Hey StinkyFingers, looks like your boy Thompson helped Nixon with Watergate - GoFuckYourself.com

SuckOnThis · 07-09-2007, 10:43 PM

And Nixon called him 'dumb as hell'

WASHINGTON - Fred 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.

Thompson, now preparing a bid for the 2008 GOP presidential nomination, won fame in 1973 for asking a committee witness the bombshell question that revealed Nixon had installed hidden listening devices and taping equipment in the Oval Office.

Those tapes show Thompson played a behind-the-scenes role that was very different from his public image three decades ago. He comes across as a partisan willing to cooperate with the Nixon White House's effort to discredit the committee's star witness.

It was Thompson who tipped off the White House that the Senate committee knew about the tapes. They eventually cinched Nixon's downfall in the scandal resulting from the break-in at Democratic headquarters in the Watergate complex in Washington and the subsequent White House cover-up.

Nixon was disappointed with the selection of Thompson, whom he called "dumb as hell." The president did not think Thompson was skilled enough to interrogate unfriendly witnesses and would be outsmarted by the committee's Democratic counsel.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19675541/

xclusive · 07-09-2007, 10:47 PM

LOL between this and lobbying for abortion rights groups been a rough week for him.

Corona · 07-09-2007, 10:50 PM

What is with the rights obsession with TV actors?

aico · 07-09-2007, 10:51 PM

Won't matter... people votes for president don't decide who becomes president.

SuckOnThis · 07-09-2007, 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Corona

What is with the rights obsession with TV actors?

Its either that or this

notabook · 07-09-2007, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by SuckOnThis

Its either that or this

07-09-2007, 10:43 PM	#1
SuckOnThis So Fucking Banned Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: In my head Posts: 6,844	Hey StinkyFingers, looks like your boy Thompson helped Nixon with Watergate And Nixon called him 'dumb as hell' WASHINGTON - Fred 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. Thompson, now preparing a bid for the 2008 GOP presidential nomination, won fame in 1973 for asking a committee witness the bombshell question that revealed Nixon had installed hidden listening devices and taping equipment in the Oval Office. Those tapes show Thompson played a behind-the-scenes role that was very different from his public image three decades ago. He comes across as a partisan willing to cooperate with the Nixon White House's effort to discredit the committee's star witness. It was Thompson who tipped off the White House that the Senate committee knew about the tapes. They eventually cinched Nixon's downfall in the scandal resulting from the break-in at Democratic headquarters in the Watergate complex in Washington and the subsequent White House cover-up. Nixon was disappointed with the selection of Thompson, whom he called "dumb as hell." The president did not think Thompson was skilled enough to interrogate unfriendly witnesses and would be outsmarted by the committee's Democratic counsel. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19675541/

07-09-2007, 10:47 PM	#2
xclusive Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 35,218	LOL between this and lobbying for abortion rights groups been a rough week for him. __________________ I support MediumPimpin.com / Shemp's Outlawtgp.com /

07-09-2007, 10:50 PM	#3
Corona Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Third mall from the sun Posts: 2,185	What is with the rights obsession with TV actors? __________________ I was looking for a job, and then I found a job And heaven knows I'm miserable now

07-09-2007, 10:51 PM	#4
aico Moo Moo Cow Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Washington State Posts: 14,748	Won't matter... people votes for president don't decide who becomes president.