Showing posts with label fred thompson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fred thompson. Show all posts
Saturday, July 07, 2007
Fred Thompson Is As Dumb As Hell.
That's not me speaking. That's Richard Nixon's zombie corpse haunting us with words of wisdom from the grave.
Nixon was disappointed with the selection of Thompson, whom he called "dumb as hell." The president did not think Thompson was skilled enough to interrogate unfriendly witnesses and would be outsmarted by the committee's Democratic counsel.
This assessment comes from audio tapes of White House conversations recently reviewed by The Associated Press at the National Archives in College Park, Md., and transcripts of those discussions that are published in "Abuse of Power: The New
Watergate Tapes," by historian StanleyKutler.
"Oh s---, that kid," Nixon said when told by his chief of staff, H.R. Haldeman, of Thompson's appointment on Feb. 22, 1973.
"Well, we're stuck with him," Haldeman said.
Nixon may have been evil, but his intellect was never questioned. Maybe
Thompson has gained some IQ points from all of his lobbying and acting work, but I doubt it. Nixon was worried that John Dean wouldn't get a good grilling from Thompson because he was too stupid to do the job properly.
We also learned this week that Thompson's leaks to Nixon included a heads up on the taping system about to be revealed by the Senate Watergate Committee. Perhaps the Rosemary Woods and the eighteen and a half minute (very cut) gap in the tapes could get a fresh looksie in light of this news.
Nixon did think that Thompson was "friendly". So, it's not all bad news. The
problem is that it sounds like Dick Nixon was describing Checkers instead of a man to be taken seriously as a presidential candidate.
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
It's a serious question. There is no great Thompson bill that anybody can point to from his short career in the Senate. Even something I disagreed with would show a little bit of initiative. He bitched about the long days in the Senate, and meaningless votes, and really didn't enjoy working there.
So he acted for a bit, and married a woman young enough to be his daughter after screwing half the DC social set.
Reaganesque? If this is what floats the boats of the GOP, all the power to them.
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
They may claim to hate Hollywood, but they love conservative members of the left coast community over there. Thompson's resume, personal life, and lack of drive may be issues that stops his campaign from going over the top.
People talk about trophy wives, but come on now... this guy wants to be President. Elizabeth Dole or Nancy Reagan are ok as trophy wives, but I am not sure the new Mrs. Thompson is going to past muster.
Newt is all but declaring he is in as well. He is doing his book tour in New Hampshire, Iowa, California and Texas of all places. What a coincidence. He is heavily spamming the GOP email lists with bullshit and blather trying to prime the pump.
The GOP is adrift and they know it. They are looking for Ronald Reagan, but they need to start looking for a soul. Is grabbing power and committing graft really what they stand for these days? If you judge them by their actions, it's all they have got left.
Sunday, April 08, 2007
Thers over at Whiskey fire has some thoughts about Thompson's trip into RedState.
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Rudy Giuliani fucked his cousin for over a decade, then got an anullment because he didn't realize it. His father was apparently mobbed up, he dresses in drag, supports abortions, gay rights, endorses democrats, and liked the assault weapons banning bill. He cheated on his wife in public, then kicked her out to live with a gay couple. He is leading the field in the GOP primary.
John McCain screwed around on his first wife, married his second a month after the ink was dry.
Newt Gingrich... well books can be written about his moral lapses. Apparently it doesn't count as sex if it's a hummer because he didn't "sleep" with them. He led the crusade against Clinton's moral failings.
Now thrice married Fred Thompson is entering the picture. He dated liberal journalist Margaret Carlsson for a time. But, he is on tv.
What is wrong with Republicans? Seriously? It's like they are running the morally lax olympics here. Newt is expected to medal. Can we stop the meme that Republicans are the values party? These folks don't share my values. I do like Newt Gingrich's sex scenes in his novel though. They are teh hot. Perhaps the Republicans are going the way of the whigs before them. Or, they can get Tv's Gopher from the Love Boat in. He almost became Governor of Iowa. Stranger things have happened.
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