Fred Thompson's Startling Confession

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It turns out that the latest Republican man as a white house prospect, Fred Thompson, the TV prosecutor, was a mole for the Nixon White House during the Watergate hearings which brought him to public attention, and was, as he put it, "acting without authority" when he called Nixon's lawyer to tell him that the committee had discovered that there was a White House taping system in place.

Thompson admitted that he was leaking information from the committee to the White House in his Watergate memoir.

He also admits, contrary to the statements in his official bio, that he was not the person who developed the information which led to the disclosure of the taping system.

Another Republican for truth, honor and family values.

[Cooley Hurd]

1. This can't be posted enough - Fredo Thompson is a man who puts party...

...ahead of Country.:thumbsdown:

[malaise]

2. K & R

for lawlessness and no order.

[BOSSHOG]

4. I think it is fair to say

that every conservative republican values their party more then they do our country. Its really quite simple and would be ludicrous for any of them to argue otherwise.

[indepat]

22. The fine people of Tennessee can be proud for sending Thompson, Frist, Alexander, and Corker

to the Senate: the four have almost always followed the 'puke party line in lockstep, no matter how inimical to the interests of most Tennesseans; no matter how reprehensible; no matter how damaging to the environment; no matter how fiscally irresponsible; no matter how illegal, unlawful, unconstitutional, and inhumane, such as in pre-emptive war; no matter how much of a mockery is being made to the separation of powers, separation of church and state, equal justice under the law, promote the general welfare doctrines, and their oaths of office. A disgrace to our founding principles, the whole lot of them imo.

[bunkerbuster1]

3. This was how many years after Chappaquiddick?

I only ask because we are called upon to summon perpetual outrage over Ted Kennedy's (alleged-by-rightards, never proven in a court of law, but I digress) misdeeds by our right wing brethren.

Yet I guarantee you, as this point is raised, it will be whisked away by the right wing and their media enablers as water under the bridge, old news, youthful indiscretion, nothing more to see here, folks.

I Gaur-RON-tee it.

(oh, and the answer to my question? Five. Five years.)

[BOSSHOG]

5. The rightious right wing certainly values Kopechne's DEATH

and I must say I am truly amazed at how easily they become outraged, just by the mere hint of a fat chickenshit chickenhawk coming from the radio. But on the other side, the fakiness of their outrage is incredibly obvious. Just like their patriotism. Just like their manhood.

[bunkerbuster1]

8. Yep, they dutifully bring it up EVERY TIME Kennedy's name is mentioned

Every. Goddamned. Time.

But Freddy Thompson, the fake-folksy asshole, with the boob-job trophy wife, who leaked information to Nixon so Nixon wouldn't look so bad in the Watergate hearings? Why, that was ages ago! Why are you bringing that up now?

[NewJeffCT]

11. He can use that timeless Republican excuse -

"It was a youthful indiscretion" Even if Fred was 35 at the time. Heck, Fred can pull that excuse out of his ass if something bad happened last week!

[NewJeffCT]

13. Going even further back

Any time Bob Byrd says something bad about Bush, they drag up the fact that he was in the KKK back in the 1940s.

The GOP loves to frame Democrats with one word responses:

Ted Kennedy, "Chappaquiddick"

Bob Byrd, "KKK"

Bill Clinton, "Monica"

[bunkerbuster1]

14. Fred Thompson: "Leaker."

Hey, this is fun!

[NewJeffCT]

15. Bill Frist - Cat-killer

[bananarepublican]

16. How many years was this before Margie Schoedinger? n/t

[femmocrat]

6. Might not be juicy enough to derail him, unfortunately....

a sex scandal would make a bigger impact.

[bunkerbuster1]

9. It won't derail, but it certianly doesn't help. It re-ties him to Libby

There's no positive spin for this. The best thing for the Thompson camp to do is hope the revelation's ignored, and try to laugh it off ("Aw, shucks, someone's read my lil' book? Heh heh heh...") when it comes up.

Whereas we need to keep hammering that the man hasn't learned a thing since then; he continues to provide aid and comfort to criminals.

Tie this to his Libby defense fund work. Over and over again. The guy leaks like a cloth diaper.

(and to refresh everyone's memory--the Libby commutation was a colossally unpopular decision, with nearly half of all REPUBLICANS thinking Bush should've stayed out of it.)

[JacquesMolay]

7. Didn't they just find out that Thompson did some lobbying for ..

.... a pro-choice group? That's the 'startling confession' that would do him in, if the firm can dig up the paperwork.

[bunkerbuster1]

12. Dunno, but he married his trophy-wife-with-the-boobjob in a hippie church

As I enjoy pointing out at every opportunity--here's where they tied the knot:

http://www.loveandjustice.org/

And at the risk of offending some, I say: Eat this, fundie assholes--part of their mission statement...

Language - We view language as a justice issue and have intentionally created guidelines for the worship service. We plan our worship with sensitivity for non-limiting language with regard to gender, race, and other biases; however, worshippers can follow their own preferences.

Diversity - We explore different cultural traditions, value diverse viewpoints, promote multi-generational interaction, and welcome all into our community of faith.

Sounds like a buncha fag-lovin' PC libruhls to me!

[Fly by night]

17. Come now -- don't you want Barbie Girl as our First Lady (or First Lassie)

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10. Fred Thompson HYPOCRISY UPDATE:

http://noquarter.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/07/fred-thompson-n.html
The L.A. Times has a story about Fred Thompson's 1991 lobbying efforts for abortion rights: "Thompson lobbied for abortion-rights group, it says": "Fred D. Thompson, who is campaigning for president as an antiabortion Republican, accepted an assignment from a family-planning group to lobby the first Bush White House to ease a controversial abortion restriction, according to a 1991 document and several people familiar with the matter."

The day before Senate Watergate Committee minority counsel Fred Thompson made the inquiry that launched him into the national spotlight -- asking an aide to President Nixon whether there was a White House taping system -- he telephoned Nixon's lawyer.

Thompson tipped off the White House that the committee knew about the taping system and would be making the information public. In his all-but-forgotten Watergate memoir, "At That Point in Time," Thompson said he acted with "no authority" in divulging the committee's knowledge of the tapes, which provided the evidence that led to Nixon's resignation. It was one of many Thompson leaks to the Nixon team. ...

[The Count]

18. And for his base, this can be more damaging than sabotaging Watergate

It needs repeating. Often. (although they may say: "But that was before 9.11!")

[Poiuyt]

19. I think that being a mole for Nixon will hurt him with moderate Republicans, and

being a lobbyist for pro-choice groups will hurt him with conservative Republicans.

[pingzing58]

20. If he did it once, he'll do it again to save his behind: leaking info.

[TwilightGardener]

21. Nixon called him "Dumb as Hell"--Nixon used him, is my impression--

Thompson allowed himself to be a stooge for Nixon. And then Thompson tried over the ensuing years to make himself look HEROIC, as if HE helped bring Nixon down. He should have been disbarred for violating his side's trust and intentionally damaging the investigation.

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23. What did Nixon mean when he said George W.W.Bush is one of them too??

anyone know what he was referring to (in SiCKO Movie)