Fred Thompson's "bizarre" denial that he lobbied for abortion-rights group

[blitzen]

Down goes Fred!!! And, Fred, we hardly knew 'ya!


http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-thompson7jul07,0,54260.story?coll=la-home-center

Former Rep. Michael D. Barnes (D-Md.), a colleague at the lobbying and law firm where Thompson worked, said that DeSarno had asked him to recommend someone for the lobbying work and that he had suggested Thompson. He said it was "absolutely bizarre" for Thompson to deny that he lobbied against the abortion counseling rule.

"I talked to him while he was doing it, and I talked to about the fact that she was very pleased with the work that he was doing for her organization," said Barnes. "I have strong, total recollection of that. This is not something I dreamed up or she dreamed up. This is fact."

[Benhurst]

1. Recommended

:kick:

[Spazito]

2. Well, as Nixon said, he is "Dumb as Hell"

Just more proof that, on this, Nixon was right.

[Swamp Rat]

4. Maybe, but Nixon used Fred Thompson as a mole to spy on the prosecution (Watergate)

Now THAT'S a story I'd like to see Fred Thompson deny in a presidential debate. :D

[Spazito]

6. Well, I just happen to have an article on that very subject....

I am so glad you brought it up, I just love posting this about Dumb as Hell, lol!


Not all would put a heroic sheen on Thompson's Watergate role


WASHINGTON -- 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, according to a former investigator for Democrats on the committee, Scott Armstrong , who remains upset at Thompson's actions.




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Thompson, in his 1975 memoir, wrote that he believed "there would be nothing incriminating" about Nixon on the tapes, a theory he said "proved totally wrong."

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"Even though I had no authority to act for the committee, I decided to call Fred Buzhardt at home" to tell him that the committee had learned about the taping system, Thompson wrote. "I wanted to be sure that the White House was fully aware of what was to be disclosed so that it could take appropriate action."

more, oh so much more

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2007/07/04/not_all_would_put_a_heroic_sheen_on_thompsons_watergate_role/?
page=2


I seem to remember Dumb as Hell was supposed to announce soon, if not already, yet he has not, hmmmm, wonder if all this truth coming out about him will make him think twice?

[Swamp Rat]

7. Thanks. You should post that in the other Fred thread in GD too.

:hi:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=1271141&mesg_id=1271141

[Spazito]

9. Done! Thanks for the link!

:hi:

[Turn CO Blue]

8. Nixon used Thompson as mole after calling him "dumb as hell"

ha ha ha, ho ho ho, hee hee hee, (sniff). This is just hilarious.

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 Stanley Kutler.

"Oh shit, 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.

[bleever]

10. Along with denying sex with pigs,

if he CAN deny that.

:shrug:

[Catherine Vincent]

3. He's just being a lying republican hypocrite.n/t

[pretzel4gore]

5. the Freikorps can overlook that

a real leader would be a blowhard like bellow (really) or rush (limbah-humbug) or weiner savage, or anus coulter (though anus is a woman, sorta, adam's rib iow a nono to freeper typists)! Fred thompson is a blowhard, yeppirree, but rawther hollywood, nay pa? (personally, i think the repukes wanna get outta town asap and leave the hella ballooo to the leftist/liberal/democrats-the republican rightwing reminds me of a the gang of 1/2 wits who got drunk and set fire to the church- they all ran away, sobered up and frantically disposed of their lighters/matches behind the barn)
fred aint going no place. bush is, though (c'mon people, it's obvious the situ is so bad that bush should be ...well remember the big game where the 'terminator' entered in 8th with 10 run lead and 2 outs already which he proceeded to walk load the bases then gave up a home run, not once but TWICeW, and the manager said mygod he's a professional and he gonna get that one fukkin out goddammit, or he gonna die trying!)?