The AP Reports: Fred is Evil, Part II
Published by Luckbox on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 at 4:40 PM.
The DNC must have powerful connections with the Associated Press. For the second day in a row, we get a pretty vicious hit piece against the possible Republican Presidential candidate.
What started as a response piece quickly devolved into DNC talking points. It started:
Sounds like it's Fred's turn, right? Well... not so fast...
Yep, heard that before! Thanks for the recap. But wait! There's more!
Yes, it's true. Fred Thompson supports "necklacing." I can't imagine there's any way he gets the nomination now. Of course, the lobbying was in favor of restoring the Democratically elected government of Haiti... a governemnt (including Aristide) that was restored to power by American troops under the command of President Bill Clinton. I guess that means Clinton supports "necklacing," too.
What started as a response piece quickly devolved into DNC talking points. It started:
Fred Thompson, a likely Republican presidential candidate, on Tuesday defended his work as a Washington lobbyist, telling The Associated Press that lobbying is an important part of life because "government's got their hands in everything."
Sounds like it's Fred's turn, right? Well... not so fast...
He lobbied for a savings-and-loan deregulation bill that helped hasten the industry's collapse and a failed nuclear energy project that cost taxpayers more than a billion dollars.
Yep, heard that before! Thanks for the recap. But wait! There's more!
He also was a lobbyist for deposed Haitian President
Jean-Bertrand Aristide, who was widely criticized for endorsing
"necklacing," the gruesome practice of execution where
gasoline-soaked tires are thrown over a person's neck and set
ablaze.
In September 1991, Aristide said: "The burning tire, what a
beautiful tool! ... It smells good. And wherever you go, you want
to smell it."
Yes, it's true. Fred Thompson supports "necklacing." I can't imagine there's any way he gets the nomination now. Of course, the lobbying was in favor of restoring the Democratically elected government of Haiti... a governemnt (including Aristide) that was restored to power by American troops under the command of President Bill Clinton. I guess that means Clinton supports "necklacing," too.
