Posted on 06/25/2007 2:36:58 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Democrats tear into Fred Thompson By: Mike Allen June 25, 2007 04:35 PM EST
Even before his expected July announcement, Fred Thompson's all-but-declared entry into the Republican presidential stakes has prompted the Democratic National Committee to attack him as a potential GOP front-runner and to use his prospective candidacy to raise money.
Democratic strategists say Thompson's populist style and show-biz allure could prove extremely appealing in a general election at a time when voters are so down on Washington. So the party has launched a preemptive campaign against him that includes a DNC fundraising e-mail branding Thompson, "The inside-outsider."
"Remember the Republican culture of corruption?" the letter asks. "The revolving door of Republican politicians moving in and out of top political offices and Washington, D.C., lobbying firms? That's Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson. For years, acting wasn't the 'Law & Order' star's profession -- it was a hobby. In the real world, Thompson has made a fortune in a decades-long career as a Washington lobbyist. And just this month, as part of his role as the ultimate Washington insider, Thompson offered to host yet another fundraising event for Scooter Libby's legal defense fund. Thompson has been vocal in his support of Libby, saying that he would 'absolutely' pardon him. As he runs for president, he'll try his hardest to hide the truth from the American people. And we need to stop him. Support our efforts to get the truth out about Fred Thompson."
'Staunch supporter of Scooter Libby'
The DNC is preparing expensive postal mailings to follow up on the e-mails targeting Thompson, party sources said.
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
Yeah. Sadly, we see it more and more frequent;y, even with so-called conservatives rushing to judgement no matter HOW thin the evidence.
He can be an ‘insider’ that knows Washington and therefore is running against how stupid Washington is, or he can run as the ‘outsider’ running against how stupid Washington is.
The result is the same and the tactics are the same. Neither is really a stretch and both are winning strategies. This will appeal both to conservatives, Libertarians, and many moderate Dems. The idea is ‘Washington is stupid and I’m here to make sense of it’. Inside or outside is just semantics.
She will pull the girly card at the risk of being viewed as...well a girly. That is NOT presidential. If she is viewed as weak in crisis, she can lose woman voters as well as men. While woman voters have a different score card for rating candidates than men, the security/cool-under-fire trait is a profound issue for woman.
This is actually good news: It means the DNC is taking Fred Thompson seriously. You don’t see the democrats tearing in to Duncan Hunter, Ron Paul or Mike Huckabee, do you? The DNC knows that Juan McCainez is on his way to the exit, Rudy is too liberal to garner the nomination,(although their allies in the media keep pushing him) and that most Protestants and Catholics don’t want a Mormon president. That leaves Fred Thompson, who is now first or second in most national polls.
They are afraid, very afraid.
Go Fred!
Even if he wasn’t to run, he’s eating up demorat resources
because they are petrified.
Only the uninformed want libby in jail....
You just a man best by who his enemies are. If the dims do not viciously attack Fred, I’d be concerned.
Big Time! I Love it!!
They’re afraid. They’re very afraid.
Imagine this... Fred & Hillery-Rotten are debating... Fred looks around at his own eye level and says “where is she?” I love it!!
She’ll insist on being put on a pedestal.
Clearly, the Rodents are scared of facing Fred Thompson. That’s a good sign.
So, is Thompson vocal, or is he trying to hide the truth? (Frickin' morons.)
I'd love to see him tower over Ahmonajihad.
You're probably right. I guess we'll have to settle for it's the right thing to do.
Fred has these pantywaist dimbulbs quaking in their Birkenstocks. GO FRED!
Gotta love it!! Dims are getting nervous.
But it was ok for Tommy Daschle’s wife to be a lobbyist WHILE he was in the Senate. Too bad the RNC is too daft to use that against them.
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