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Posted on 11/04/2007 8:05:20 AM PST by Sub-Driver
Fred Thompson Defends Campaign Adviser With Criminal Record
Sunday , November 04, 2007
Fred Thompson said Sunday that he wishes he had known earlier that one of his key presidential campaign advisers pleaded guilty to drug charges but he still thinks Phil Martin is "a good man."
Martin, a businessman who has lent Thompson his Cessna to fly around the country, is one of four campaign co-chairman for the '08 Republican candidate. The Washington Post reports Sunday that Martin also posted a guilty plea in 1979 for selling 11 pounds of marijuana and a no contest plea in 1983 for cocaine trafficking and conspiracy.
Judgment was withheld on the first plea while Martin served out probation. The 1983 charges, along with a felony bookmaking charge, came while he was still serving that probation. Martin's probation was extended and he served no jail time.
Thompson, who's not the first candidate this year to be linked to a donor with a criminal past, seemed to brush off the news.
"You are talking about something that happened in his life, I guess, 25 years ago ... when he was in his 20s," Thompson said. "I wish I had known about it a little bit earlier. Phil, I am sure, knows that he should have told me about this. That he thought (it) was over and done with and forgotten about I am sure. But of course nothing is ever over and done with and forgotten about in this business."
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
Unlike Clinton’s fiasco, campaign finance laws were not violated..
Loyalty to a friend. Fred has once again proved himself to be a man of real character with a capital C. Compare this to the shabby way Rudy Giuliani has betrayed his business partner/boyfriend Bernard Kerik.
Go, Fred, go!!!
it is great to see Fred standing up to the MSM to defend his friend and supporter. Most importantly, it shows that Thompson in loyal and exposes the MSM and their thirst to dig up trivial details of the of the people on Fred’s team.
25 years ago and people want to bring this up?
Cue up the Duncan Hunter crew and let them once again tell us all how their guy is the only true conservative guy with 100% sterling credentials.
Martin should have made sure Thompson knew. When you involve yourself in a political campaign in any way shape or form you should think about these things and what they’ll mean for the candidate.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/05022007/news/nationalnews/flighty_hill_changes_planes___constantly_nationalnews_ian_bishop.htm
FLIGHTY HILL CHANGES PLANES - CONSTANTLY
May 2, 2007 — WASHINGTON - Jet-setting Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton is a fussy frequent flier who used three different planes in a single day during a recent campaign swing through South Carolina.
The former first lady even grounded one aircraft - a chartered Gulfstream II - in Columbia, S.C., last Friday, demanding a swankier Gulfstream III replacement for a flight out west.
“She didn’t like the configuration of the cabin,” an aviation source familiar with Clinton’s travel told The Post.
And that was after the Gulfstream II pilot dropped Sen. Clinton off at the bustling commercial terminal rather than the secluded area for private planes, sources told The Post.
The Gulfstream III charter had to be scrambled from Westchester County to swoop into South Carolina and carry Clinton off to San Diego for the start of a two-day fund-raising trip to California, flight records show.
Clinton’s campaign did not immediately comment yesterday.
Clinton’s jet-capades began when she hopped aboard a Gulfstream II on Thursday afternoon that ferried her from Washington to Orangeburg for the first Democratic presidential debate at South Carolina State University.
That same plane brought her back to Washington that night, arriving just after 11:30 p.m., and then was sent back, with no passengers, 46 minutes later to await Clinton’s arrival back in South Carolina the next afternoon.
On Friday, she used a Hawker 800 private jet owned by the New York investment firm Gilder Gagnon Howe for a morning flight to Greenville, S.C., from Washington, after an 8 a.m. address at a New York teachers’ association gathering.
Gilder Gagnon Howe
http://www.secinfo.com/ds4Px.4F99u.htm
Slick Willard would have thrown him under the bus, backed over him a few times, pulled him out from under there, and then thrown him under some other bus.
Fred Ping!
I was not to sure about Fred Thompson but the more I listen to him the more I like him.
Hope it is not to late
No “macaca” apology from Fred, thank goodness.
I was concerned when I saw the story this morning, but after seeing Fred’s response, I am more convinced than ever that he is our best candidate for president. He did very, very well today.
I love the way Thompson lays it on the line— no dancing around. He’s my friend, and he’s going to stay my friend. FDT is not going to remake himself, a la Rudy McRomney, to win this election.
Fred did well this morning on Meet the Press. He didn’t let Mr Taterhead spin everything into a Gotcha.
I’m sure that interview sent chills through the Hillary campaign and the DNC.
And I suppose Hillary was unaware of Sandy Burglar’s
criminal record when she brought him into her campaign.
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Like the ABS media will ask her ....
ABS: Agenda-Bias-Spin
bump!
Fred did good, his values continue to shine above political expediency. One could not have a better friend than Fred. However, Philip Martin should have let Fred know his past before becoming involved with Fred’s campaign. It will be interesting to see how this pans out, but I doubt seriously it will amount to a hill of beans.
“I was concerned when I saw the story this morning, but after seeing Fred’s response, I am more convinced than ever that he is our best candidate for president. He did very, very well today.”
Yes! And Fred did an excellent job this morning answering every question from Tim Russert on Meet The Press! Tim tried to do his best to corner Fred with some misquotes, but Fred set him straight on every one! GO FRED!
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