posted on
11/04/2007 9:03:05 AM PST
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: Grunthor
“Theyll donate cash (incognito) to Huckleberry.”
Or just have their MSM pump up his numbers as the flavor of the week, like they are doing now.
50
posted on
11/04/2007 9:03:28 AM PST
by
Beagle8U
(FreeRepublic -- One stop shopping ....... Its the Conservative Super WalMart for news .)
To: trisham
Then hit the abuse button.
51
posted on
11/04/2007 9:03:42 AM PST
by
airborne
(Proud to be a conservative! Proud to support Duncan Hunter for President!)
To: Vanders9
Fred for President and Hunter for Vice-president?***************
Works for me!
52
posted on
11/04/2007 9:04:13 AM PST
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: airborne
He can dish it, can’t take it.
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posted on
11/04/2007 9:04:29 AM PST
by
Abcdefg
To: trisham
All I'm saying is that had this happened to the other GOP candidates or to the Democrats, criticism here would have been swift and severe.
How can Fred! not know that this guy had a past criminal record. Regardless of whether it happened in the 70s/80s or in the 1870s, he had to have known the MSM will pounce on it.
You have this episode, you had Fred's! flip-flop on the lobbying for abortion, and you have the CFR, which later revealed he was much more involved in it than previously thought. You guys can worship Fred! and believe he's the 2nd coming, but to me he's just symptomatic of the problems that threaten to turn the GOP into the Whig party.
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
But Fred's the almighty and can do no wrong, so let me commence to bowing down before his presence here. Glad to see you are finally coming around to the truth.
55
posted on
11/04/2007 9:08:44 AM PST
by
Pistolshot
("All you anti-Freds remind me of Wile E. Coyote trying to fool the sheepdog." - Sturm Ruger)
To: Grunthor
And I stand ready to accept all fiduciary responsibilities for these funds.
What with my recent bad turn of luck in Texas Holdem and that unfortunate event on Nevada Day with the dollar slots - the Samuel Adams “Draft Huck” pace car is in serious need of sponsorship.
Thanking everyone in advance,
Huck
To: misterrob
25 years ago and people want to bring this up?You know, the fact that the Romney, Rudy, and Hillary camps are spending big bucks on research to find the "dirt" on Fred, and this is all they can come up with, should tell us something about the man.
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posted on
11/04/2007 9:09:06 AM PST
by
TN4Liberty
(A liberal is someone who believes Scooter Libby should be in jail and Bill Clinton should not.)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
I don't agree. Fred gave a good explanation on MtP of how this happened, and what he plans to do about it.
I do hope you will reconsider your opposition to Fred after the primaries.
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posted on
11/04/2007 9:11:27 AM PST
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: Abcdefg
Its just a joke. You CAN take a joke, right? Quick! Post a photo-shopped pic of Paul kissing a terrorist. That'll restore the thread's equilibrium.
To: tear gas
As we have seen with W, blind loyalty can (and usually does) do more harm than good.
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