Posted on 01/06/2008 7:24:08 PM PST by TBBT
Can anybody explain Fred Barnes animus towards Fred Thompson. Paraphrasing Barnes - the problem with Fred Thompson's 3rd place finish in Iowa is that he has to continue in this campaign. Later his said Thompson just needs to go home
What's up with that? It was so uncalled for that Bill Kristol had to get on Barnes about it.
Is Barnes a shill for somebody else and see's Fred pulling support away from his guy? Or is Barnes solely interested in picking a guy he thinks can win – conservative principles be damned? Thompson is one of the most solid conservatives in the race. So what the freak is up with Barnes
I've never been a big fan of Barnes. I've always thought he's a stuttering, stumbling, twit. His comments tonight depressed my view of him even further.
I've notice this Fox News/Fred Barnes negative attitude about Thompson for some time. But tonight it was just way over the line.
My view of Fox News has been tanking as well...
Best thing for a conservative to do about Fred Barnes is to stop repeating his bullshit.
I’m getting the impression that the left is doing everything it can to sink Fred and some on the right find him incredibility threatening. Not sure why.
A lot of us have noticed the same thing.
Fox has joined the ranks of CNN during this campaign season.
It now appears that FoxNews has lost whatever objectivity and fairness it had at one time.
***** stole my first name!
This is what happens when people abandon their conservative principles.
Fred Barnes comes across like a first class jerk.
The liberal left fears Thompson. As simple as that.
I agree. He is being way too Beltway.
The media doesn’t like Fred because he doesn’t play their games.
These Washington parasitic journalists are all corrupt.
And to cancel subscriptions to The Weekly Standard.
Fred Barnes is the managing editor of a very high circulation weekly news magazine - a member of the media - Fred Thompson isn’t kissing the behinds of the media. Need I say more?
One other thing - it’s bad enough that we have to suffer Barnes outrageousness, but the lack of face time for both Rudy and Thompson was also deplorable.
Barnes and The Weakly Standard have been in the tank for McPain , and I think that they view Fred as cutting into some old school McPain support. Barnes is Pro-Amnesty , so it’s another mark against Fred .
Barnes is a putz. Rupert Murdoch calls the shots for FNC
Barnes and The Weakly Standard have been in the tank for McPain , and I think that they view Fred as cutting into some old school McPain support. Barnes is Pro-Amnesty , so it’s another mark against Fred .
That is it.
In a nutshell.
And that may be what sells him to the American people.
Maybe Fred Barnes was against the McCain-Feingold-THOMPSON bill.
(hope I’m not repeating non-truths here)
Exactly. They're losing their audience. I used to have FOX on 24/7 but over the last few months it's never on.
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