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What kind of Republican values are these, that when one Republican brings out a valid criticism of another Republican, the critical Republican gets censored?
This week, a web site critical of Fred Thompson’s presidential campaign was shut down, so as to avoid upsetting the Republican orthodoxy. Apparently, Republican Party leaders did not want to allow any criticism of Fred Thompson, even valid criticism, on the off chance that Fred Thompson could become the Republican presidential nominee.
PhoneyFred.org, created by a Republican, pointed out the obvious: Fred Thompson’s record of one and half terms in the United States Senator was sadly mediocre. The site’s creator wrote, “You’re probably in the same boat: You can’t get the theme to ‘Law and Order’ out of your head, but can you name one thing that Fred did during his eight years in the United States Senate?”
Fred Thompson was not competent enough to do much in the Senate, and he isn’t competent to serve as President of the United States. Unfortunately, the Republican Party wants its followers to pretend not to see this obvious truth. They’re willing to sacrifice honesty for the sake of power.
PhoneyFred.org is now offline. The truth is still the truth.
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September 11th, 2007 at 2:47 pm
You know what really tickles my fancy?
Mitt Romney, Mr. Family Values Man, has been connected to this website, which called Fred Thompson a “Pimp,” a “Playboy” and a “skirt chaser.”
Oh, what will we tell the children???
September 11th, 2007 at 5:48 pm
I saw the story on PhoneyFred yesterday. Interesting how the mud is flying already. Just wondered if you’d seen this in Big Head Dc:
http://bigheaddc.com/2007/09/05/abrad2345-watch-your-back/
I’d also note that before the Washington Post nailed Romney for the PhoneyFred site, the Thompson blog’s first suspect was Giuliani and his newly hired consultant, Scott Howell:
http://www.blogsforfredthompson.com/tags/scott-howell
In any case, have you guys covered the abrad2345 ads at all? They’re friggin hilarious, no matter what your politics.