Fred Thompson hit piece on abortion by LA Times proven incorrect

Washington Prowler
Left Coast Times Targets Fred
By The Prowler


The Washington Prowler column has learned that the Los Angeles Times intends to publish a story that would attempt to link former Sen. Fred Thompson to a Washington-based, pro-abortion organization. Thompson, through a spokesman, is said to go on the record in the story as having no recollection of ever doing work for the organization in question during a period in 1991 when the first Bush administration was in power.

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Oh yes, Fred Thompson is now on the radar

Opposition research (defined): the aspect of an election campaign designed to investigate the life and record of the opposing candidate.

All campaigns and candidates do it.

It is just starting to heat up for Fred Thompson.

So far, what has Fred Thompson experienced as a presidential candidate?

Well first, of course, he is not an official candidate (yet). That comes shortly. Fred has not experienced the (non-debate) debates. The scrutiny of the press. The criticism from his fellow Republicans. Fred has avoided the early 2007 Presidential Season on purpose to launch a grass-roots campaign directly to the people and via the internet.

This intelligent campaign strategy has worked so far as evidenced by the strong poll numbers Fred Thompson has achieved.

The only mud that his detractors have thrown at Fred include: comments about his wife, comments that he is lazy and comments about his lack of overall experience. Pretty mild stuff, to be sure.

Well, that is about to change very quickly with Fred Thompson's upcoming presidential announcement. "That" meaning the mud, the inaccuracies, the character assassination. Fred has said that he is ready for it. We certainly hope so.

What is interesting to us at the Fred Thompson 2008 blog is our guess that his detractors and opponents will not be able to find much "bad stuff" to use against him.

His opponents will then have to invent things. Get ready for the upcoming season of creative opposition research on and about Fred Thompson.

We will be interested readers and bloggers. Enjoy!



Oh, btw, some examples of today's stuff:

Democrats tear into Fred Thompson
The Politico

Can Fred Thompson Win in 2008?
The New Republic

Fred Thompson: Not So Conservative
Newsweek

Fred Thompson Loves Bloggers

It is no secret to those following the Fred Thompson campaign to date that he loves bloggers and the communications advantages afforded by the Web. One of his strategies is to effectively leverage the web, online media and various efficiencies that technology provides candidates today.

Today, we have yet another example of this with a Washington Post article entitled "Republican Fred Thompson aims for blogger-in-chief." Blogger-in-chief --- cool title. Fred will probably take that title this year prior to a better title next year.

One of the money quotes from the WP article is when Fred talks to Pajamas Media and says: "By empowering individuals and building communities, the Internet provides a way of going around the inside-the-beltway crowd to reach people in numbers unheard of not that long ago."

Talking directly to voters will be beneficial to Fred Thompson. It will demonstrate his authenticity and avoid the main stream media. An unfiltered message has been beneficial so far. Why tamper with success?

Fred Thompson has built one of the best candidate websites of all possible candidates with his I'mWithFred site. You can visit it at - http://www.imwithfred.com.