There are two pieces out there today. The Los Angeles Lefty Times has decided through their intrepid reporting to claim that Thompson once lobbied the Reagan Administration for an abortion rights organization, something which Thompson denies and has also been denied by the Reagan official he supposedly lobbied. Blogs For Fred has the details here.
New York Lefty Times has a piece about the presidential race that includes this:
Now, with the possible candidacy of Fred D. Thompson, the grandfatherly actor and former Republican senator from Tennessee, whose second wife is almost a quarter-century his junior, comes a less palatable inquiry that is spurring debate in Internet chat rooms, on cable television and on talk radio: Is America ready for a president with a trophy wife?Grandfatherly? Trophy wife? Those are loaded terms designed to stir up the readers.
The question may seem sexist, even crass, but serious people — as well as Mr. Thompson’s supporters — have been wrestling with the public reaction to Jeri Kehn Thompson, whose youthfulness, permanent tan and bleached blond hair present a contrast to the 64-year-old man who hopes to win the hearts of the conservative core of the Republican party. Will the so-called values voters accept this union?
Mr. Thompson, who needs the support of early primary voters, is expected to formally announce his candidacy any day now. Meanwhile, much of the brouhaha around Mrs. Thompson, 40, is being stirred by photos of her in form-fitting gowns circulating on the Internet.
That's not even all. There's a concerted web campaign going on right now to spread the rumor that Thompson is gay. Some guy tried to plant that in my comments section the other day. All I have to say about that is, have you seen Thompson's wife? If he's gay, we should all be gay.
Right now these are all trial balloons. I can guarantee you that Hillary and her camp are focus-grouping every possible attack against Thompson to see what might have the best effect, and these articles in the Lefty Times are all part of that campaign. They desperately need to find something that will resonate negatively with the voters lest the Fred Express run over their darling little Hillary.
They're afraid the guy who reminds you of your wise old grandfather will be much more attractive to voters than the woman who reminds you of your first three ex-wives all rolled into one screeching super-harpy.
UPDATE: The New York Lefty Times has more problems than just highly partisan editors and writers:
The soaring new New York Times tower — already known for its weird toilets (when flushed, they apparently sound like a kitten being strangled), its weirder elevators (no buttons, and no indication of what floor they're on), a leak problem (editor Bill Keller's office got soggy in a recent rainstorm), and a mouse problem (reported by Gawker) — still has a few more surprises between the floorboards: maggots. "It's hard to put out a newspaper when you're worried about what might fall on your head," one Times staffer told us this week. "One of the photo editors was sitting at her desk and maggots started falling from the ceiling tile on to her head."
That wasn't all. The maggots — Webster's says they're "legless, soft-bodied, wormlike larva of various flies of the order Diptera, often found in decaying matter" — were not alone. They were "followed by a rat," our source said. A dead rat, that is, "that had been eaten by the maggots." You could hear stifled screams ripple through the newsroom as word spread, said the source. "We all scanned our own ceilings for any loose tiles," the source continued. "With maggot-y ceilings and rats falling out of the air, it's like the dark ages in this building that was supposed to bring us into the 21st century."
How appropriate.
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