Posted on 10/15/2007 7:57:12 PM PDT by rmlew
(CNSNews.com) - On Tuesday, the day Fred Thompson made his debate debut in the 2008 presidential race, two conservative commentators criticized how the former Tennessee senator handled the 1990s Senate probe into Clinton campaign fundraising corruption.
Thompson was chairman of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee in 1997, when the committee probed Chinese money that allegedly poured into the 1996 re-election campaign of President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore.
"Had there been a legitimate investigation of Chinese money laundering, the results would have been very different from the results of Monica Lewinsky," said John Gizzi, political editor for Human Events, the conservative weekly newspaper.
Gizzi was contrasting Clinton's campaign finance scandal - which he deemed far more serious - with the sex and perjury scandal that led to Clinton's impeachment in the House and acquittal in the Senate in the late 1990s.
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Just exactly how was he run over by the Klinton machine ?
And just who exactly is Gizzi supporting ?
Come on guys, is this the best you can come up with against Fred Thompson, get real it is becoming laughable and pathetic beyond belief.
I thought all sorts of witness either took the 5th or fled the country.
I don’t like his socks. How about you < /sarc>
You are going lower and lower everyday by spamming every Fred Thompson thread with these stupid posts.
You are sick , but you are doing more and more damage to your boy Romney ...I love it !
I did not read this article. And I still have no idea who I’m voting for. I just want to say: I have “Die Hard 2” on right now, and guess who’s playing one of the lead characters. :-)
It unfuriates me to read this trash. Seriously, it’s one of the cheapest shots I’ve seen.
Thompson was anxious to run this investigation, but let’s be clear, what was he up against? He was up against the Clinton machine. He was up against the likes of John Glenn running interference on Clinton’s behalf. There were a number of other Senators that also treated this like a high school pep rally for Clinton.
That’s not the worst of it. The same Senate leadership wouldn’t help Thompson at all. He was expected to run this whole damn show, and if he got to energetic, he’d be told to tone it down.
In a similar setting, Michael Chertoff (attorney for the Republicans) was slapped down in Whitewater hearings. He was livid as Republicans would interrupt to slow his progress in questioning the witnesses.
This being said, what possible investigation can you execute when over 100 different people with intimate knowledge fled the country rather than testify? Were they forbidden to leave the nation? No.
Thompson got bitch-slapped on this one, and the leadership of his own side of the isle was of no help whatsoever. He was set up as the patsey and he didn’t know better than to agree to try to get to the bottom of the situation.
I rememeber him walking out of those hearings angry as could be at the situation.
To trash him now, is so inexcusable I’d love to punch this bastard in the nose.
Scumbag in post 4 is a Romney Supporter. He is but a small part of the Willard Sleaze Machine.
Should have read...
That's not the worst of it. The same Senate leadership that wouldn't hold hearings for impeachement, wouldn't help Thompson at all.
This thread has turned into a bump thread of the history of ChinaGate.
http://209.157.64.200/focus/f-chat/1814236/posts
Chinagate: The Movie
My goodness, you’re just trash, aren’t you?
It would even be different if it were true enough to be funny.
I disagree with you on trade with China, but let’s be clear here. What other candidates differ with Thompson here? Are there any?
You know, if their own candidate is so bad all they can do is push this kind of crap, then I hope they lose to Thompson big time. I may vote for someone else, but these drive by smearing threads are so juvenile it’s pathetic.
This kind of post is absurd and stupid. What are you all scared of? Fred is up front about his plans for the future, up front about his possible health problems, up front about everything. What more could you ask for? Fred will be the Republican candidate...come on aboard...work with a winner!!!
And the Romney Sleaze Machine rolls on, unabated by human values like shame or responsibility.
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