Honeymoon over for Fred?
Posted by Moonage on 19 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: 2008 Presidential Race
Fred Thompson, the non-candidate that was to save the neo-conservative element of the Republican Party from the dismal crop of current candidates that are as much, if not moreso, conservative than Fred, has enjoyed pretty much a free ride so far. I have felt that Fred’s toying with running is hurting the party in general. He’s no saint. No one is. Over time, if he committed to running, I fully expect a bunch of dirt to come flying in his general direction. if he waits too long to announce, then he could steal the primary but be a flawed candidate in the general. I don’t know enough about Fred to decide whether he’s saving the election or ruining it. Just don’t know. What I do know is he has gotten pretty much a free ride up to this point as the non-candidate.
Until now that is.
Thompson Lobbied for Abortion Group, Billing Records Show
Now, where this headline is getting ugly isn’t so much that he violated the very core of the group that supports him most, anti-abortionists, but how it’s being portrayed:
As I€™ve noted from the beginning of this controversy, the issue would seem to be Thompson€™s lying in denying it rather than hypocrisy.
Ouch. That’s from James Joyner, someone I respect a lot. Now that the other candidates have had a few weeks to take Fred seriousl and do some research, expect more of this kind of stuff coming out. If the core is already questioning his ethics, watch Fred implode faster than McCain.
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