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Fred Thompson Aided Nixon on Watergate
Fred Thompson, left, listens as Sen. Sam Ervin, D-N.C., chairman of the Watergate Investigating Committee, center, listens to other members of the committee during the first day of public hearings on Capitol Hill in Washington in this May 18, 1973 file photo. From left; Thompson, chief minority counsel; Sen. Howard Baker, R-Tenn., Ervin; and Samuel Dash, Chief majority counsel. Thompson gained an image as a tough-minded investigative counsel for the Senate Watergate committee. Yet President Nixon and his top aides viewed the fellow Republican as a willing, if not too bright, ally, according to White House tapes.(AP Photo/File)
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does anybody think this guy could actually be a plausible candidate? I get the feeling that he's mostly hype and wouldn't be able to stand the heat of actually running if he's nominated...every person has the blemish on their record but assisting Nixon with Watergate?
that's a pretty big stain
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#1 - Sat Jul 7, 2007 2:17 PM EDTEven a blemished face could be camouflage nowadays with a good make up. Any of the three top runners are fine with me.
Giuliani - Lot of experience.
Ronmey - He ran a successful Olympics in Colorado.
Thompson - Less dirvorces than Giuliani and whoever is the nominee except for McCain and Ron Paul. Both can stay home and save their money.
With Dubya being elected to 2 terms, with a "mandate of the people", no candidate's election would surprise me...
#2 - Sat Jul 7, 2007 3:45 PM EDT...a willing, if not too bright, ally, according to White House tapes.
This is how I have perceived Fred Thompson all along, even in the role as DA he played on Law & Order.
#3 - Sat Jul 7, 2007 4:45 PM EDTIt kind of makes sense...Bush has been doing his best to be Nixon 2.0, so the only way to top that was to bring in someone who actually was a part of the the original.
#5 - Sun Jul 8, 2007 5:50 AM EDT"Thompson, who declined comment for this story, described himself in his book, "At That Point in Time," published in 1975, as a Nixon administration "loyalist" who struggled with his role as minority counsel. "I would try to walk a fine line between a good-faith pursuit of the investigation and a good-faith attempt to insure balance and fairness," Thompson wrote."
He basically admits in this passage what this article "reveals." Just because Thompson doesn't go into painstaking detail to describe what it meant to be a "Nixon loyalist" doesn't mean he's trying to hide anything.
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